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Dent Mystery - What the heck happened?
I found a mysterious dent on my 911 this morning and I cannot figure out what could have caused it. Weird rock throw? Vandalism? It's on the drivers side front fender, and the metal is bent out and down. What do y'all think?
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05-04-2015, 01:27 PM
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05-04-2015, 01:29 PM
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What's your tire size are the fuch's stock size? Looks like a rub at full lock?
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05-04-2015, 01:32 PM
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take a closeup and see if there are plier marks?
Tire looks ok? No rubbing? what does the inside of the fender look like?
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05-04-2015, 01:33 PM
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Tire has a small abrasion in it, which you can see in the picture. 15in wheels, tires are 205/55R-16 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11A SL.
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05-04-2015, 01:34 PM
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Common. Caused by pulling into a driveway or other embankment with wheel turned about 70% to full lock. The tire grabs the lip and pulls it down. You can probably find the matching spot on the tire where the fender rubbed or slightly cut the outer lugs on the corner of the tire.
roll it up and back into place with a wooden hammer handle or something similar. Not much you can do about the paint crack.
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05-04-2015, 01:35 PM
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Gotcha, thanks guys. Bummer.
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05-04-2015, 01:36 PM
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That started happening on my car when the ball joints started to get loose. You might want to jack it up and check to see if your struts, wheel bearings, a-arm bushings, and ball joints are tight.
You also might want to consider rolling the fender lips as well....
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05-04-2015, 02:41 PM
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I agree tire hit the fender.
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05-04-2015, 03:40 PM
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05-04-2015, 04:39 PM
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