Earlier this week i saw a video on a thread that someone was using dry ice to fix a little dent on the car. i was wondering if anyone have try that with their TL.

 

dry ice?! uh...i'd imagine that would be even worse? what happened in the video? if you applied dry ice to say a fender...............well iono, it'd break?

 

lol what it does is if you applied dry ice on the dent, the part that was dented will pop back out. believe it or not that's what happened in the video. maybe i should find it and post it up!

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/%2Adiy%2A-easily-fix-dents-takes-about-5-minutes-716650/

i cant find the one you mentioned...saw it a couple days ago though

edit:

here it is: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=729156

 

well i just saw it on youtube. it said that it works well if you are driving it outside the heat, but once the car is heat up the dent will go back to normal. another method that i saw was to use a suction cup to suck the dent up.

 

^ I also heard the same thing that once it heats up again, the dent returns, never tried it myself though so don't know for sure.

If you do go through with it, post some pics before and after and let us know how it goes.

 

I dont know who told you it goes back in! that defies physics

Dry Ice works great on small dents- discussed on here first by member dope who saw a video, tried it and spread the word. Seach his name for the thread

Its $1 a pound, which is more than enough- check your grocery store for it in the front of the store- a small square coldbox is the dry ice
Use a heat gun or hair dryer on HOT to get the area of the dent hot- make circles to spread the heat
Nice warm to hot metal-- then while wearing heavy work gloves- apply dry ice its -200F!! in a small circular pattern to the dent- the severe cold temp shock will pop the dent right out!
May take a few tries with heat then cold, depending on size and location, to get the metal to resume its original shape
Wont fix huge dents but will make them smaller for sure

Will reduce most smaller than a quarter ones to nearly invisable, and others just gone. Only the owner would know there is something off right there, no one else sees it

Alternate cold is a can of computer cleaning spray $5- turn it upside down and spray- its COLLLLLD just like dry ice- be reallly careful- frostbite is a very real danger playing with either of these- wear eye protection safety glasses - shoes, heavy work gloves
Disclaimer- do at your own risk
I have even seen it work with sunshine on the area for a few hours then dry ice- not as effective but did work

Note summer camping? 2 lbs dry ice will keep your ice chest cold or frozen for days,, for cheaper than regular ice- will make a bag of ice stay frozen in an ice chest for 3-5 days!
get a brochure from the store or look online for info