Thread: Grill work

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After the engine comes out I want to work on prepping the body. My grill has some dented cross members. Here is a upclose photo. I'm wondering about the best way to get the dents out. Harbor frieght sells a hammer and anvil dent repair set for about 20 dollars, but I'm wondering how a shop would go about it. These grills are pricey to replace, and this one's in pretty good shape minus the dents. Advice as always would be appreciated. Thanks.

Grill look real good, I would do like you said and sit down with a hammer & doll, and pick away, take your time, get as much as you can, then do it some more, then use a little filler as needed.

Pat

I've never tried a hammer and doll, but It can't hurt whats already there, for 20.00 it's worth a try.

Take it off the truck, set up a table, saw horse bench, something big enough to where you can comfortably sling and spin it around. be careful at the beauty lines toward the top of the fins. (And do not file, or sand anything) until you are sure it is close. I see it a couple times a week where a butcher thinks they are close, only to find they are not. So they hammer and pick more and file again, Well still not yet. Then before you know it its thin and then comes the holes.

Paitience really pays off in hand working hard to replace metal panels. I train guys all the time and tell them, I dont care if it takes you all day to fix that dent the size of a quarter as long as its right. 95% of the time they rush it and break paint, or over work it and file it thin.

I guess I forgot to say to remove it, then sit down with it.

Pat

On some items I use a Rubber covered Dolly-that way I can use the pick end of my Hammer and not stretch the Metal while straightening it out-