Moderator: martauto
Hmm... wanted to do it myself if possible shaz! I'll try and have a look at the front panel on the weekend! Cheersid chabge the front panle mate,but im sure a bodywork guy could sort it out.
Havent got any mates besides you guys Aaaarhhhhave any of your mates got a quarter power set,
- well not any who has 1 of those...? what is it Slippo?
Cheers Oze' i like this idea but i doubt it'll be stronger enough... Thats if you were being serious! (i think you were)Get a bladder from a football, put it behind the ding, and inflate away!
Hey Chris, I dont have a body jack unfortunately... i think that solution would require a trip to the local bodyshopYou'd get it out with a body jack to a certain extent, but that front panel is a fairly delicate/intricate one and, as already suggested, you might be better off with a replacement.
A body jack is a hydraulic ram with varied useful attachments, by the way.
(thanks for the explanation)Now thats creativity/thinking outside the box mat'those front valances are made from thick steel and can put up quite a fight.a beefy slide hammer will do it but you might put tits in the panel if youre not carefull.bodyjack (porter power) would be good but you might not get it in there as theres only a narrow space.
a diy technique might be to put a piece of rope through the hole where the grille fits and out through the hole where the leg pokes out.put a piece of wood round the back of the valance to spread the load and tie the rope round a tree or lamp post and then push the car backwards starting gently and going a little faster to get the desired pull.DONT BE TEMPTED TO DRIVE IT BACKWARDS,YOU WILL PULL SOMETHING OFF.you will need to keep trying on the bumper to check progress.
only try this if you feel confident
- Crazy thou it sounds it just might work!!! 
Hey Brian, when it rains it pours... ok so its not an easy job... whats new!Front panel needs to come off to sort this, and it's not easy then!
You'll find that as you pull it forwards it moves upwards as well, because the angle of the bend between the metal emerging from behind the bumper and the small vertical strip of the panel visible above the bumper has changed.
It is thick, strong metal, and difficult to get to bend in the right place.
Upside is, it's only that small strip that's visible when the bumper is on, so the rest doesn't have to be that pretty.
Ok got you Brain! I see what you mean... I was thinking the same thing with regards to getting the correct pivot point for the bend. As it is the panel is already too high for the grill/lamps to sit comfortably... Im normally quite good at getting my head around problem solving ... but today i think im just tired. Plus i notice my headlamp is swinging in the breeze as the plastic adjusters are brokenTying the car to trees, bodyjacks, whatever, will bend the metal OK, but it just won't bend in the right place.
Once the wing is off, you can pull the metal out by hand, but it will go upwards as you do so. The problem is getting the bend I mentioned above correct.
My latest touring that I bought last week was written off with damage here, so I spent an hour or two straightening it (so as not to attract the attention of plod on the 200 mile drive home).
I took a wing and headlamp assembly with me, but had to leave the front panel about 30mm behind where it should join the wing, or it would come up too far and prevent the headlamp going in
( i think i bought them off ebay before i new of the zone) 
