Motorhome Metal Roof damage (1 Viewer)

[automedon]

Hello to all you Experienced Funsters, especially those of you with knowledge/experience of filling in 3 dents on a motorhome roof.
This is a Mercedes Sprinter LWB, high roof. On drivers side damage has been done to roof top resulting in the above mentioned dents, each approx. 2ins. deep x 7ins. in length.
Would welcome any useful advice on how to fill these dents in (they have not caused any cracks in the metal so no leaks inside van) Cannot access them from inside the (to try and knock them up and out) van because of cladding, wall insulation and wall boards etc.
Would paint over them and forget they are there except they collect a lot of water after rain which then barrels down the windscreen/side windows when braking.
Look forward to hearing from anyone who has experience of this problem.

 

[joner8888]

You could just etch the surface and fill with filler :Sad:

The best way is to use a body shop stud puller , where it spot welds a nail on the surface , then a self grip puller is used to pull out 90% of the damage from the outside before using any filler.

This is what it looks like--
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[jhorsf]

do you have a mobile smart repair in your area like
http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/?utm_exp...OlmA.0&utm_referrer=https://www.google.co.uk/

usually cheap and make a good job



always worth a try
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OGa9vB42Q"]Paintless Dent Repair Using a Heat Gun and a Can of Compressed Gas Duster - YouTube[/ame]

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[aba]

Depending on how bad they are you may get some out with a sucker type puller similar to what glass fitters use.

 

[buckby]

My mate bought a dent puller which used a hot glue gun and release spray you glue a pin on the dent then theres a frame that attaches with suckers to pull the dent
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[pappajohn]

if it is a clean dent.....no edge creases.....then a decent sucker dent remover should pull the dents out as new.
But at 2" deep and just 7" long i reckon thats got edge creases though.

Problems are caused by metal deformation....ie: creases, no matter how small.

Some minor 'clean' dents can be removed by a firm, flat handed blow around the dent on good metal.

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