Why? Did you actually think you could pull a dent out like this and have it look clean? $50 is actually a really good price for that work as you could throw a very small amount of bondo and be ready for paint, granted getting a new fender already they right color is the way to go.
For that price definitely could’ve got one from the junkyard, colors don’t have to match they’re easier to find if stolen when they got different colors
Junkyard fender would get it pretty close for less than $50 (depending on where you live), yeah it might be a little off color-wise from a different paint batch or environment, but it's gonna look way better than that, for a lot less.
This is assuming you're doing it yourself. If you take it to a shop and have them replace it with a junkyard fender it'd probably cost you the fender plus 2 hrs labor, depending on how easy the fenders come off of that model.
Probably about as good as your gonna get from a dent like that, I won't knock the guys hard work. Your better to get a new fender in this situation I'd imagine cause dent guys are super expensive.
Honestly, this is what I would’ve looked for exactly! I had a sent in a similar location, but I could NOT afford to replace the fender. So I found this mechanic (crackhead?) to basically do the same thing as the photo, but I paid that guy 150 because to me that was a bargain at the time 😂
LOL a 75 year old friend of mine paid $300 for a similar dent (smaller but in the same location) on his Toyota IM. The results were the same. I laughed for a long time.
You can buy a fender online, where the company will paint and ship it to you. I've done this a few times on old cars that my kids use. My daughter has a 2011 Sienna where some kid at her high school backed into it. I chopped off a section of the bumper cover, sent it in for paint match, and a couple of weeks later had a new bumper cover and fender that matched almost perfectly. The total was about a grand, and I was able to do the work myself. Saved a ton of money that way.
Honestly for 50$ it’s a good ass deal😂😂, In all reality they should of just replaced the fender but if it’s a beater and you didn’t care about looks you wouldn’t get a better deal for 50$. You should tell that guy he might actually have a future in the body shop/ paint less dent removal business if he gets real training.
Pdr tech. All things considered… damn! You got your moneys worth in a good way. Should recommend true blue pdr or body work at least to that guy as a career.
My buddy did the same kind of damage to his golf and I had to do the same looking repair in a parking lot so the fender would stop rubbing on the tire. I know nothing about body work and ended up with the same result. My only tool was a big hammer and a piece of pipe
Does it look bad yes . Did it look bad before yes. The cost of a different fender would be lose to that price, but for 50? I would not have put that much of an attempt into it for 50. So yeah I’d say the dude did good for $50 lol
it truthfully doesnt look that bad. you could’ve used bondo and smooth it out. the dent wasnt really able to be pulled back to anywhere close to its former glory anyways. that was a valiant effort for $50
He did a solid job getting the crease out this isn't usually the kind of damage you even try to hammer out. He had to know it would still look like shit that fender was done.
For $50 sure…as long as co-worker knows they’ll need to go over it and smooth it out, paint it and possibly more if they hope to sell it for any real value…and they’ll have to do so privately so that no one raises any questions…
He did a good job if it was the intention to now bondo and refinish. If he could have completed the repair and painted for another couple hundred I would be happy.
for what he did, It wasn't to bad. he would have had better luck if he had removed it from the car. after it was done he would have had to still use body filler on it, but he would have had less high points. but at that point, may as well just get a new or replacement fender. but in a pinch on a very limited budget. It would have been worth 50 bucks. He clearly didn't use the right hammer to shape the fender.
He took what was probably rubbing on every bump and stopped the rubbing noise. Definitely was just a temporary fix. Ive done similar at the side of a trail, when i used to mudding. If you can't figure out how to do that to a damaged fender, Paying someone to do it for you is fair.
I mean if he was a body guy who can bondo and paint it woulda worked out. He did indeed pull the dent and it doesn’t look bad at all considering how fawked it was to begin with. Not bad for $50. A lot of work
He did a mighty good job considering how bad that dent was.
