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I have 3 hail size dents on the door/hood. the are no larger than a quarter.. Although they are very annoying and would like to know if theres any cheap way to fix it.. I have tried "Pop a dent" which doesent work because the dents are too small.. I went to a body shop and they quoted me for 450. Any alternative?

Bish Senior Enthusiast

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I have 3 hail size dents on the door/hood. the are no larger than a quarter.. Although they are very annoying and would like to know if theres any cheap way to fix it.. I have tried "Pop a dent" which doesent work because the dents are too small.. I went to a body shop and they quoted me for 450. Any alternative?

 

Paintless Dent Repair. Find a local guy. I have seen a local guy do amazing things. I had a dent right on a body panel crease and he made it disappear. Probably going to pay around $400 in Chicagoland for that but I was truly impressed!

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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You have to be careful. Popping them out from the backside will leave waves in the panel. Stretched metal needs to be worked back to its original shape carefully. A good PDR guy can perform miracles. I'm about as picky as they come and I've seen some that can make a dent go away with zero trace that it was ever there.

dlobi Enthusiast

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Another big bonus about the paintless dent repair guys is no re-painting!!

Nothing like messing up a good factory paint job.

You will be much happier if the original paint is left intact.

 

Re-sprays are just never the same, don't look as good, don't last as long, etc.

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I have 3 hail size dents on the door/hood. the are no larger than a quarter.. Although they are very annoying and would like to know if theres any cheap way to fix it.. I have tried "Pop a dent" which doesent work because the dents are too small.. I went to a body shop and they quoted me for 450. Any alternative?

 

My buddy is out of Columbus Ohio, and I'm amazed at the stuff he can get out and how good it looks. I had a used Cadi SLS a few years ago that had about 15 good sized door dings, it really looked pretty bad. He had all of them 100% out in 40 minutes, I couldn't believe it. :dunno:

 

He's an independent, that does a lot of dealers and retail.

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