It's car related so i suppose i'll mention it, the technical director turned up monday with a nice little mod to the rear bumper of his 2 month old audi a3 convertible, he seems to think we can fix anything so asked me if i could pull it out....
I wasn't that hopeful but had a go anyway as it was sunny, there's no way to get to the rear of the bumper so after removing a stack of torx bolts the bumper started to get a bit looser, found some more fixings under the light and with the scary cracking noise of the clips releasing got that side of the bumper away from the car, after getting Big Col MD to help (my dad) we just about got the main dent pushed out leaving a fist sized dent under the line running around the bumper.
At this point a heat gun was suggested as the remaining dent seemed to flex back in when you pushed it, the parking sensor just unclips so with that out the the way a little gentle was applied to the inside to try not to damage the paint, amazingly when you've got it warm you can rub the inside with a cloth then hold it until it cools and the original shape returns! You can see a slight crease but only if your looking for it...That could of gone a lot worse, i got out of there before he checked if the parking distance and light cluster etc still worked!
There was no way i thought this would work, as usual my dad turned out to be right....
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