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How easy is it to fix a dent in a car door?
My brother let me look after his car while he was away on vacation, and I may have accidentally run into it on my skateboard while it was parked. Now, there’s a pretty noticeable dent in the passenger side door. I’m trying to decide whether I need to take it into the shop to be fixed or if I can handle this by hand. How easy is it to fix a dent in a car door?
Chloe Jenkins · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
I’m sorry to hear that you’re in this situation. Luckily, it can be quite easy to fix a dent in a car door depending on the extent of the damage. With a hairdryer, dent puller, and dent-pulling kit, you can pull some moderately sized dents from your car.
However, repairing a car dent by hand may not always leave the car looking good as new. If your goal is to have the car looking as though the dent was never there, you should take it into a car body repair shop and let the professionals fix the dent for you.
If you do decide to handle it yourself, you can follow these quick steps to fix the dent:
- Heat the dented area with your hairdryer.
- Use your dent puller to pull the warmed area back into position.
- Use your dent kit to pull the remaining dents into place.
If you’re still worried about your brother seeing the dented area on his car door, you could always make up for it by introducing him to the
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premium.Once you download Jerry, just answer a handful of questions that will take you roughly 45 seconds to complete and you’ll immediately get car insurance quotes for coverage similar to your current plan. Jerry customers save an average of $887 a year.
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