Testing different DIY hail fix ideas. Dry ice, dent removal kit, and more!

[@martinsinclair55]

For the suction cup u need to maintain suction while u pull up, otherwise you're not stressing the metal

[@mister9mm58]

How is he this stupid? How does a man not know this wtf

[@billyc768]

That's what she said.

[@jordannellessen785]

I've seen a few videos trying the hot/cold to pop a dent. The idea, I believe, is that you expand the metal with heat, and then snap the dent with cold to shrink it back hopefully to original. What I am getting at is that if you freeze the whole area it all contracts the same with no relative change. What if you were able to focus the cold ONLY at the BOTTOM of the dent. Keep the ridge around the dent hot. Maybe?

[@dreamscape3901]

Thats what i was thinking. When he just sat the whole block of dry ice on it and let it sit i was like “tf you doing???”

[@Vettdude72210]

I’ve had luck in the past removing dents with the hairdryer and a piece of ice. The trick is to heat the metal up and then put a piece of ice in the center of the dent. This is only worked for me a few times.

[@RoguePC4U]

I remove dents for living via PDR (Paintless Dent Repair). Dry Ice?... ugh. The only time this actually works is under VERY specific circumstances. ie. a very slight, shallow dent in a steel panel. Even then, you have to get the panel quite hot first, then cold really quickly. After that, if you haven't already split the paint, you're still likely to still see a wobble or three. And maybe that's ok for some (ie. racing or beaters). But if you want it out 100%, have a PDR professional do it. There's a real reason why many of us have 100k in tools and decades of ongoing training and experience.

[@dennisalvarez2518]

Boom that just happened. 😜

[@lander3673]

Just curious.. have you ever seen a DIY repair go right? I'm a few hours deep into videos and not liking my chances of pulling this off. The 10k payout that I put on the loan would be a nice gain. 16 Ram with hundreds of small dents, no broken glass or plastic, no chipped paint. My prediction is lots of new tools and the same old dents. Maybe I'll see if I can find someone with some experience to consult along with some shop estimates that don't involve replacing panels.

[@RoguePC4U]

@@lander3673 A DIY hail repair?!?! omg… NO! Please don’t do it. I know it looks easy, trust me - it’s not. I’ve seen this hundreds of times. People get a nice payout and think they can repair it for less, then pocket the remaining. I get it. I really do. But it’s simply not realistic. Even with an experienced “consultant”, you can’t just DIY your Ram. Not with PDR anyway. If you try, you’ll quickly be way over your head. Trust your intuition. Maybe a cheap bodyshop (who’s hurting for business) might do it cheaper and bondo everything. But either way, you’ll be sorely disappointed in the results.

[@lander3673]

@@RoguePC4U I was going to practice on a car that I can damage without consequences. I don't think it looks easy at all, working the dents out with hand tools looks like artistry. The suction/glue seems like a good way to make things worse if not done by experienced hands. All the other methods seem like urban myths. Thanks for the warning. I will proceed with extreme caution and a "at best i'll fail on the other car" attitude lol. I was honestly surprised by the range of estimates 3k-10k. The 10k was replacing panels which is what I turned in for my estimate. Even more surprised that my insurance didn't question anything.

[@lander3673]

Just out of curiosity how much experience does it take to tackle a hail repair? I'm gonna guess some guys- never, others years and a few less than a year.

[@briceknight4290]

I ve done with dry ice on a summer day you have to use small piece of dry ice on middle it can't be a deep hail dent only a light surface one also have to use hair tie as ring for dry ice not to slide iff

[@daledenney3429]

Tried the glue and just made a big mess on top of the dent.

[@glowmonster5198]

Not actually pulling up on the suction cup was really irritating

[@rickwatson985]

Thanks for the info I appreciate it, you saved me time and money. As a race car driver myself for many years may I suggest if you want to race cars go to the race car track, and race against some real competition to see how good you really are. Plus its legal.

[@TrailBlazer5280]

Yeah I mean interesting but I'm going to be honest it was a weak effort on these, I expected like proper testing. You need a small bit of dry ice right in the center of the dent what are you doing with the entire block sitting there lol. Its the heat difference from the whole area vs the very center that makes it pop out. Similarly you need the straw attached to the compressed air and point it right in the center not like a foot away spraying the whole area. Test it in bursts, a little at a time then try a steady spray. Its the compressed air that will get it cold not the water condensation that built up on it so no need to wait around. And try the glue puller a few times to really test it, do it on a few spots so we can see if different sized dents matter.

