Has anyone tried this? I got a dent or 2 in my tank in a hit and run awhile back and am looking for something cheap to replace it. Also something narrower like a peanut tank. Any help would be great.

Yep.Did this one a few years ago.Doing another right now.

ezornes239 wrote on 10/15/11 at 15:03:37:


How bad is the dent in your tank?  Post some pics so we can see,....

ezornes239 wrote on 10/16/11 at 07:15:59:


Those dents might be popped back out with a Ding King or some such.  It has worked for me on simple tank dents like that before.  

Don't waste your money. A 'ding king' doesn't have the strength to get out a dent that deep. I have one & it will work for a shallow dent in a relatively flat or slightly rounded surface. The 'puller' part is attached with a hot glue gun & will pull loose fairly easy. You also have to have enough surface for the bridge part to rest on to make the pull.

Some body shops have a stud welder that attaches a stud that a slide hammer will grip that will pull it, but it will require some grinding & filling.

Easier to just find another tank, IMO.

Well, there you have it from the forum expert. No need for me to tell you (but I will) I have pulled so many 'dings' with mine on my families'  & customers' vehicles I've had to buy more glue sticks several times now. He did get the price right, though, $20 is what I paid for my original "Ding King".
BTW, if you buy one, be aware some of the copies have a plastic bridge piece that is not as durable as the 'original', which has an aluminum bridge.

I'm sure he has much more experience than I have getting dents out. I only own 4 & 10 ton porta-powers, about 16 body hammers & a drawer full of body dollies. I've raced stock cars for years & beat the dents out of more panels than I could keep count of, & last year beat the right rear quarter panel out on my wifes' totaled car so well the body shop that did the paint work did it for $200 less than their estimate & offered me a job. I also know how to pop small dents with a heat gun & dry ice.

Maybe Bob can just loan you his. I still use mine every couple of months to save someone money over their body shop estimate.


My father had a great definition of expert, since he often had to deal with them, too. Ex = has been & spurt = drip under pressure.  

I thing the S40 has a nice looking tank I wouldn't change it for anything.

RidgeRunner13 wrote on 10/16/11 at 21:01:16:



Clever.  Let me point out that YOU labeled me an expert, not I.  I decline the label.  Here's another thought,... if one is to label folks as experts, would he not have to be an expert?  

Yeah, I have a lot of expertise in removing dents.  I dropped a GBU-12 through the windshield of a dented-up bus on one of the ranges at Eglin AFB.  All the dents in that bus were removed.  

To make this response thread-relevant,.. the dingking works often.  Sometimes not.  I used it to remove dents from a motorcycle tank and the front fender of a car hit by a semi's "alligator."  It worked really well on the tank, and fairly well on the fender.