Hi all, my car just got a small door dent on the rear quarter panel right on top of the wheel arch. I went to this paint dent removal guy at Huntington beach and he told me the dent can not be repaired because that part of the car is double paneled. I was so upset when I saw this, it is not a big dent, but I just cannot live with it. Anybody has the same type of dent and can share the lights or if any PDR referals in the LA area? Thanks!

 

Boy that's a small dent. I had trouble finding it. This is tougher than a "Where's Waldo" cartoon. Anyway, its probably not what you want to hear, but if it were my car I would just forget about it. Not worth while to repaint a quarter panel which is what they would have to do.

 

Did someone hit it with a door? You must feel terrible. I hope it gets fixed like new.

 

Suggestion: Relax, your car is now officially a real car!! (definitely you have MY sympathies). Wait, cool off, and unless it still seems huge in a few days, just wait until you get a couple more and have them all done at once.

QUESTION: can those ding repars be done without removing the door panels, or roof panels? IOW, can they GET minor dings out from the outside only?

 

DentWizard can get that out.

 

loday22,

Sorry to see the ding, the first always hurts the worst. Texas911 is right; a good paintless dent remover can make that disappear. I had a deeper dent on my 2003 M5 over the front passenger side wheel right on the hard angle and the dent guy made it totally go away as well as removing the paint that had transferred from the other vehicle.

Good luck.

 

loday22,

I agree with the other posters. Welcome to the club! It is not a real Porsche until you get your first ding and pain it out. Last month I scraped the bottom of the front bumper on a curb. Cost me $250 at my body shop to get it repaired and looking like new - and you could not even see it unless you looked under the car!! Believe me I know how you feel. If it bothers you - dont wait. Get it fixed.

You need to shop it around to find the right repair center. I am not from that area so I cant help - but I promise you other posters will show up with names, etc. and you will probably get some PM's too.

Good luck!

 

Knock on wood no dents after a year and a half so I feel your pain and I'm a firm believer that dents aren't necessarily inevitable. I have a good guess as to who you may have taken it to. IMO a top notch guy could get that out and you'd never know. It may cost a couple hundred or so. Call the dealer and get a recommendation from them. This kind of thing happens frequently so I'd be surprised if you can't get it perfect without a lot of effort.

 

I had a ding in the front wheel flare. (an attorney on an opposing case put it there - I am still plotting my revenge) DentPro took care of it easily, but the front wheel flare is not double walled like the rear. Call your Porsche dealer and ask their service department who they use to take out dings. I don't think they will steer you wrong.

Good luck!

 

Absolutely resist anything but a paintless remover,--he may be able to drill in through the inner panel, press it back out from the inside, and then reseal that access hole. BUT,--I would not bother. The two things you really don't want to do on a Porsche is (1) remove any factory paint unnecessarily and (2) drill holes that will later (trust me) rust through once you penetrated the galvanized surface.

Dan

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Don't worry tooooo much about drilling holes in galvanized sheet metal. The strange thing about galvanized metal is this: it has self-healing abilities. The zinc will migrate to the cut edge and stop corrosion. Don't believe this? Then start looking for examples of cut galvanized sheet metal in outdoor situations and it will be very unusual to see one rusting on the edge. Of course there's a limit; at some point the cut edge is too thick on heavier guage steel and it can't self heal. But the guage of car's body panels will be okay.

 

Sorry to hear about your dent. My approach to door dings is to to wait about a month. By then, the initial shock has worn off and I am able to make a decision without the emotions of the event clouding my judgement. If they still bother you, then fix 'em. I've used Dent Pro in the past and would recommend you try them.