dent

[Fordboy]

ok i have a dent right under the drivers side mirror, its not a crease and no paint cracking or pealing, is there anything you guys reccommend for a fast easy fix. i really dont want to take it to a dent repair shop because it is really small, i have this bondo suction cup thing and tried that but i dont think it did anything, any ideas?

[1981gMachine]

Post a pic, if it's not as bad as you say a PDR guy could fix it.

PDR= Paintless Dent Repair

[Carbine]

My dads friend does that PDR and he worked wonders on my moms BMW, but when he drilled a hole in my door jam to remove mine he couldn't get in there, there is a support bracket in side the door or something so he couldn't get his poker thing in there to pop the dents out.

[Fordboy]

well i just went to macco today so they could paint my shaved attenna and i asked them about it and they said they would have to put some mud on and paint it, so another words i guess to them it has a crease and cant be pulled, o darn they wanted 250 to paint the attenna and the door,

[1981gMachine]

they are just lazy and don't want to use a stud gun to pull the dent out. Which you'll still have to paint it but less bondo would be used.

[yellow2000S/R]

well i just went to macco today so they could paint my shaved attenna and i asked them about it and they said they would have to put some mud on and paint it, so another words i guess to them it has a crease and cant be pulled, o darn they wanted 250 to paint the attenna and the door,

Go to this site and find a local shop... I've heard they do great work. Around here there is also Cindy Rowe who does glass and PDR work. There are also people who just drive around their personal vehicles doing it. At ~$65+ a dent to start, I've seen them in and out in less than 15 minutes depending on the size of the dent.

http://www.dentwizard.com/Locator.aspx

[Fordboy]

i went to the website and did a locator, i guess there is one two blocks from me, a place called garbo motors, what is this thing about, and how do you know about it, are they good?

[OGreaTFuzzY1]

man the shop my dad works at uses them. they had a car in for hail damage and they came out for 2gs and fixed the entire thing in a few hours they are pros.

~Fuzzy

[yellow2000S/R]

i went to the website and did a locator, i guess there is one two blocks from me, a place called garbo motors, what is this thing about, and how do you know about it, are they good?

I've heard about dent wizard from the "older" guys at the shop I work at and from others. They are a very good company and specialize in doing PDR work.

I looked into taking PDR classes out in Cali. I just dont have the few thousand for the 1-2 week classes + expenses. I'll probably go to the classes sometime but not any time soon.

[krux]

PDR is what people are all getting into now days. It's cool I have to admit on how they do it. Deff a technique on it.

[1981gMachine]

PDR is nice but not perfect. You can see little high spots where they were tapping the metal. Looks like goosebumps where the dent was. I myself would just fix the dent and paint but some people can live with the goosebump look.

[yellow2000S/R]

PDR is nice but not perfect. You can see little high spots where they were tapping the metal. Looks like goosebumps where the dent was. I myself would just fix the dent and paint but some people can live with the goosebump look.

That depends on the shop doing it. There are some that use a rounded pick afterwards positioning over those "gosebumps" and tapping with a light hammer to push them back down.

If there are a lot of goosebumps, they are staying in those spots too long / trying to work it out "too fast". They should be slidding the pick around some.

[1981gMachine]

Let me rephrase what I said, if it's a perfect circle dent go for it. If it's anything more then hail don't. The guy that does ours has been doing it for a long time. Small stuff looks perfect but larger stuff looks better.

[yellow2000S/R]

Let me rephrase what I said, if it's a perfect circle dent go for it. If it's anything more then hail don't. The guy that does ours has been doing it for a long time. Small stuff looks perfect but larger stuff looks better.

Ahh, I understand now.

I've never seen anything larger done in person so I wouldnt know.

[1981gMachine]

Ahh, I understand now.

I've never seen anything larger done in person so I wouldnt know.

I've seen the guy take out stuff as big as my hand with good luck. My boss likes to push this guy to his limit. But small stuff looks good, just the larger stuff is much harder to not get the bumps.