![]() ![]() I liked the candid and prompt feedback and decided to give this a try before doing anything drastic. work will be done at my place (he always work on customer's premises) won't be able to repair the dent on the running board will be able to remove 90% of the dent on the door will remove the black marks using a cream and brush I called him and he asked me to send pictures of the dent on whats app! I did that and he got back saying: I continued to look for workshops and bumped into a "Paintless Dent Removal" option (posted by a lot of owners on other forums as well as on team-bhp). Often used on upholsterday and bits of pieces on the dash, panels etc. Essentially the very same principle, the rivets even look the same, with a similar tool to place them. On cars, espcially you might also find plastic rivets. It's a very easy technique, don't know about India, but in any toolshop in Europe you can buy a poprivet tool for just a few Euro's. One small thing to add, is that when using rivets you don't need to worry about threading the holes either. It shouldn't be that difficult to find a workshop with a pop-rivet tool to re-assemble this.Įxcellent explanation. To explain it simply: you can pop-rivet two sheets of paper together, but you cannot screw them together. Screws require some thickness in the material so their threads can work well. Rivets are faster/simpler when access to the other side of the material is not possible - since they can be applied from one side. ![]() Pop-rivets (and nuts+bolts) have the advantage of not needing thickness in the material they fasten themselves to. (Just noticed - the aluminum thing inset in the picture above is an unused pop-rivet, though its oriented opposite to the diagram). They just need to use the right tool for the job - which in this case is a drill with a correctly sized bit to match the OD of the rivet, or slightly bigger.Īssuming you're approaching this from the left side (in the image), once you drill till the green line i've marked, the cap of the rivet (on the left) will come free and the rest of it will fall out the other end (on the right): This is the brute-force approach that is better avoided. So looks like there is some way other than chisel and hammer! Drive out rivet stems -arrows- with extractor (Ø 3 mm). I found this while googling (via briskoda): Any good competent workshop in Pune who can deal with rivets? And of course do a good job of repairing the dented Skoda door? All those who upgrade their speakers in India: how do they remove the existing speakers? Chisel out the rivets damaging the door trim/plastic housing in the process? And how do they install new speakers? Rivets or no?Ĥ. Rivets versus screws versus nut/bolts: what's better? Is there any real advantage of using rivets over screws? Is it worth sticking to rivets?ģ. What is the right way to remove and install a rivet?Ģ. I put the door trim in the boot and drove out.ġ. I got frustrated, asked them to search for some guy/workshop who can remove and install rivets with proper tools and then call me. They: sir, factory mein machine hota hai (Sir, factory has a rivet gun or something like that) Me: kuch to hota hoga (there must be some way) - while googling away to glory on my cell phone They: Sir, baad mein "ribit" nahin baithega, screw marna padega (Sir, rivets can't be installed, we will screw it all) Me: Why? There must be some way, and how will you fit it all back? They: Aisa hi hota hai sir, "ribit" ko hathoda mar kar katna padta hai (this is how it's done, sir, rivets have to be cut by force) They were going to cut the rivets using a chisel and a hammer when I stopped them. This is some intermediate metal sheet that's riveted. They removed the door trim and then this is how it looked: But I told them that I will stand there all day and watch them doing it. I was told this is the standard way, so I agreed. They told me they will remove the door trim, try to put their hands in and hammer out the dent. One workshop looked reasonable and gave me an estimate of 7K. Don't want to claim insurance and don't want to take it to the Skoda service center for obvious reasons. I have been exploring competent and reasonable workshops in Pune to get this repaired. My 4.5 years old Laura TSi received a dent on the front left door and the running board. ![]()
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