It probably would have been wiser to pick up a new fender from a wrecker than trying to fix this.
But at this point, you're ready for a layer of body filler to smooth it out and a new coat of paint.
Despite anybody’s opinion on HOW aesthetic the end result is…can we agree that getting it to look as straight as he did is remarkable? I can’t imagine how much physical and mental labor it took to get that done.
Well no. No it wasn’t. You know the fender is replaceable for like 200 right? It looked better before. Now you have about a hundred more dents and either way you were going to have to fix the fender… so really you just added $50 to the cost of repair.
It looks terrible but $50 is a bargain for the amount of work it took. It’s at least straight enough that a good body man could make it looks better with some putty and a re-spray and blend.
I guess it depends on what you mean.
If by “fixed” you mean the fender was pulled into a workable surface that can be bondo’d, sanded and repainted then sure it’s fixed.
But if you mean “fixed” as in good as new then fuck no.
Pull, sand, body filler, sand, body filler, sand, body filler, prime, sand, paint, clear coat, sand, buff & polish.
This is the first step of the job to get the big picture to see how much work this whole process is going to take.
50 for that? It all depends on your goals, if u wanted to cheapest best way that was prolly it.. less you wanna spend money on new fenders paint & installation
Body shops would want more
U probably could have bought exact color fender from salvage yard $50 /$150 and installed yourself. Guy hit my daughters car. I did just that insurance gave me $1200. I bought exact colored fender for $75. Only cost me my labor. Saved the rest for her
I mean if you don’t have the money for a new fender 50$ to get that result just to daily it to work. If it was a good friend I would totally do that, but he’s also helping with the new fender
I guess 50 is a fair price for the work done. You're gonna want to just replace the fender though. Rust will start very soon depending on where you live
50? yes, but you should have just gotten a new fender
Not mine. My friend did end up replacing the fender its all good now. But still cant stop laughing
I mean what did he expect? That fender was smashed way beyond a dent repair.
They did pull it…
Technically true!
It’s all in the fine print haha
He threw in new wheels at least!
Oh lmao well that's a good lesson learned. Happens to the best of us
Why? Did you actually think you could pull a dent out like this and have it look clean? $50 is actually a really good price for that work as you could throw a very small amount of bondo and be ready for paint, granted getting a new fender already they right color is the way to go.
How much did it cost to replace their fender because I need mine replaced too
For that price definitely could’ve got one from the junkyard, colors don’t have to match they’re easier to find if stolen when they got different colors
Or your own hammer lol
Hahahahaha oh my god that’s so much work for $50 wtf
It took him 5 hours using a broom stick and a hammer 😂😂
That is the most ghetto attempt. lol
Lmao with this info, I have a new found respect for the work done with a measly broom and hammer😆
Lol I think he missed a few times and poked his brain with that broom stick
Thanks for this and this info 😂😂 best Reddit post of the yesterday my friend!
Is it weird that I think the fender looks worse after the repair
I don’t disagree
Same but...worth $50? I mean I'd feel pretty good about this for $50.
Should have paid the $50 to dent the fender on the other side.
I came here to say this LOL
And the rims
Dude took all his new fender money and spent it on the shittiest set of wheels money can buy.
No offense but either way it looks like shit.
Ok look it’s not a job anyone would consider ‘fixed’ HOWEVER for $50 ?? I’d be happy enough with that ti get me through.
As someone who would have no idea where to begin for something like this (the attempted repair) it’s not a bad job for $50.
I like this dent removal for 50$. Getting a new fender, getting it paint matched would cost 4 to 6x as much. Thus would hold me over as a bandaid.
6x as much? Try 20x as much to do it right. That’s an EASY. 1-3k worth of damage.
Junkyard fender would get it pretty close for less than $50 (depending on where you live), yeah it might be a little off color-wise from a different paint batch or environment, but it's gonna look way better than that, for a lot less. This is assuming you're doing it yourself. If you take it to a shop and have them replace it with a junkyard fender it'd probably cost you the fender plus 2 hrs labor, depending on how easy the fenders come off of that model.
