Haha, not going to scrap the car for a dent. Was more just looking at popping it back, knowing that there will be wrinkles, etc. As long as the gaping dent isn't so gaping, it would seem it would be less noticeable.

I agree on the door swap being the easiest... its too bad this color is hard to find (at least where I'm at). If I swapped in a different color door, I would just paint the whole car, since it needs it anyway. My wife is in love with this car.... so am I, but debating on picking up another one and transferring parts, or fixing up this one.

Not sure what color, here is a full pic:



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WTB: W123 Passenger doors - preferably Brown!

It isn't Manganese Brown.

Mine is that colour it is darker and metallic.



Anyway for the problem.

As you might go down the new door route I'd try the following first.

If you can't get suitable access from the inside of the door - get hold of a slide hammer / dent puller...

...and drill a hole about here =>



(Small print - some extra pictures at different angle may provoke a different suggestion!)

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

wow, thats a cool color. Ive never seen that, like a hot chocolate brown. Defintiely not maganese, and I had a dark UPS type brown 240, and its not that either, like a mix of both.

Can you see what the paint code is?

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I love that color. Too bad it isn't more common...

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