Aluminum siding dents

[Velar Fricative]

Does anyone here know a thing or two about siding, particularly aluminum siding?

We bought our house a few years ago. This picture is not of our house, but it's identical so you have a frame of reference:




Years ago, according to our neighbor, the prior owner (who was deceased when the house was put up for sale) was backing into the carport and dinged the bottom of the bay window siding. We obviously saw the dents made as we were looking but decided it was NBD and we'd get it fixed. Except that it's aluminum and one contractor said a couple of years ago that fixing aluminum siding is not possible. Based on googling, it is possible but matching the rest of the siding could be a big issue, and the dents are fairly large (they're right in the center of the bottom 2-3 rows of siding). When one of our cars is in the carport, you can't see it but it does bother me and I'm thinking it's time to resolve this somehow. I'm worried about actual replacement of the siding because it seems like an all-or-nothing proposition to get them to match, but also keep in mind that our house is among a row of identical houses and I don't want to be the jerk with the unique siding (although that might bother *me* moreso than the neighbors). Some of our neighbors have had some landscaping done underneath and it's possible we could simply cover the eyesores with tall plants, but neither of us has a green thumb so caretaking might suck. I mean, part of the reason we bought a rowhouse is because we hate external maintenance lol. 

Any other ideas? Anyone have knowledge or experience with aluminum siding and tips for replacement if we choose to go that route? Thanks!

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[mrs.jacinthe]

You know, I'd probably call one of those mobile car dent places and see if they'd be willing to give it a shot (even if it doesn't come out perfectly) for sake of "better".

[simpsongal]

I like mrs.jacinthe, idea.

We had a dent on our aluminum siding when we moved in too. I used an epoxy for fixing car dents, like a putty, to fix it. I used caulk too. It looks ok, but not great. It's over our garage on the side of the house, so I just live with it. There's a subtle texture to our siding (like faux wood) and it was hard to mimic exactly.

Is there a less obvious place you could pull siding from and replace that section?

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 5, 2018 13:00:34 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

You know, I'd probably call one of those mobile car dent places and see if they'd be willing to give it a shot (even if it doesn't come out perfectly) for sake of "better".

Pretty good idea, I'll look into it!

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 5, 2018 13:26:49 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

I like mrs.jacinthe , idea.

We had a dent on our aluminum siding when we moved in too. I used an epoxy for fixing car dents, like a putty, to fix it. I used caulk too. It looks ok, but not great. It's over our garage on the side of the house, so I just live with it. There's a subtle texture to our siding (like faux wood) and it was hard to mimic exactly.

Is there a less obvious place you could pull siding from and replace that section?

Huh, I was going to say no because we're not in an end unit but we do have this siding in the back that I stupidly forgot about, with areas that could easily be hidden by our grill, deck, etc. I'll consider this too, thanks!