Paintless dent removal---

[thekingofpain]

Had the next door neighbor hit my truck thats only a few months old with a bicycle---put a 546$ 1½ inch long crease in it that of course "most" people wouldnt even notice---the dealer recommended having the paintless dent guy look at it and he basically said if I didnt like the results I wouldnt have to pay so what have I got to lose right?

He fixed it in about half an hour for 95$, cant even tell it happened and I can highly recommend it myself now---sure beats having half a truckbed painted over clearcoat and all, plus its alot easier on the neighbors wallet...

[Epidemic]

I wonder if the paint is now less weather resistant due to micro fractures and loosened bonds?

But you are satisfied over this repair? Dents you can pop are one thing but I never got how they could do creases. Did you watch the process.

Read it here.

[Ed_S]

Being in the auto bus, I used to sneer at the concept of PDR - until last year.
My truck got heavily nailed with hail. Bad enough to even damage the fiberglass camper shell. Cab roof was peppered, looked like pebble finish.

OK, replace the hood, replace the camper, etc - but I didn't want to cut the roof off so the choice was to live with it or let the PDR guy take a shot. I figured even if he got it halfway decent, it could then be worked conventionally & repainted.
He did it as a side job, cash & no reciept. $200, win, loose, or draw.

He rolled out over two hundred dents & never broke the paint!
It looks near perfect, and that's on a custom vehicle!

That's about a year ago now, & no problems have developed. Still don't think I'd recommend it for an operable panel like a hood or door, though.

So how does it work?

[Brainchild]

Intresting, I have seen the results,and they are amazing.

How it works is still a mystery though

[Gomer]

Suction cups yo

[thekingofpain]

No mystery as I watched him do it---he had a small box of rods with different roller tips and round knobs on them---had a 2 ended soft mallet he made light taps with now and again and a nailset looking tool that was rubberized---95% of the work was done from behind, since there was no paint damage it came out perfect---he was cussing my new Dodge but also praising it---THICK metal (hard to work)/GOOD paint (makes it all possible)---

[Ed_S]

I've watched it done, it's amazing to watch a dent dissapear!

How it works is actually simple. It's done from the inside of a panel using specialized tools. They remove interior (or whatever) for access, then basically iron out the dent.

In the case of my roof, he removed the headliner first. Then, using a long steel bar with the end custom shaped, he worked each ding out while standing on a ladder with the roof at eye level. Mostly he watched the outside surface while working the inside by feel. Those dents which were above structural braces required other, finer tools & took longer, but still the same technique.

The easier an area is to access, the higher the success. That's probably why tkop's bedside dent went quickly - real easy access there! But there's few places that a vehicle's sheetmetal is NOT accessable with the right tools.

[thekingofpain]

All the work was done blindly thru the tail light opening after removal---lucky for me with a double walled bed...