Dentman job - best way to remove this?...

As usual, Timm's write-up is comprehensive - the secret is take your time and be gentle! Gently ease rather than tug or yank! I've had all my panels off and it is really straightforward. DON'T let anyone else do this - I've had more than one panel and door clips broken by Stealerships where mechanic "yoofs" are on a time penalty and simply wrench things out of the way in order to get the job done quickly. Those panel clips easily break if you don't located them carefully in the relevant holes before tapping them home.

BB I had a few trolley dents in that region and on the door and they were all removed without taking the panel off, he dropped the window wacked in a plastic wedge and pushed a tool down and wiggled it and hey presto! He removed them all for £20 as an offer at Bimmerfest a few years ago.

I'd wait for the dent bloke to pitch up and ask him what's needed - that's if you're scared to remove the trim/doorcards. I must have removed hundreds of different door cards in my time odd-jobbing down at a friend's repair shop plus on numerous foraging trips to the scrapper for odds and ends, what strike me about almost all of them is that they are made of utter garbage. Cheap, nasty shitty bits of hard board or pressed board, tacky plastic and rubbish clips. Still, some of them look nice even so.

Right I'm back now, Trojans slaughtered, minus the speech impedeblur!

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I've had more than one panel and door clips broken by Stealerships where mechanic "yoofs" are on a time penalty and simply wrench things out of the way in order to get the job done quickly.

Too true, there are set times for all jobs and you only earn your bonus by beating the times. Sad.

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BB I had a few trolley dents in that region and on the door and they were all removed without taking the panel off, he dropped the window wacked in a plastic wedge and pushed a tool down and wiggled it and hey presto! He removed them all for £20 as an offer at Bimmerfest a few years ago.

I agree with this Burn, a couple of years ago at Gaydon the 'Dentman' did a job lot for a whole bunch of us at knock down prices. Only Nick F declined because he couldn't decide which panel the 'Dentman' should start with. (sorry Nick).

It is truly amazing how they do it and i am certain they will tackle yours from the window slot.

I wouldn't touch anything until the guy has seen it first.

Cheers
Graham

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I've come home to see good news posts everywhere here

Thanks for replies everyone, I'm going to buy clips in case but if I can wriggle out of this somehow it'll be good.

One reason I'm tying to avoid this job is because as some of you may have read I was experimenting with those 19LB BOSCH 4-pintle injectors-
The extra 26% of gas they supply per time frame will make the engine run way too rich when the O2 sensor circuitry is not in operation. And this is every time you start the cold engine (until the sensors are heated up) and under full load/high speed when the lambda control system is also inoperable. Next to this my MID readings were completely off = way too low.

Anyway, its all a bit complicated to explain here, but what with needing to disassemble engine, etc, and all by 8pm tonight..well, I'd better get on with it.

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Have you been following Wokke's thread over on BF about the Bosch injectors?
I don't know about the 8 series but I fitted these to my Range Rover, they made a positive improvement in performance and economy.

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One reason I'm tying to avoid this job is because as some of you may have read I was experimenting with those 19LB BOSCH 4-pintle injectors-
The extra 26% of gas they supply per time frame will make the engine run way too rich when the O2 sensor circuitry is not in operation. And this is every time you start the cold engine (until the sensors are heated up) and under full load/high speed when the lambda control system is also inoperable. Next to this my MID readings were completely off = way too low.

Anyway, its all a bit complicated to explain here, but what with needing to disassemble engine, etc, and all by 8pm tonight..well, I'd better get on with it.

That’s the spirit B! I was beginning to think you were a big girl’s blouse

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Jason please don't think badly of me, but that blurb was actually cut and pasted from one of Wokke's threads, I was just being silly. I'd not know a 4 pintle injector if it knocked me down in the street.

Nice one, made me laugh out loud

When they did mine they just rolled down the window and accessed it from the window slot. No need to remove any interior panels. I have had 3 8s done this way over time with excellent results. Good luck.

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Jason please don't think badly of me, but that blurb was actually cut and pasted from one of Wokke's threads, I was just being silly. I'd not know a 4 pintle injector if it knocked me down in the street.

You do surprise me Burn.

How good is this dent removal?

Thats what I was hoping to hear
Although I was wondering how good it was when it comes to seeing the dent. Does it dissapear?

BTW the last track you sent me is the BOMB!!

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Thats what I was hoping to hear
Although I was wondering how good it was when it comes to seeing the dent. Does it dissapear?

BTW the last track you sent me is the BOMB!!

Now come on - share the goodness, what track?