Not a Ding but a Dent

[lifeofchaos13]

Ok so I did my searching maybe not a full 2 hours worth but enough to not find what im looking for. Heres the good. Got to ride the bike today, amazing 87 degrees outside sun shining, chicks on the beach in almost nothing, stopped at my local watering hole for a couple cold ones, couldnt have been a better day, especially since im not even cleared to drive a car yet by the dr. fuck him.

Ok now the bad, I stopped by my buddies on the way home and he says " whered you get that dent in your tank" ... Im like what the fuck are you talking about. Sure as shit theres a half dollar size dent on the right side of my tank. Hard to see unless your looking. So first thing I do is call the lady. "honey is there something you forgot to tell me that dropped on my baby while she was in the garage? " Her answer was "no honey I would tell you, it would be through eyes full of tears but I would tell you"... Honestly im thinking it happend at the shop when they put on my hypercharger but I cant prove it as it just got noticed.

So now the question, is there a way that I can just get a strong ass suction cup or something and try to yank it out without fucking up the paint? Or should I just suck it up and take it to one of those paintless dent removal places?

Just looking for advice if anyone has been able to do this with a home brew method... Ive heard filling it with high pressure air etc. I dont have access to that.

[spike11]

maybe you could ask cruffy to blow out that dent,just sayin'

[apache driver]

Probably not gonna be able to pull it out with suction, but it's certainly worth a try, your best bet is probably gonna be the paintless repair place, they'll use a long bent rod with a rubber tip on it to push it out from the inside; the high pressure air thing is hard to control and very dangerous.

[GREG LANE]

call beach city car wash in costa mesa. They call in a paintless dent guy that is very good. I see him work on a lot of high dollar cars. Ive had them do some work on my wifes mustang . Give them a call.

[Swilly]

Have you tried the heat gun/air duster trick? Friend of mine dished his tank with his knee, hardly noticeable now.

[firefighter212]

If those don`t work i see a modd. coming up(sorry to hear about the dent LOC,but looking on the brighter side of things.)STRETCHTHATBITCH.

[BaldEagle]

maybe you could ask cruffy to blow out that dent,just sayin'

Cruff is never going to live that down...I would have said it if you hadn't beat me to it.

Sorry to hear that LOC. Definitely try a good paintless dent repair and good luck with it.

[SolCalSpark]

DAMMIT Mike I knew you'd be ridin before me!!! At least someone was able to enjoy the AWESOME weather we've been having!!!

Got my tank back Tues. $65 Check out Born Again Fairings in Azusa he did mine and I think he used the tool apache driver mentioned minus the rubber tip?!?! OUCH :stunned:

626-334-5700

[hotpocket]

you could try dry ice

[mcvierh]

Freeze and pop works. Drain your tank, fill it with water, put the gas cap back on, put it in a freezer, check it in a couple of hours, dent should be gone, if not totally gone, fill it up and freeze again. If you do this you need to cover the vent hole with some tape to prevent water from seeping out.

[JayT]

damn.... U park near a baseball field?
Seen it a ton of tomes, fly ball, home run, everyones happy.... Game ends, and theres a parent flipping out in the parking lot with a shattered windshield.

Same goes for a golf course...

[lifeofchaos13]

hey thanks for all the advice guys. I think im going to just break down and check out Gregs Idea, This place is like 10 mins from my house. Worth a couple bucks to not have to take the bike apart.

call beach city car wash in costa mesa. They call in a paintless dent guy that is very good. I see him work on a lot of high dollar cars. Ive had them do some work on my wifes mustang . Give them a call.

Cant keep me down SoCal

DAMMIT Mike I knew you'd be ridin before me!!! At least someone was able to enjoy the AWESOME weather we've been having!!!


I had heard about this McV, definately what I will do if they try to ream me at the dent removal place...Thank

Freeze and pop works. Drain your tank, fill it with water, put the gas cap back on, put it in a freezer, check it in a couple of hours, dent should be gone, if not totally gone, fill it up and freeze again. If you do this you need to cover the vent hole with some tape to prevent water from seeping out.

And JayT yes ive been one of those yellling guys outside a park before. Just smarter where I park my bike...lol



damn.... U park near a baseball field?


Seen it a ton of tomes, fly ball, home run, everyones happy.... Game ends,
and theres a parent flipping out in the parking lot with a shattered
windshield.

[BaldEagle]

I still am thinking he did it himself so he could send his tins to apache driver

[lifeofchaos13]

I still am thinking he did it himself so he could send his tins to apache driver

LOL.. thats one good idea if I did.