Bodywork, how to fix this?

[HotCarl]

So I let my brother borrow the Tahoe for a few weeks, he smashed it into one of his buddy's rigs and this happened.

The bumper mashed in the the metal and some of the paint is flaking off. How much is this to fix at a shop, and how would I go about fixing it myself?

 

[SunlitComet]

take off bumper pound out from inside to outside and body filler and paint what is left.

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Oh and the brother.

 

[HotCarl]

What type of tool do I use to pound it out?

 

[02YuNali916]

use a body hammer & dolly if you cant get to the back off it or else ull need a **** or screw a sliding hammer.... your gonna need body filler for sure

 

[SunlitComet]

body hammers. Like this can get them at part stores.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

turn it into your insurance and tell them someone hit you in the parking lot

 

[the big blue bus]

ive got dent like that from peing pulled into a tree in the woods. mine is worse though :/ im wiaitn for someone to rear end me so i can get it fixed lol you cant really get to it from the back that well if i can remmber well

 

[AtomicHoe094]

ive got dent like that from peing pulled into a tree in the woods. mine is worse though :/ im wiaitn for someone to rear end me so i can get it fixed lol you cant really get to it from the back that well if i can remmber well

yea, theres the quarter panel blocking it. youll need to pull the dent with a studgun/spotwelder which ever you prefer to call it

 

[Hammer450R]

Get $500 off your brother and call it a day....call it 4 wheeling battle wounds

 

[AtomicHoe094]

500 wouldnt even cover materials for that dent lol.

 

[Ceejkay]

500 wouldnt even cover materials for that dent lol.

no but it would cover the insurance deductable

 

[AtomicHoe094]

If you want to risk making your insurance go up it all depends.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

throw the keys back to him and send his ass to the shop to pay the bill

x3 on the spot weld dent puller, body filler, and then have someone shoot the paint (don't use cheap shit or you'll only create a big rust problem in the future.

if you want to do it yourself harbor freight carries the spot welder and body tools.

 

[Hammer450R]

500 wouldnt even cover materials for that dent lol.

Im saying dont fix the dent and pocket 5 bills from his brother. lol

 

[AtomicHoe094]

haha. put a big sticker over it shaped like a bandaid.

 

[Gzes]

If you wanna do a quick fix then jus take the paint off there and put bond on it wait for I to dry and sand it then paint over it after it cures and boom not noticeable. Sometimes the bond can crack but you just sand it and ally more if needed and paint again. Shouldn't cost more than a $100 tops. Taking the dent out with the hammer and the tool is hardtho. I tried to take a dent out of he fender rich where it's in the front it crushed in and omg it sucked. I tookthe fender off and it still was a pain. It never got back perfect but atleast it mOved back a bit

 

[AtomicHoe094]

 

[Gzes]

The crush in was on the fender corner on top of the corner lights and yea it sucked. Plus I didnt even do it it came like that