My car canopy took a flight today with the wind, and one of the legs bashed across the rear end of my 2010 Camry. It left some big dents and deep scratches on the left side of the trunk lid, put a crack in one of the lights there, and some deep scratches on my rear bumper. What is the process that I should go through to repair the damage by myself? Photos included. Eager to learn. Would appreciate the help, haha.
2 - Dents and deep scratches, plus tail light crack
Sad but true that is a lot of damage because body work is not cheap to do right if you want it perfect. If you are not a body man I'll tell you'll never get it perfect it's so hard to get the metal straight again and then sand it down and then repaint the whole area and then of course that area won't match the rest of the car so then you got to paint the rest of the car it gets complex.to tell you the truth being 11-year-old car if you had had insurance they probably would have totaled the car from all that damage cuz it cost so much money to repair them correctly. But if you want to try start basically with the biggest things and work your way to the smallest
@scottykilmer
Great! Well, I work as an artist for a living, so I endeavor to make my baby to look good as new again! I already pushed out most of the dents with my hand reaching beneath the trunk liner - it's the tiny ones that I'm scratching my head at. I'm also a bit hesitant about putting sandpaper to my car... but if that's what needs to be done I'll give it a try. Wish me luck. 😓