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Hi everyone,

On Saturday, I tried to fit my GTR into a carport which I thought looked big enough, but once in the carport, it felt like I was reversing a tug boat or something. In the end, I reversed into a pole on a strange angle and in the process, I destroyed my right hand side blinker on the right gaurd + dented in the guard just above the blinker.

I managed to get the bulk of the dent out, but since it's dented on one of the curves, it's something I just can't remove! It's such a small dent but it's really noticable - especially it being on a curve of the car.

Can anyone recommend a dent removal place? I was thinking going to a crash repair place, but the dent is so minor, I didn't bother. I rang up some random 'mobile dent removal' place and they quoted me $150 to get it removed... they also told me to meet them on South Tce... :wave:

Also, the side blinker... does anyone have one spare I can buy? It's a cheap one that was fitted in compliance so I doubt it's a genuine Nissan part. It's the tear shape type with amber colouring - the type on a VR or VS commo. Autobahn told me they can get one in for $90, but I thought that's a bit steep! Would somewhere like Nisswreck have one?

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I had pretty bad experiences with Chipsaway as they dont work on weekends, and i had to take a whole day off to wait for them to come, but no one showed up...

i highly recommend Sam from son of rajab of the Dings. He worked at a crash repair shop for over 15 years, and really knew his paint. When i chipped my 33's front bar, he painted half of it, applied clear on the whole bar so the paint looks even, touched up a few scratches, did an awesome job for $150.00. and when he couldnt do the work, he will tell u straight up, and he does free quoting for you...

Look him up on YellowPages, but pretty sure his phone number is 0412231987...

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