sidned

I have had a minor prang in my works car park. The lady who drove into my car did the decent thing and reported it and has offered to pay for the repair.
I have asked a national dent repair company if they can do a paintless repair and he said he was certain that it was double skinned and as he couldn't get behind the front skin he could not do the repair.
I have attached a couple of pictures of the damage. None of the paint is cracked and the stone-chip cover stopped any paint being scraped off.
If it needs to be done by drilling and popping it out with a slide hammer, so be it, but I wanted to save this woman claiming on her insurance as she was so upset that she'd hit a Porsche!

FGL28

You might want to try another paintless repair chain. Or contact your local repair shop on who they recommend. It is a double wall but a skilled person might beable to pop it out.

Hope that helps.

mborkow

agree with the comment above. have someone else take a look at it. sorry about the dent; i know how much those hurt.

John H

I"ll bet due to the bend and crease, it will be next to impossible to fix. A good friend of mine does paintless dent repair for a living and I'll send this thread along to see what he thinks.

jnx

I agree with the above, It's the crease in the wheel well that looks to be the problem.

Bull

While I understand your desire to get it done quickly and simply, without paint work, I would get it done right at a high-line repair shop.

kkim

A good PDR guy should be able to take that out completely or if not, very close to it. Even if PDR is not able to do a 100% job, I'd let them fix it first then take it to a paint shop for traditional body work repair. That way, there is less body filler that they need to use. You will be amazed what a GREAT paintless dent repair guy can do.

User 4221

I had one identical to this on my Audi S4. The dent guy indicated that he may not be able to pull it out 100% due to the body line. He did a good job but the dent is almost undetectable.

Your car's color being dark will scare away most dent techs because if they don't get it 100%, it will show.

Take a shot at PDR and then seek body work if necessary.

Ray Calvo

I've used Dent Wizard a few times with very good success. They even put on a seminar for our local Porsche Club region. Give them a shot.

Then again, it could very possible be the fender bend that's causing difficulties. But try another shop.

Bull

So, people are suggesting that you try vendors that may not be available in the UK, and are franchises here in the States, so vary from one PDR to the next. Try another or two, but think about the one who says "oh sure, no problem, let me at it"! You DO have someone else paying to fix their screw-up.

sidned

Thanks for the help, guys. I'll try a couple of quality body shops I know and see what they say. Once it's sorted I'll post a picture of the repair.

kary993

That will require a repaint unfortunately.

petermartin

I had two dents, one on each fender when I purchsed my car. As if the PO squeezed through a tight spot. Both were repaired and painted for $400.00 each while I had the bumpers resprayed, black car came out beautifully.

sidned

I've managed to get a few quotes and I've decided to go with a company that the OPC uses locally.

One thing I want to confirm is regarding the stone chip guard. This will be removed and replaced by a nice shiny new one after the dent has been pulled and resprayed. My question is should I let the paint cure before putting the new one on? I've heard that you need to wait about 6 weeks before putting things like this on to allow the paint to cure, but the paint shop have included replacing the stone chip guard in their quote.

epj993

Darren, typically 4-6 weeks is needed for the paint to fully cure. I'd have them not install the chip guard and then install when fully cured. You could probably do it yourself, if you wanted.