Miata Mailing List: March 1993, Message #127
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Subject: Re: Dents in the trunk from c
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>I noticed last week a small dent in the trunk about where you would put
>your hand when you close it. It is not a bad dent, not very noticeable,
but
>being a new car owner it does bother me. And I thought I was being careful
>when closing the trunk!...Is seems like it would be easy to push the dent
>out from the bottom, except the assembly for the lock is there with some
>reinforcement so you can't get to it. The dent is very small and you can
>only see it when looking from either side of the trunk, not the back. So I
>probably should not care. But still...

I too have put a very small dent in my trunk.  I did it when the car was
only about 1 month old :-(.  I was trying to close the trunk with my elbow,
because I was holding stuff in my hands.  My elbow left a small dent, just
near the edge by the lock.  I was use to being able to do that with my
Audi, for all you need to do with it is start it down, and it closed it's
self.  Well... The Miata trunk needs to be forced shut, thus the problem.
Same problem with getting the dent out.  I have seen and heard of so
outfits that can pull small dings and dents without having to do bodywork.
I've been told for about $50-$75 per dent.  I am wanting to look into it,
but have not taken the time due to the dents small nature.   ---JCG.