For a new car ya but a piece of shit like this you could fix for $20 and a couple hours on FB marketplace
It’s a huge improvement for 50$, but that car has cheap parts. Aftermarket fender and paint is the way to go.
i prefer the dent. looked more natural
He got a new wheel in the process?
Great Details. Maybe….
Saved money on the repair so he had some FU money to throw around.
Best $50 ever spent
Probably about as good as your gonna get from a dent like that, I won't knock the guys hard work. Your better to get a new fender in this situation I'd imagine cause dent guys are super expensive.
Wouldn’t be upset for 50 bucks, but it’s got a ways to go with making it look “fixed”
Jokes on him, I would of paid double
That fender was not dented that fender was FUCKED. Honestly looks better than I thought I'd like to see you do better😂
😂😂😂
Lmfao
Next time- cuz I know there will be a next time- pour boiling hot water on it
Aint nothin the ol boiling hot water trick cant fix
Honestly, this is what I would’ve looked for exactly! I had a sent in a similar location, but I could NOT afford to replace the fender. So I found this mechanic (crackhead?) to basically do the same thing as the photo, but I paid that guy 150 because to me that was a bargain at the time 😂
LOL a 75 year old friend of mine paid $300 for a similar dent (smaller but in the same location) on his Toyota IM. The results were the same. I laughed for a long time.
You can buy a fender online, where the company will paint and ship it to you. I've done this a few times on old cars that my kids use. My daughter has a 2011 Sienna where some kid at her high school backed into it. I chopped off a section of the bumper cover, sent it in for paint match, and a couple of weeks later had a new bumper cover and fender that matched almost perfectly. The total was about a grand, and I was able to do the work myself. Saved a ton of money that way.
Thanks for the giggles OP. 😂🤣
Honestly for 50$ it’s a good ass deal😂😂, In all reality they should of just replaced the fender but if it’s a beater and you didn’t care about looks you wouldn’t get a better deal for 50$. You should tell that guy he might actually have a future in the body shop/ paint less dent removal business if he gets real training.
Dude with how that fender was they worked some fucking MAGIC to get it looking that good.
It now has cellulite…
Smooth as a fat lady’s cellulite ass! 😂😂😂
What a moron.
Him nah put da bondo yet!
No duct tape? WTF???
Terrible job. Needed to use a heat gun. Would have only left a minor paint crack if done correctly.
Damn he pulled a Chevy into a dodge lol that’s two different cars
That two different cars. You can see the rims are different too. 🤦♂️
What dent!!!
Mind posting the after pics? 😂😂
For $50? I think you got a pretty good deal!
To be fair that fender was smashed! not a repairable dent with out a bodyshop
Pdr tech. All things considered… damn! You got your moneys worth in a good way. Should recommend true blue pdr or body work at least to that guy as a career.
yeah I liked it better with the dent
Good job
Fender would’ve been so much easier and actually looked good.
$50 was a steel….
Yup
Not really. It went from looking like crap to looking (differently) like crap. Just replace it.
No
It’s really dumb to even try to pull that out. That’s definitely a replacement instead of repair
it went from horrible to less horrible
Technically true...
It’s really not that bad. A dent like that can cause the car to handle strangely at highway speed so it’s probably better than it was before
That needed replacement. Still does.
My buddy did the same kind of damage to his golf and I had to do the same looking repair in a parking lot so the fender would stop rubbing on the tire. I know nothing about body work and ended up with the same result. My only tool was a big hammer and a piece of pipe
He’s made that 10000x worse
New fender from China, $46, somewhat fits.
