Vpanin

God a nasty dent at a parking lot.........really hurt my feelings

caddyowner

Sorry, man. It feels worse if you did it yourself.

Ouch! Now that I see the pic, I don't know if the paintless process can remove that crease.

Vpanin

Got it quoted for 250$ at a very popular spot in NY "Dent Doctor" in Whitestone, queens. You guys think its worth a try??

Jabberwock

I have heard estimates if $100 per panel. Can't tell if that's in the the front fender only or in the hood also. NY prices I guess - do you have a choice? Fist I tell them I'll give them the business for $200 - see if they take it. But in the end I guess I'd pay 250 but only if they could get it totally out. Hopefully you are getting some reimbursement for garage or from insurance - should be covered under comprehensive - it should not affect your insurance standing either.

airtime

Got to ask, how did you get dents there

Vpanin

Ive been curious about that also.....If i knew who did it....they would be in the trunk of my 430 with a dent on their forehead which would be hard to remove by the dent doctor

xuserx04

iTrader: (6)

LOL


I have two or three of those too. Was quoted $70 or something around there for each, just never got around to do it so cant vouch for those guys but $250 is a little too much.

Is it just one dent?

bonafyd

iTrader: (6)

I'm in statenisland there's a place called the polishing pad that does it & they're great...i've done is several times on various cars.

Vpanin

two dents ...one bigger then the other and the big one is on the crease of the fender which is gonna be a challenge to fix. Yeah 250 is steep but this type of stuff is all the guy does and has been doing for years so i hope he knows what hes doing .........Where was this place that you went to

xuserx04

iTrader: (6)

Yeah for something like that you really gotta find someone who knows his ****. These guys are in NJ somewhere. Ima show your pic to my boy Roman, maybe he can pass it on to them, see what they say this would cost.

xuserx04

iTrader: (6)

Or you could jump on the belt and check out that place in SI Tommy is talking about

Vpanin

I might just stick with this guy here ..............Get him down to 200 and get it done

AlexusAnja

Did he say he can definitely do it for $200? That seems low IMHO. I got quotes for removing a dent on my Accord a while back, and it was one single dent, right on middle of door, and it was $200 already. That would not require removing the door, just removing the inside panel and massaging the dent out.

This is right on the leading edge and that panel has to be removed and reinstalled. Sound more than a $200 job to me. Also, when dents/dings are on the edge like that, it makes it very very hard to smooth out properly, especially since it goes around a curve too, very tough to get that right edge back. I think no matter what, you're gonna have some funky rippling at certain angles and you probably won't like it.

Stinks...

Vpanin

hes going to make a hole on the inner side of the fender, on the top. Then hes gonna get his tool in the hole and work it ............that sounded so wrong

AlexusAnja

No, paintless dent removal does not require the drilling of anything. The process is that the panel is heated, and then the metal is massage from the inside of the panel back to it's original shape, without damaging the paint. Thus the "paintless" in paintless dent removal.

If this person is going to drill holes and not remove the panel, I don't see any way he/she is even going to be able to massage anything back to anythi neven remotely smooth.

For your particular dent, you might have to bite the bullet and get it pulled out conventional way, then puddied and painted. I don't think paintless is going to work for you, and especially not at $200.