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I dropped the heavy battery charger on top of my 15" MacBook Pro and got a small, but ugly, dent in the back of the screen. Everything still works fine, it is just that I find it really disturbing to look at. You think it is possible to take the aluminum back of and push the dent out? How do I do it? Is it possible to buy the aluminum back as a spare and change it? Big thanks for any help
they sell brand new display shell on ebay for $100, but its somewhat difficult to replace since the glass is glued to the shell. look at ifixit guild to replacing the lcd and decide for your self. Also i think its possible to pound it flat given that you first completely taken it apart first and have just that aluminum panel. My guess if that you lay it on a nice clean smoothh flat surface such as glass that wont break and flatten it out with a rubber mallet. lol
You can try pushing or hammering the dent, but you will likely mess up the finish. If you buy a pooched MBP 15" off ebay or some other source you can replace the back, but its a chore. If this answer was helpful please remember to mark it accepted. Good Luck, N
dry ice supposedly removes hail dents from auto sheet metal, i’m about to try this on my dented mac book pro but i’ll try to be very cautious, lol
I have had some small success with heating the dented area with a hair dryer, and then applying extreme cold to it after. I did this with a compressed air can. If you hold the compressed air can upside down, it makes the air come out extremely cold. This seemed to reduce the depth of the dent, so this method has some potential. I figure that if I heat the area longer, and maybe massage the dent a little just before blasting it with cold air, it might get he dent worked out. In my case, the dent isn’t that bad, and is barely noticeable. My obsession with keeping my MacBook Pro in perfect condition is the only thing driving me to pursue this. It’s ridiculous that we would have to buy an entire display assembly, just to fix this. iResQ will do the repair for just over $700, but that’s still really high JUST for a slab of aluminum that has a small dent.
How To Remove Dents From Macbook - Full RESTORATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqGJoyFC…
