A little damage today, how to fix?
 

I picked up a little road damage today on the drive, my left driver side tire caught the fender lip and pulled it out of shape. Looks like it just cut the edge of the tire a little but no major tire damage. Is this something I can fix? I tried to push it back with a plier but it's not forming evenly. Any help would be appreciated.

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I have had success having companies that specialize in paintless dent removal fix this sort of thing. ie dent pro, dent magic etc

I second that. Chris, take a look in one of our OC Region magazines for a dent removal company that does this sort of thing. I can't remember the name but they do deal with Porsches.

I've used 'The Club' (the steering wheel locking device) to fix this on a 911SC before.

Its going to require a cylindrical tube/round dolley, and prying hammering. It requires the services of a body man unless you want it to look like a total amateur fixed (or rather didnt fix) it.

First thing is decide if you can do it. Ask yourself if you have ever rolled fender wheel well lips before, and how did they turn out. its not easy to do right and looks like your tire realy did a job on it. The jack it up and massage the metal back into proper shape using body tools.

Regards,

You could probably fix that yourself, but the dent pro is a no brainer. The thing is, this is going to keep happening unless you trim a litle bit of the fender return, or slightly roll it under. Ask dent man about rolling. It's not irreversable, I just unrolled one 2 weeks ago. It was stretched, so it had to be shrunk and that of course required a little painting on just the return.

Hi Chris,
Sorry about the little damage.

I have a really great paintless dent guy. He supports Dutch Treats and other shops in the South Bay. He came over when I first got the car and spend nearly 2 hours fixing one little door ding (he is a perfectionist).

Dent Express
Rich Houghton
310-415-5350

He is mobile, but stays in the South Bay. Maybe go down for lunch at the beach while he works on your car.

Take care, Luis :D

Another option is to call Kevin at Automotive Innovations and Restorations in Van Nuys. He's a great guy and will take very good care of you.

Off road tires might be the problem. Just kiddin Chris, dent pro is the way to go.

baseball bat. I had the same thing happen on both sides after the car was lowered. You should roll the fenders while you're doing it. If the tires are that close, it will keep happening.

I have a baseball bat that I am no longer using. It should work just fine. You can get smaller wheels/rims and avoid this!

:D

Good luck!

Dave

BTW Chris...

I think that the fender damage was a direct result of the hood badge was not fully aligned! Fix this problem and the fender issue should resolve itself.

This is going to happen again if you don't get some things corrected, such as negative camber, lip rolling or cutting, and the right sized tires and or spacers. Usually the lip just cuts into the tire, but yours was turned to the right when you bottomed out, pulling the metal outward. Get the lips rolled when you get it fixed and try some added neg camber to start.

Milt, hit the nail on the head...Unless you address the root cause, this will continue to happen. I also believe you may need to replace your front tire as well.

Chris, it was really nice meeting you yesterday. Where did that occur, must of been on the way down. Some of those turns were pretty tight.
Anyhow, Milt is right, gotta roll the fenders. I have the same size tires as you and my car is slammed. The top of my fenders are rolled a bit and I run some negative camber. No rubbing at all.
Andy

Got an estimate close to $500 to have the fender repaired and to have them rolled on both sides. Does anybody have pictures of their fenders rolled? Is this an essential item based on where I am at now? Apparently, I need smaller tires all the way around.

take some pliers and force it back in. shouldn't look too bad. then touch up with some paint. you're done.

Stop by this Saturday and we'll roll that back in with a wooden ball bat. As long as there isn't any damage that I can't see in the pictures it looks like an easy fix.

+1 on baseball bat. Hard to tell from the pics but it only looks like the lip got pulled, no distortion of the rest of the fender. Just roll it. If the paint cracks underneath touch it up. Then roll the other side to prevent it from happening there. I see no reason to spend $500 to fix it. That's a couple of track days.

Then again, you've seen my car, so I'm not really a concours kinda guy...

...also it appears in the first photo that you are running some serious negative camber :)