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Rolls Royce - Modern Car Restoration

Paintless Dent Repair
We inspected the car for bodywork damage. There are a couple of areas that have been scuffed, scraped and even gouged. We didn't think we could all damage on the car with smart repairs and that they warranted full bodyshop repair. Unfortunately there was no time to do this on this visit to England, so this will be done when the car returns in the winter. But we were able to do the dents on the panels that won't be repainted.

Small dents on rear panel marked and ready for paintless dent repair.

The car was inspected and the dents marked out with tape for Chris to do. There were 22 minor dents in total of which we were able to do about 14, the rest couldn't be done because of lack of access. As dents are pushed out from behind, sometimes we are hindered by double-skins or strengthening structures behind the panels.

Chris removes dents with PDR.

 

Dent on Rolls-Royce hub cap.
A dent in the hub cap! This can be done with paintless dent repair.

While we were inspecting the vehicle, it was noticed that there was a dent in the hub cap and it was marked for Chris to do. Unfortunately, he didn't notice the marker and so didn't do the dent. Doing dents on wheels is not something he often sees so he wasn't looking, in fact it's very rare to see hub caps on a car these days. But he may still have more dents to do anyway when the car comes back again.

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Rolls Royce Restoration
1. Intro & Wheel Refurbishment
2. Glass Repair
3. Rust Repair
4. Leather Recolouring - Seats
5. Leather Recolouring - Steering Wheel
6. Dent Repair
7. work in progress


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