[@scriptranda6370]

Alcohol spray removes glue

[@ClaytonBridges]

Are the hoods on the 2003 aluminum? Aluminum does not have the same 'metal memory' as steel does, so I don't think these tricks will work. These tricks are meant for something like steel, that would return to its memory.

[@FortniteGamerRyan]

Clayton Bridges that is an interesting point I didn’t think about. I did test all the same theory’s on the trunk off camera. Which I just researched and that isn’t aluminum. But this does beg for a part two on a different car. Possibly with larger hail dents so they’d be more included to shrink back.

[@ClaytonBridges]

@@FortniteGamerRyan maybe! I think different techniques would vary. I think the suction cup in particular would need a larger dent. I have a hail damaged LS400 and would love to be able to fix it

[@RoguePC4U]

@@FortniteGamerRyan nope. Hail dents cannot be repaired like this. If they could, I’d be rich

[@RoguePC4U]

FYI - aluminum has zero memory. Regular gauge steel has “some” and HSS (high strength steel) has none either

[@kriskowalski5510]

Hahaha just have glue to clean off.......that was a good video and good to know, thanks

[@excalibersc5849]

You did not do it right with any of them.. You did everything to fast.

[@brucemackinnon6707]

What about the clearcoat? What do those things do to that?

[@TheJournalCEO]

Did any of these work? I'm 7 minutes into the video and so far none have worked.. I don't have the patience to keep watching in hopes the last few minutes have any success.

[@drewmarshall8436]

Tommy Tires!!! Best tire shop in Omaha

[@dubsydubs5234]

You applied those tests like someone seeing if you can wash a car by throwing a bucket of water at it, did you really think it would work by doing it so sloppily? I'm guessing your next video will be using a panel beaters hammer and just smacking the hood as hard as you can.

[@FortniteGamerRyan]

Dubsy Dubs how would you like to see me do them differently? Would love to see some ideas for a part 2

[@dubsydubs5234]

@@FortniteGamerRyan I personally don't think they work on small dents apart from the glue puller but it needs the correct size tip for the dent and you work out the dent gradually like they do with pdr, pdr use the hot glue puller successfully. The heating and freezing and the sucker (a proper one not one designed to hold a phone) will give better results with big dents but you still need to work them, they aren't like magic methods where you just do it once and perfection follows, they're tools you have to work with.

[@Tykoderz]

@@FortniteGamerRyan not only that but you gotta just yank the suction cups off. You can't simply just remove them casually and expect any results. it's metal.

[@RoguePC4U]

@@dubsydubs5234 FYI - suction cups don't work either. If it did, every professional PDR tech would use them. But know how many do? Zero. Sure, you CAN suction a dent out, sort of. But it actually makes the dent worse, causing all sorts of tension and waves. If you like "dent different" then hey, fill your boots.

[@dubsydubs5234]

@@RoguePC4U Suction cups do work actually but only on big dent and then you work the creases left behind.

[@mitchfancey3356]

Puts absolutely zero effort into this

[@davidbryant5875]

Yes lol

[@herbertpoland6321]

sometimes you need to read the instruction. Overall, a great video.

[@palimul651]

Does anyone of you really do Diy like you didnt even care or put effort to it? Or he is just girly effort diy'er.

[@martinsinclair55]

MEK to get glue off

[@donhiggins5164]

Why didn’t you try all methods on a few different dents? That one could have just been a stubborn one

[@FortniteGamerRyan]

I did off camera, I trouble shot a few things. I also tried a couple dents on different parts of the car as well as one on my 4Runner. That would have been pretty boring to watch I thought. In hindsight with the comments I really I probably should have shown more of those and tried to shorten the video up in other ways. But being pretty new to more of the vlog style videos on my channel, I dropped the ball on this one lol I’ll probably make another some day and take some advice from these comments and try and make it better. But have some other videos I’m working on currently that are a little more fun to make than sitting trying different dent fixing methods for hours lol

[@dannybelzer4194]

You wait too long after taking off the hair dryer. Try it immediately

[@temucool7240]

Where is your address? I just need you to fix my car

[@MrsDonnaDavis]

Stick to racing.

[@garrettfriend4772]

Pdr is the only way ! Don't waste your money on other shit...

[@heffedirte6243]

Rubbing alcohol