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350SE takes a knock

Started by s class, 04 July 2012, 01:18 PM

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#60
That is seriously bad luck!!!   >:( :( :'( >:(  :o ??? ::)  But at least you know where to get quality repairs!!
1979 6.9 #5541 (Red Bull)
1978 6.9 #4248 (Skye)
1979 6.9 #3686 (Moby Dick)
1978 6.9 #1776 (Dora)
1977 450SEL #7010 white -P
1975 450SEL #8414 gold -P

TJ 450

Ah yeah,

That is serious hail! Getting pelted with that is almost certainly going to cause grief.

That's shocking.

Tim
1976 450SEL 6.9 1432
1969 300SEL 6.3 1394
2003 ML500

gf

Bugger!!!!!!!! That so sux!!!!!!!!!

s class

Prepping to start pressing out hail dents in the roof :

removed a,b,c pillar trims, all roof gutter trims, headlining, rear seats, complete sunroof assembly.



Pressing in progress :



[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

s class

Lifting dents in scuttle panel :



Done :



Front fender "BEFORE" :





[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

s class

After initial pulling with glued on tabs and a slide hammer :





Done -



[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

s class

The following panels are done :

roof - had about 20 smallish dents
bonnet - about 15 dents, most large to very large
right front fender - 3 very large dents, 1 small dent
left front fender - 3 small to medium dents
scuttle panel - 2 medium dents
right front door - 1 small dent

The following panels were undamaged :
right rear door
left rear fender

The following will be done this coming weekend :
bootlid - about 4-5 small dents
left front door - no hail damage, but some old parking-lot rash
left rear door - no hail damage, but some old parking-lot rash

Cost for all of this is about $600 excluding my time to strip and fit.  A bit of a bargain compared to stripping and painting.

The smalll-to-medium dents will all be fine.  The 2 largest dents on the right front fender required so much working (levering from inside, tapping down from outside), that although the paint is still in tact now, I suspect it will fail in the medium term and require painting.  I'm hoping the bonnet paint will remain durable, but in the middle were a constellation of 4 large dents close together, and that general area required a lot of working, and again the paint may fail there in due course. 


[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

Squiggle Dog

That's great news. At least it looks like most of the damage will be fixed at relatively little cost. My own car has a few door dings that will need work before paint, and I've been wondering what cost to expect to have them removed.
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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Heated Seats, 350,000+

oversize

That's amazing to see what I thought was fairly significant damage, removed without far more work!  You'll have her back to her glory days in no time!!   :)
1979 6.9 #5541 (Red Bull)
1978 6.9 #4248 (Skye)
1979 6.9 #3686 (Moby Dick)
1978 6.9 #1776 (Dora)
1977 450SEL #7010 white -P
1975 450SEL #8414 gold -P

Type17

Quote from: s class on 13 November 2012, 02:52 AM
...although the paint is still intact now, I suspect it will fail in the medium term and require painting.  I'm hoping the bonnet paint will remain durable, but in the middle were a constellation of 4 large dents close together, and that general area required a lot of working, and again the paint may fail there in due course.


You might be lucky, given that the paint was new (and therefore still relatively soft).


Either way, it's great to see all the damage fixed  :D
'76 350SE in Silver-Green

gf

Those dents on the front fenders were big! try putting a dent like that there with your fist and id be your hand would lose.Wonder if a hail storm like that could kill a person.

s class

There were some reported deaths caused by hailstone hits. 


[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

Squiggle Dog

Do you have a lot of undercoating in your fenders? Mine does and it seems like it would make dent removal difficult.
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s class

Squiggle, yes, the fenders have the usual coating of rubberising on the inside.  I offered to strip it off for the technician, but he said he'd prefer if I left it in place, as it apparently helps to cushion the levering and reduce the tendency to raise tiny 'islands'.


[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

Squiggle Dog

Quote from: s class on 25 December 2012, 12:55 AM
Squiggle, yes, the fenders have the usual coating of rubberising on the inside.  I offered to strip it off for the technician, but he said he'd prefer if I left it in place, as it apparently helps to cushion the levering and reduce the tendency to raise tiny 'islands'.

Wow, that's neat. I know the insides of the doors have lots of rubberizing too. I've got a lot of door dings and small dents that need to come out.
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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Heated Seats, 350,000+