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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Don’t the dents start to repair themselves? Our minivan got hit years ago, not to that extent, but I can’t see them anymore.


21 posted on 06/29/2023 7:07:40 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: stevio

Not that I can tell. It still looks like it did when it got hit. We probably just get used to it and live with it.


23 posted on 06/29/2023 7:09:29 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: stevio

Sometimes dents can ‘repair’ themselves if the dents are not too deep and you live in a warm climate and your vehicle is usually parked outside in the sun. The metal on a car has a certain amount of ‘memory’ regarding it’s original shape. Sometimes repeated heating and cooling of the metal will cause it to ‘remember’ what it originally was. As I said, minor dings only.

Also the internet has several videos wherein ice or some other real cold substance is applied to small dents causing the metal to contract and sometimes ‘pop’ back to shape. I have done that a few times with some success.


49 posted on 06/29/2023 8:23:22 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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