devils_civic

i went to dreamworks for a estimate. they said my roof was oil panned. there is a dent on my roof, not ding. its the size of a bowling ball; like my roof has a groove. they said there are goign to have to pop it up and reinforce it or something. on average, how much should i be charged to fix it?

Broke Neck

Cant reshape it the oldschool way ... HEAT ... then Ice ... repeated ALOT ... ?

devils_civic

could you please explain a little more? could i heat roof with a blow dryer and then rub ice on?

S13wannabe

No, what he's talking about is like an old wive's tale in bodywork something like that.....It's one of those old stories you hear about but nobody know's how to do it. You heat the surface with a torch, then very quickly apply dry ice to cool it and repeat it a dozen or so times. The only for sure way to get rid of it is to reinforce it underneath with some extra metal or something. I don't know, i'm thinking like $150 for the oil can fix alone.

sebassttiann

well what was dreamworks estimate? did you not get one?

devils_civic

they gave me a a shakey one. $100-200

5speedzx3

I can do it, heat shrinking isnt that difficult to do at all. But there are better ways of fixing the metal so it stays in place. Heat is one of the last options unless you know the others wont work.

joegreddy

its not that easy to do nor recomended to do on a civic.the sheetmetal is really thin.very easy to turn it into a worse situation.

S13wannabe

yeah, that's what happens to most people that try the old heat then chill trick.

00civichatch

cut that bitch off and weld in a whole si roof with a sunroof!