what is Paintless Dent Repair (PDR)?

Paintless Dent Repair (also known as PDR) is the process of removing hail damage, door dings and minor dents without the use of body fillers and painting. It is the fastest, most efficient, cost-effective method of removing door dings and minor dents. It is the auto-body alternative.

whether or not to do it?

The answer to this question is only one: of course. Reasons are:

• no fillers or paints, vehicle stays 100% original; - paintless dent repair is much less expensive than a body shop repair;
• there are no problems with colors not matching;
• it saves Your time. Repair can be done in the same day without need to leave Your car for several days;
• in some cases there is no need You to go to the service, we can come to Your house or office;
• Your car looks like new!

how much does it cost?

This mostly depends upon severity of the damage: it's sharpness, depth, location and type of a car the dent is on. To say the repair cost the damage should be seen by a qualified technician. But because the damaged area(s) can be repaired without the need for costly fillers, sanding and painting used by traditional body shops, the cost generally runs at approximately a half or one-third of the cost associated with conventional body shop repair work. The real cost savings involves the time saved by completing repairs in minutes or hours rather than days or even weeks required for traditional repair work.

how long will it take to repair dent?

Most repairs can be completed at the same day. Most door dents can be repaired in a matter of minutes. Minor dents may take as long as 4-5 hours. The majority of hail cars are completed in about 1-3 days.

how does Paintless Dent Repair work?

To perform a paintless dent repair, a skilled technician uses specialized Paintless Dent Repair tools (metal rods and picks) to massage out minor dings and dents in the finish of an vehicle. To accomplish this, Paintless Dent Repair technicians work on the dent from the inside of the panel, accessing the dent from behind. In simpler terms, the ding or dent is massaged and pushed out. Damage access can be achieved many different ways: through the window opening, factory holes in the door frame and sometimes the door panel is removed. Roof panels have the headliner dropped down. The hoods and trunk lids also have their liners removed. Fender dents can be accessed through the door opening, or by removal of the headlamp assembly and on occasion the inner fender must be pulled out. And we do not use the dry ice or heat to repair dings or dents.

Do you use heating - cold method, magnets, or vacuum to get dents out?

If you will ask us probably we will answer - YES, but it won't be true. Lots of clients are asking about those methods, and because of not getting in conflict with the customer we will agree with customers knowledge. Some times we use heat but only to get metal warm in winter times, and we are using hot melt glue. Vacuum is used for holding reading lamp on the car body. Magnets ... just think about how big magnet should be for take dent out (You can check funny movie about magnets. Neither of mentioned ways possible to get dent out.

what types of damage can be repaired?

• all small dings, dents and creases that have not broken the paint work;
• car parking lot dings, dents, door openning dents;
• dents of a shopping cart;
• storm or hail damage.

what types of damage can not be repaired?

• sharp dings, dents, and creases that have been stretched too deep;
• older vehicles (15 years and older), this technology is inappropriate, because the car's paint and varnish is no longer flexible and do not allow the quality repair;
• areas reinforced with double metal such as the edges of a vehicle's doors, hood and trunk;
• damage on the edge of a body panel;
• dents with extensive paint damage (cracked or broken paint).