Wasted a full Saturday trying to fix a dent with a cheap suction cup kit from Harbor Freight

I had a small door ding on a 2018 Civic and thought I could save the cash by using a $25 suction cup puller set. It just would not hold a seal on the curved panel, and I ended up making the low spot worse, which added about 2 hours of extra work to fix it right. I should have just set up the stud welder from the start. Anyone have a go-to tool for quick door dings that actually works?

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2 Comments

leo_thomas24d ago

Honestly those cheap kits can be hit or miss. I've had decent luck with the glue pull tabs on shallow dents. Just gotta be real careful with the heat.

miabennett4d ago

Yeah, leo_thomas2 has a point about the glue tabs. I saw a video where a guy used a hot glue gun and those plastic tabs on a similar Civic dent. The key was warming the whole panel with a hair dryer first, not just the glue, so the metal was more flexible. Still looked like a huge pain.