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Tried that cheap Amazon dent puller kit for hail damage.

I had a 2012 F-150 with golf ball sized hail dings all over the hood from a storm in Tulsa last month. Spent $25 on a glue pull kit with a slide hammer and figured it'd be good enough to pop them out. Has anyone actually got a dent puller to work on anything deeper than a fridge door ding?

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jason2504mo ago

Ended up using a heat gun and compressed air on my own truck after watching a DIY video from some guy in Texas. Heated up the panel just enough to make it flexible, then hit it with the cold air and the dents popped back out maybe 80% of the way. Still had a few shallow ones left but honestly looked way better than the glue pull mess I tried first. The trick is getting the temp change right without burning the paint, takes some practice on a hidden spot first.

ruby4944mo ago

Tried that cheap Amazon dent puller kit for hail damage" - my buddy Tom went through this exact same thing with his Silverado last year. He watched maybe a dozen YouTube videos and thought he had it down. Long story short, he ended up making the dings way worse because the glue wouldn't hold on the sharper edges of the dent, and the slide hammer just popped off and left sticky residue everywhere. He actually made the metal thinner in a couple spots to where light was shining through the paint. Took it to a body shop and they told him those kits basically only work on big smooth dents on flat panels, not the sharp little hail dings we get here in Oklahoma. Tom said he spent $25 on the kit then another $400 to get the hood fixed proper. In my experience, you're better off just grabbing a can of dry ice and letting the thermal shock do the work, or save up for a pro.