Damage Report... Help me assess this...

[SocialStealth]

So I'm planning on painting my car myself in a booth I'm planning on building in my driveway. But First I need some repairs.

(came with the car when I bought it)
#1 Theres a slight dent on the front door, Its hard to get to from the inside (disassembling the panel, however I only took of the plastic parts). I tried prying it out with a screw driver, but that didn't work. I also tried heating it then spraying it with air duster (holding the can upside down), but that didn't work either. Any ideas on how to get rid of this ? Its just a slight dent... would rather not use body filler.
(No pictures, can get some if you want)

(Someone started changing lanes while in backed up traffic, pulled out of the traffic into my lane right infront of me, and I hit the side of them trying to swerve out of the way, ended up being "no ones fault" ...thats new jersey for you.)
#2 This ones a bit more serious...
I tried taking the wheel off to get under the wheel well to hammer out the dents a little, but they won't budge. Is there anything I can do to fix it, or just part of something I can do to lower the cost of having someone else fix it? How much do you think getting it fixed at a garage would cost me? What would they do to it to fix it?

(inside of door itself is not too damaged)

(under the wheel well)

 

[starlifter]

If you have any local vocational technical colleges they may have an auto body class where you may find someone willing to do the repair at a more reasonable price. Also a class like this may be something you may consider signing up for in case you want to do additional work yourself in the future. At the school or perhaps someone you know may have access to tools like this stud welder http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/...?itemID=1676&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=1676
which can be useful. Of course body work like welding requires someone to have either natural talent or lots of trial and error experience. Good luck.

 

[ghettoracingkid]

ouch dude

to bang that out its alot of metal work. with liek a hammer and dye. im not a boy guy so sorry about the terminology.

 

[SocialStealth]

I asked a couple of local colleges if they would be willing to work on it, but they said they only service faculty members and students.

Anyone know how they would repair this damage? I'd like to know the method so I'm not completely in the dark when and if I have to take it to a mechanic

 

[slavrenz]

ouch dude
im not a boy guy so sorry about the terminology.

I really hope you meant to say "body" here.