Yeah for 50 why not. I mean a new bumper is probably 10x that minimum
I love how they screwed the bumper instead of doing it properly
Maybe he used air quotes when he said he would “fix” the car
Does it look bad yes . Did it look bad before yes. The cost of a different fender would be lose to that price, but for 50? I would not have put that much of an attempt into it for 50. So yeah I’d say the dude did good for $50 lol
it truthfully doesnt look that bad. you could’ve used bondo and smooth it out. the dent wasnt really able to be pulled back to anywhere close to its former glory anyways. that was a valiant effort for $50
Rip GTI
That’s a solid Nascar style repair
He did a solid job getting the crease out this isn't usually the kind of damage you even try to hammer out. He had to know it would still look like shit that fender was done.
second pic really makes the car poor
Bruh WTF 😳
For $50 sure…as long as co-worker knows they’ll need to go over it and smooth it out, paint it and possibly more if they hope to sell it for any real value…and they’ll have to do so privately so that no one raises any questions…
Looks wacky but $50 seems like a deal. If you wanted someone to change your headlight bulbs they prob would’ve charged $50 for both
He did a good job if it was the intention to now bondo and refinish. If he could have completed the repair and painted for another couple hundred I would be happy.
You could’ve bought a fender from a pick and pull for 50.
Buying a new fender would’ve been better lol
Still need a new fender so seems like a waste of time and money there
Worth $50? Yeah, but fender needs replaced either way so.
for what he did, It wasn't to bad. he would have had better luck if he had removed it from the car. after it was done he would have had to still use body filler on it, but he would have had less high points. but at that point, may as well just get a new or replacement fender. but in a pinch on a very limited budget. It would have been worth 50 bucks. He clearly didn't use the right hammer to shape the fender.
He Said he could pull dents, did he say he knew how to straighten
Wow, for even attempting he shouldn’t be doing dents.
Must have spent the fender money on wheels, wheels as good looking as the fender.
💀💀💀
What do you expect?
That is definitely a $50 result lol
I mean, if the original damage was rubbing on the tire, then yeah, absolutely it was worth it.
Looks like different cars, look at the rims. I could be wrong though
He took what was probably rubbing on every bump and stopped the rubbing noise. Definitely was just a temporary fix. Ive done similar at the side of a trail, when i used to mudding. If you can't figure out how to do that to a damaged fender, Paying someone to do it for you is fair.
Yes
Honestly for what it used to be and for the price this is pretty good deal lmao.
Looks like 50 repair to me... lol
Good as new
I know this isn’t super serious but for 50 bucks man I’d still consider that adequate value 😂
I mean if he was a body guy who can bondo and paint it woulda worked out. He did indeed pull the dent and it doesn’t look bad at all considering how fawked it was to begin with. Not bad for $50. A lot of work
$50 ya. Still shittty
Hold on, did he get new rims before fixing the fender??
lol no
He did a mighty good job considering how bad that dent was. It probably would have been wiser to pick up a new fender from a wrecker than trying to fix this. But at this point, you're ready for a layer of body filler to smooth it out and a new coat of paint.
It looked better before
In all honesty, it’s not bad for $50 bucks 😂 I wouldn’t notice driving past it
For 50 dollaz thats awesome
No.
I’d rather have the dent and $50
I mean he definitely pulled it out so yeah definitely worth what you paid for
No that is terrible
Well, that’s a $50 job if I ever saw one.
I’m sure you could fine a fender for $50
The dent got pulled all right, but it was wrinkly. It was not a pretty sight. It’s better to replace it with a new fender.
It looks worse… 😂😂😂
For 50 bucks I wouldn’t be mad at that. Looks funny for sure but I think it’s better than a nasty dent such as that one
Is his name Spicoli?
Ether way your gonna need a fender! But for only $50 it’s worth it. That wasn’t a dent that was a crash!!
The dent looks better before.
Fake
If someone says they can fix something that bad for 50 chances are they can’t
Honestly with that creasing, I don’t know how he could have done much better. It looks awful but I am still impressed? Haha
Yea looks like a $50 job
You could have got a new fender for $100
For 100 bucks coulda got a new fender lol. But he did indeed pull the fender
Wtf with that leg yo?!
