While I was driving. Sounded like a blow out. Loud as a gun. 1,300 miles and this. 😫😳😡😭

 

Be happy it is on the door.

 

Ouch. Feel for you brother. I think there is a chance they maybe able to jusy pop that dent out. Can't say for sure, but it seems plausible at least.

 

Did you find the perp?

 

This confirms a pledge I made to myself many years ago to stay as far away from golf *****, clubs, and courses as possible.

 

Look up 'Paintless Dent Repair' in your area. That dent is a perfect candidate for the process. Cost less that a body shop and you'll never know it happened.

 

Thanks, Quibbs. Was on the phone today with an expert PDR guy. He says it's 50/50 he can fix it, saying that golf ***** at speed tend to stretch the metal beyond PDR's capabilities. But, I have an appointment nonetheless.

 

I did find him. In fact, I stopped the car in the middle of the street and walked onto the golf course and up to the nearest green until one of the several golfers fessed up. He apologized and gave me his information. That's the gentlemanly thing to do.

 

Same here. I was actually cruising through a residential area that I now know to be bordered by an open section of a golf course. What are the odds that a moving Jaguar would be the target of a poorly sliced golf ball?

 

I do have an appointment, but he's skeptical. I'm hopeful.

 

Damn that sucks but at least the guy admitted it. Like Whirlinturbin said what are the odds that it would hit such a nice expensive car. Let us know if the dent guy manages to fix it.

 

Holy cow. I was playing at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem Pa on Sunday as as member's guest. Had a realized the approach to the club house goes in between the the driving range to the right and a tee box and fairway to the left, I would have taken my Armada. Neither are netted off from the road.

Let me tell you, I was shi***ng my pants until I got up there.

 

Good luck with the dentless repair...there's that crease line that would be very difficult to dentless repair (just my guess), keep us posted, very curious if it's possible. I'm a big golfer (play once/week, well used to before I had a kid)...every time I parked at the golf course I was paranoid of getting hit my a random golf ball. Heck, my friend broke some guy's car window, while the guy was standing next to the car!!!

 

Does that work with aluminum/aluminium?

 

Yes, it actually works better on AL, which does not have a "memory" like steel.

If there were anyone still alive who knew how to work with a hammer and dolly, they could take off the inner door panel and make it disappear pretty quickly. Those tools coupled with the English Wheel, fashioned some pretty amazing bodies with complex curvies out of sheets of AL (see AC/Shelby Cobras from the 60's).

 

Aluminum stretches and work hardens when it dents so I would say that PDR isn't going to work in this instance. Steel has more "memory" than aluminum so it tends to more easily pop back into its original shape. I disagree with Foosh on this one, although I do agree that craftsmen of yore could hand form aluminum into some pretty gorgeous shapes. I think the OP may need a new door, unless he is ok with a lot of filler on his car. Fortunately it isn't going to need a new quarter panel. Doors are relatively inexpensive to replace.

 

PDR often works great but I'm going to have to say that on that particular placement,I'm skeptical that they can remove that dent,it's right at the tip of the crease and real high up where your eye sees it...good luck to you and let us know how that turns out.
Often times,it's getting to it that's the majority of the problem.

 

I didn't say I think that PDR would work on that dent. I think it's too deep, and don't think it will work.

However, I did a little research, and many so-called experts maintained that for minor dents, PDR worked better on AL than steel. I suppose it depends upon the dent.

 

I just had the wife's Lexus SC 430 repaired by a paintless dent repair guy. It was a foul ball baseball that got her in nearly the exact spot. The dent was larger. Given the dent was in a seam, I didn't have much hope. Repair was perfect. On would never know. Let us know how it turn out.
Good luck

 

You can try heating the area with a heat gun, then use a up-side down dust air canister so it blows the cold CO2 around the dent. The rapid cooling can aide in popping the dent back out.

-Derek