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Subject:Re: @#$%! Trees!
Date:Tue, 17 May 2016 01:47:33 -0400

In a message dated 5/16/2016 4:35:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jim.felder@GMAIL.COM writes:

Also  your dent looks like a piece of cake to fix. You can get a harbor
freight  slide puller, drill it pull it and Bondo it you be surprised how easy
that  is.

Jim

NOOOO......  come on this isnt 1980...  please do not drill holes  in the
van to use a slide puller..i have seen MANY vehicles that have RUSTED OUT
because people have done this back in the day... i  had a '90 vanagon that
someone did this to the sliding door ...they drillled holes and used a  slide
puller and then bondo'd it...   several years later the  bondo  - which is
NOT waterproof like fiberglass is- will bubble out around  each hole that was
drilled in the sheetmetal... its looks like a boat hull  that develops
blisters... do NOT drill holes in your van to pull out  dents!!

do it the right way and weld washers or nuts onto the dent in the  crease,
and then pull them out with a slide puller..  if you dont have a  welder,
any bodyshop will weld a few washers onto the damaged area for you..  then you
can pull it out yourself and fill it...i recommend fiberglass based
fillers....  not a fan of bondo.