rednerrus

Thanks for the replies guys. I guess I'll go to a PDR guy ASAP. I was kinda hoping to put it off for a while. I just sucks that I get a ding cuz someone is a dumbass or a hater. Im super paranoid about parking too close too. I try to park only in spaces with a lot of space, and only next to nicer, newer cars, and never next to vehicles that I think have kids lol. But still took a loss.
Does anyone know approximately how much it would cost me?

Petza914

Also try to avoid parking next to other 2 door cars. The door on a 2-door has to swing open wider / further for the person to be able to get out than the shorter door on a 4-door car

rednerrus

Good advice. I should know this already lol.

Spyerx

or parking next to SUvs with car seats!

PDR guys, the good ones, are magicians. I had a crease on a fender right on seam and he got it out w/o a trace. If they cannot get access, they can use what is called glue pull to pull it out then work it back down with their hammer tools. Should not be a problem on a door.

cfiiman

Yep, definitely PDR not a DIY ask me how I know lol. I had a small dent and thought "hey I can pop that out", well about 10 minutes later I really FUBAR'd a small dent and had tripled the size of it and now had peaks and valleys "facepalm". I had a client that owned a PDR business so I called him and drove over. He took care of everything in 20 minutes with fancy curved bars, lights and a lined mirror thing. Was truly amazing to watch a master PDR guy work. Usually there is an initial price to come out and do a dent, like 60 bucks or whatever, then it is 20 bucks or something for each additional I think but YMMV.

OnlineAlias

I restored an all original 951 to concourse condition. I did a detail and paint correction on it that took me about a month of disassembly and reassembly. It was unusual because the paint on the car was original throughout, but needed major corrections to bring to concourse level.

I interviewed several PDR guys as the car had 2 places that were going to be difficult to work properly. There were also small to tiny dings all over it. I hired the best PDR guy I could find for an entire day and worked with him to bring back every single scratch and ding back to absolute perfection.

Here's what I learned:

Access to getting tools in there to correct the ding is one of the most important considerations. A PDR guy's experience, techniques and tools pays off huge if you have a difficult to access ding.

The ding's location relative to a crease or bend changes the level of skill required significantly. Any PDR guy can fix a ding in the middle of a flat door. Fixing one that has damaged a crease in a difficult to access location is exponentially more difficult, and requires a true craftsman.

A true badass PDR guy can work wonders. It is astounding.

If you are going to have one done, go over your car with bright light and look everywhere for them (trust me, they are there). It is obviously cheaper to have them all done in one go and the results get you to a a completely new level.

Once you have everything where there are no dings or un-repaired scratches anywhere, the effect is the difference between just another detailed out used car to "this car is no longer discernible from new." Paying a few hundred bucks for this kind of service will pay for itself in resale many times over.

shekmark

I could use a really good PDR in Monmouth County NJ. My small ding is on the hip below my drivers side rear window. Not sure if it's accessible to use their tools.

rednerrus

Ive been researching about whether or not its true that the longer you wait to get a dent fixed, the harder it will be to fix. Does anyone konw how true this is? because I would rather wait a little than have it done right away.

Meursault88

Since it was my statement, I looked around for a while and can't find anything. That may mean it's just an old wive's tale like the welders that insist on drinking buttermilk when working with galvanized steel. Except that so many welders do this. Who knows?

rednerrus

Ok, Ill probably wait a little bit. It's not a huge dent.

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