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Old 05-05-08, 08:12 AM
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Default Paintless Dent Repair - Before and After

It is time to see if this works. i have 5 baseball dents on my car. this is the before pictures.
Dent 1 on fender

Dent 2 on Hood

Denbt 3-4-5 on roof grouped together

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lets see the kit ant to know what it looks like
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WHAT???????
Kit ant
what are you talking about???
I will have after pictures up tomorrow or later this afternoon
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What do you think was it worth $200???


Fender



Hood



Roof

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How did u do it that...looks good, but I couldn't really see the dents to begin with
Old 05-06-08, 09:38 AM
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def worth the $200, good job
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Originally Posted by LeXusFiTs
How did u do it that...looks good, but I couldn't really see the dents to begin with
You need to look at the lines from the reflection to see the true change. I admit it is hard to see on my roof but if you are a lexus owner any dent quantifies to a bullet hole. YOu can always see them. LOL

Just see the difference in the reflection

they worked the dent from my fender from the inside. Most of it was slower presure message with tool's inside the fender with a heat element. they told me the roof took both the heat messaging and glue pulling because the metel was to thin and had more of a tendency to wave.
As far as the hood, it was the hardest and deepest dent. it has some wave to it . but as you can see it turned out better then it was. it is soft in the spot where the dent was but that is my only disapointment.

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Looks like the end result turned out nicely
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I think it turned out well also.
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i may have to give that a try. i've got a lot of similar dents on my fenders, hood, trunk, and doors.
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I suggest you do it. although it would have been sweet to get some new springs to sit my ride a little lower also. I think that may be my next step. Or tint . OR full Exhaust or TURBOS OR OR ORO OROR RO RORO ROR OR
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Great Job...I use to own a Paintless Dent Removal company about 10 years ago...good money until there was serious competition.

They did a nice job!

The only worry is if you are going to keep the car for a while. Rust might appear where they massaged the metal from behind if not properly treated.

Not sure in your case but usually the tools scrap the metal raw on the inside and i have seen rust appear within a year. especially if they had to drill access holes for the hard to reach dents on panels.

Looks great...now if it was a black car, thats where you will see a true craftsman's work!
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Nice work, saw it over on CA as well.
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