Hey Guys!

I just discovered a small to medium-sized dent in one of my fenders.

Because I'm not familiar with the American Car service market etc., I would like to hear your advices.
Where shall I go with this problem? Where can I get the best cost/performance ratio? What should I pay attention to?

I am sorry for this novice questions but I am an exchange student from Germany! Thanks a lot for your help!

 

Does this dent have a crease to it at all? If it is just a smooth round dent, try paintless dent removal. They do great work! If it is creased at all, then you will have to have it fixed and painted. Sorry.

 

It looks like a smooth round dent.
Could you tell me some details about paintless dent removal? How much would that cost? Who is performing PDR?

Thanks!

 

Here's a great site that has information on how it is done and some other stuff. As far as cost, it depends on what they do I believe. My suggestion would be to call your dealer and ask who they recommend. Car dealers use this all the time, so they would be a great reference for something like this.

Here's the site I found. Hope this is what you are looking for.

http://www.zingading.com/pdr.htm

 

We have a member of this forum who is a PDR specialist and belongs to a professional organization for qualified repairman/woman. I think his forum name is "tomdent". You might try PMing (if he doesn't respond here) him and see if he can give some advise and recommend a well qualified service person in your area.

 

If you feel like spending bout $5, you could try getting a can of compressed air, used for dusting off PC keyboards. Heat the dent with hair dryer, then hit the dent With the compressed air., might pop back out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNykNl-0NM

 

Hmm sounds interessting... what do you think? should I try this?

 

I think I would give it a try. It would not cost much and does not harm the paint.

 

Ace Dent repair is near you. I sent you the contact info. Terry is one of the best dent guys in the world.

 

I had only had mine for 3 days when a very inconsiderate woman in a white Saturn Vue chose to ding my passenger door. One of my employees had one of those "seen on TV" DING KINGs. She offered to let me use it. I thought, what the hell. Lo and behold, it worked great! The ding is gone, leaving behind a very minor imperfection that I can find if I look close, but no one else notices. Didn't cause any damage to the paint. These kits are inexpensive and I'm considering buying one to have on hand ... just in case.