pc1990

Hey guys, a few days ago I came back to my car and found a door ding on the drivers side passenger door. A little paint scraped off as well. I was wondering if this is fixable and if so, how much did it cost you?

mugenh22a4

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huksa

A couple of days ago, a beer can falling from an arpartment landed on my hood and rendered a series of dents. The misdemeanant was never caught...
Anyhow, I paid $175 for paintless dent removal. A very close inspection reveals inevitable imperfections over the surface, but for less than $200, I am fairly happy with it.

Oh, BTW, I went to a local bodyshop I found from this forum.

mugenh22a4

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^ I take it that it wasn't an empty beer can?

pc1990

ok so the dent can be taken care of...but what about the paint. Would touch up paint do the job or would that be too noticeable?

huksa

It was not. The liquid splashed big time on impact.


Hmm.. I am not sure how big the paint chip on your car, but any touch up would do a fine job 6 feet away. I did touch up a couple of places on my hood and bumper because of stone chips. It's OK as long as you don't look too close

flipside909

Anything is fixable. If there is a break in the paint surface, you have to repaint the whole door. If you're looking to fix that at a body shop, expect to pay around $300+. PDR can fix your dent depending on where the ding is. PDR guys can't access certain parts of the door panel, so if it's in a spot where it's not reachable, you have no choice but to go to a body shop or just deal with the ding. You can use touch up, but it will never match right.

pc1990

Thanks for the info flipside. Im just going to get the dent fixed and leave the paint as is because its not worth repainting the whole door. Have u had something like this done before?

flipside909

PDR yes.

photomaker

I had a GIANT door ding on my rear passenger door with a major paint chip (it looked like a kid kicked open their SUV car door). When my car was in the shop for the 15K checkup, Lexus of Wesminster offered to fix it for $175. To my surprise, after repairing, there was absolutely NO sign of the old dent. I never did have the paint fixed because having the dent repaired far exceeded my expectations. A close inspection of the area shows no signs of anything but a scratch. I hope you are as lucky!

jbjones85

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I have a few dings myself that I need to have done, People just do not care about other peoples property.... even when I park at the back of the lot some idiot always ends up next to me.