Noticed two dings in my Vantage rear quarter panels. I brought it to the local PDR folks, but they could not get quick access to the backside of the rear quarter panel to massage them out. Anyone else know if there is access to that location from some alternate method from the interior or some other means?

 

Did they take the taillight out? A lot of PDR places will remove the taillight and even drill a hole if necessary. They will use a rubber grommet afterwards to plug up the hole.

 

Nope they did not remove tail light, they were saying they could drill a small hole behind the fender liner to get access. That was the main access area they were looking at since its the upper part of the rear fender between the passenger door and the wheel.

I figured before going the drilling route I would ask around to see what others have done on the Vantage.

 

slo1911 -- are you close to Park Place Aston in Bellevue? Stop by and ask Vince how to get to the right spots.

 

Correct. They just had the car bringing it up to date for the extended warranty, I will give him a ring to see what he thinks.

 

Remember too, that the body is aluminum, and unlike almost every other car out there that is steel, the aluminum as a metal performs differently. Steel has a 'memory' and is MUCH easier to get a dent out with tool manipulation than aluminum. Before you let the dent removal guys have a go at it, you really need to see if they have experience working aluminum or you might wind up with a messy job.

FYI, the Vantage has an inner fender liner. Pull the wheel, and then you have appx 12 small screws to remove and the inner fender liner will drop out along with the attached wheel insulation and they should be able to get access that way.

 

Op do you have any pics of the damage? Lmk and I will see if there are any techs near you in my network.

 

The rear fenders/wings are steel on the Vantage. Bonnet/hood, doors and roof are aluminum. Front fenders/wings, sills and trunk/boot are composite.

 

Let me take a pic when I go out to the car and I will post it up.

 

Little hard to see since the car is black.

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Just looked at your pics and have had a lot of experience with dent removal. Provided the practitioner can get the leverage for his tool, which I think will be no problem in your case, it will be impossible to detect where your dent was.

 

^+1 what city are you in op?

 

I am in the Snohomish area. Although I am not opposed to bringing it around to anyone in the area who can do it right the first time.

 

Ok, posted in my pdr network group, I'll let you know who is in the area.

 

Thanks!