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UKBrad L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 17:26 - 25 Jun 2017 Post subject: Motorcycle tank repair, paintless dent repair? |
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Hello.
I recently and very foolishly made a dent in a friends motorbike by knocking a heater of a shelf on to it and need to have it repaired for him.
I was under the impression I could have a paintless dent repair done to it but after messaging a local company received this reply....
"Hi,
Thankyou for your enquiry. Unfortunately fuel tanks are among the worst things you can Dent!! 99% of fuel tanks are double skinned which means they have an inner skin and an outer! This means you can't access the Dent from the inside! So the other option would be to pull from the outside but again this doesn't work well on fuel tanks as the metal tends to be quite thick!!
So in a nutshell the only option would be to fill and paint it! "
Not the news I was hoping for as that sounds very expensive is there really no hope with have the dent pulled out?
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Tracer1234 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 02:32 - 26 Jun 2017 Post subject: Re: Motorcycle tank repair, paintless dent repair? |
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UKBrad wrote: | Hello.
I recently and very foolishly made a dent in a friends motorbike by knocking a heater of a shelf on to it and need to have it repaired for him.
I was under the impression I could have a paintless dent repair done to it but after messaging a local company received this reply....
"Hi,
Thankyou for your enquiry. Unfortunately fuel tanks are among the worst things you can Dent!! 99% of fuel tanks are double skinned which means they have an inner skin and an outer! This means you can't access the Dent from the inside! So the other option would be to pull from the outside but again this doesn't work well on fuel tanks as the metal tends to be quite thick!!
So in a nutshell the only option would be to fill and paint it! "
Not the news I was hoping for as that sounds very expensive is there really no hope with have the dent pulled out?
Thanks |
Pictures of the dent would be of help. BCF members may be many things, but psychic they are not. Well, not many of them. ____________________ Riding: Yamaha MT-09 Tracer Occasionally Riding: 08 Suzuki SV650, Potato: 2011 Yamaha YBR Custom.
Used to ride: 2015 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (smidsy) 09 Triumph Street Triple (P/X'd) 08 Yamaha YBR (Sold)
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A100man |
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A100man World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:04 - 26 Jun 2017 Post subject: Re: Motorcycle tank repair, paintless dent repair? |
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UKBrad wrote: | ! 99% of fuel tanks are double skinned which means they have an inner skin and an outer! This means you can't access the Dent from the inside! |
Eh? Are they? I know most of my old crap is over 25 year old but is this really true? ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Ste Not Work Safe
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Posted: 22:26 - 26 Jun 2017 Post subject: |
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This thread needs pics.
The chances of being able to cleanly pop the dent out and not need to touch up the paint will mostly depend on if it's a 'smooth' dent. If there are any corners / edges to the dent then it's almost certainly going to need repainting. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 303 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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