Back fender repair question Options

[bcelica555]

Last night I backed into these wooden steps pretty bad and messed up my back fender




I was just wondering if the whole fender needs replaced since its seems to be connected to the roof. My cars getting alot of miles on it and im thinking about not getting it fixed and I'm just wondering my options for tring to make it look a little bit better. What all different ways would a garage try to fix it for me

[bmj67]

I would pull out the trunk panels and use a rubber mallet and smack the dents from the inside and try to pop them out a bit. What a lot of body shops do is use a stud gun to weld on studs and then they use a slide hammer to pull the panel into shape as best as they can and then use filler. but that involves actually getting a stud gun which can be costly a hammer is cheap

This post has been edited by bmj67: Nov 27, 2008 - 3:22 PM