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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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Cool Mini suction cup = dent puller

Scanned through the clearance box at autozone today and found a suction cup. The description just said great for lifting objects with a flat surface. I saw it as a cheap dent puller. $1.99 and 10minutes and i almost got every door ding out. I ended up ripping the suction cup off so im going back to get the other 4 left. I simply lached it on and tugged and wiggled it. Each dent took about 5-6 passes b4 it was gone. I even got two out of the top crease of the doors.

Sorry no pics cause i dont have great lighting in the garage but i wouldnt post it if it wasnt worth your time and your $1.99

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg
This pic shows a description as a dent puller but the one i got didnt. Same exact product.

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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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lol this sounds like an advertisement! but for $2 i'd give it a shot, nice work man! thanks for the info
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Old Nov 27, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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i got a kit of 3 different size suction cups years ago for a dent in my 1st car, worked very well for a $5 fix. i would recomend this to anyone with a dent to give this a try 1st, it will take it almost all the way out.
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 01:16 AM
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Does this work for small dings?
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 05:39 AM
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I might try this on my mustang thanks op
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 06:52 AM
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Dry ice and plenty of sunlight is all you need....
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 07:28 AM
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sounds like its worth a try, got a link?
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 12:51 PM
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for $2 and some change its def worth a shot
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by YviE
Does this work for small dings?
More than likely not, small dents usually are quite tough and need to be banged out.
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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Almost All of my dings were small door dings... The came out ... But took longer. The bigger they are the faster they pulled. This suction cup was the diameter of a paint can. I bought the other four this morning and gave two to my co workers. But small dings are harder. The two in the crease line were actually the easiest and i thought they'd never come out
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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Wow, good to know. I have a few on my roof from looked like hail.
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 05:50 AM
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just ordered a two inch and a four inch suction cup. i will try them out this weekend and post some pics of before after.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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just tried pulling a door ding tonight and it worked pretty well especially considering the price spent for the suction cup. from what i could see the suction cup pulled out about 80-85% of the door ding i had, which is great!

i ordered a 4 inch and a 2 inch one from amazon. the 4 inch one is what worked best.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by gsCrazy
just tried pulling a door ding tonight and it worked pretty well especially considering the price spent for the suction cup. from what i could see the suction cup pulled out about 80-85% of the door ding i had, which is great!

i ordered a 4 inch and a 2 inch one from amazon. the 4 inch one is what worked best.

Good stuff... Dont be scared to really tug it... I had to get pretty aggressive with some of them. Glad ur happy with the results. Try misting the spot and the suction cup with a spray bottle first... Better suction
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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Wow, I need to try this. My biggest pet peeve about my car is the door dings, and some are quite large. I always thought the suction thing would be a cheap gimmick. Care to provide an amazon linky?
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