Re: Fixing dents in SS

["David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

While it MAY work on a modern car with thin cold rolled steel panels 
it DOES NOT WORK on the Delorean with S/S panels that are much thicker 
than the panels on newer cars. S/S has a much higher tensile strength 
meaning it takes a lot more energy to bend it. Also once the metal is 
stretched even if you do manage to "pop out" the dent you will have a 
bubble as the stretched metal has to go somewhere. What needs to be 
done in this case is to "shrink" the metal which is something the 
DingKing cannot do. In general I do not trust the things advertised on 
TV. Instead of the DingKing you can do just as well with a suction cup 
or if you can get behind just push it out if it is just a bumped in 
dent and is not stretched. Save your money on this one! It is very 
tempting to think you can buy something like this and do your own body 
work. I saw first-hand the uselessness of this device on another 
member's car.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jevans742003 <nucleus@xxxx>" 
<nucleus@xxxx> wrote:
> Will the DingKing contraption you see on tv work on pulling dents 
out 
> of our stainless steel panels? Any other ideas?