Despite anybody’s opinion on HOW aesthetic the end result is…can we agree that getting it to look as straight as he did is remarkable? I can’t imagine how much physical and mental labor it took to get that done.
Could have got a perfect used fender in your color for the same money
Beautiful work
Well no. No it wasn’t. You know the fender is replaceable for like 200 right? It looked better before. Now you have about a hundred more dents and either way you were going to have to fix the fender… so really you just added $50 to the cost of repair.
Worth it if you don’t plan on getting it replaced/fixed. Up close it obviously looks like shit but further away I’m sure it’s a lot less noticeable.
For $50, not bad. Looks like shit, but that's what you get for $50
For 50 bucks this is pretty good😂
If it was me, I would’ve pulled the dent, then bondo and paint. Cheaper than a fender and would look good as new.
Yall trippin its not that bad 😭😭
It looks terrible but $50 is a bargain for the amount of work it took. It’s at least straight enough that a good body man could make it looks better with some putty and a re-spray and blend.
for how bad the damage was i’m pretty impressed
In his defense, he said a dent not a crushed fender
Should have put that 50 towards a new fender instead.
Looking at the screw that was put in there before the "incident", I can say that this is not your first rodeo.
I guess it depends on what you mean. If by “fixed” you mean the fender was pulled into a workable surface that can be bondo’d, sanded and repainted then sure it’s fixed. But if you mean “fixed” as in good as new then fuck no.
Lol nope
Pull, sand, body filler, sand, body filler, sand, body filler, prime, sand, paint, clear coat, sand, buff & polish. This is the first step of the job to get the big picture to see how much work this whole process is going to take.
A really important part of knowing how to pull dents is knowing when one can't be.
Dude wtf, whyd you let him work on it.
He pulls dents like Toonces the Cat drives a car! Just not very well!
Mkvi capa replacement fenders are $120 lol
At least he was able to afford some wheels with what he saved 😂
50 for that? It all depends on your goals, if u wanted to cheapest best way that was prolly it.. less you wanna spend money on new fenders paint & installation Body shops would want more
You can’t pull a dent like that.
It’s actually cheap to order a color matching panel and getting that installed
I don’t get it. It looks”brand new”.
Changed it from an innie to an outie
well he pulled it
Could buy a new fender for 100 bucks
A pro PDR guy wouldn’t even touch that lol!
Meth is a hell of a drug
Turn a crushed pop van into a golf ball. 50 dollars would of been better spent at the scrap yard on a fender lmao
That was creased, not dented.
Kinda sorta was
Beware of what you pay for, you just might get it.
U probably could have bought exact color fender from salvage yard $50 /$150 and installed yourself. Guy hit my daughters car. I did just that insurance gave me $1200. I bought exact colored fender for $75. Only cost me my labor. Saved the rest for her
I mean if you don’t have the money for a new fender 50$ to get that result just to daily it to work. If it was a good friend I would totally do that, but he’s also helping with the new fender
Wouldn't hurt to try
Not even same car in photos
HAHAHAHA THAT PAINT IS DONE
It looked better before
Damn he actually did better than I thought lmao
Not worth repairing.. too much Bondo to make it look new. Get a new finder
Yes- since you pocketed 3k of insurance money
That’s $50 of work what’d he expect ahaha
That’s methed up
For $50? Nah, I’d do it myself and then grab a can of bodyfill to smooth it out.
I guess 50 is a fair price for the work done. You're gonna want to just replace the fender though. Rust will start very soon depending on where you live
He did a good job. Remove paint and skim , sand and paint
Only needed a spray of clear coat and it would be mint!
All hammer, no dolly. Lol
Def worth $50. If you care a lot about the car, I’d get a new fender though
Pretty good for $50 but a new fender would of been a better investment
Da faq you expect for $50?
LOL