how can it be done paintlessly

will one of them el cheapo dent poppers actually work?

i took a good hard look at my car today

the paint job looks great, but it has some dents that arent very deep......they kinda detract from the paintjob.........

i also need to paint my Z28 grille............is it supposed to be gloss black or flat black?

 

if its a wide dent you can stick the suction cup in the middle.. then pull it out.. THAT works.. but if they are door dings, u might have to pound them out from behind

 

NO NO NO NO NO.

You can't use the dent puller to remove a dent! It doesn't work. If the dents you are referring to are just regular door dings and such, a good Paintless Dent Removal place will remove them and make it look good. Learning to remove a dent takes at least 1 year to get good. Joe Homeowner will not be able to remove a dent with a $39 gimmick. I am a PDR guy and can tell you from experience. Get a referral for a shop or person that does great work. There are specialty tools required that only a pro knows how to use. Remember that a dent is stretched metal. It doesn't just pop back out. It needs to be massaged and smoothed out again. If I was in your area, I'd offer to help, but I don't live in Jersey anymore! By the way, here's my card. Thanks to OKFOZ for the logo permissions.

 

hmmmmmm the dents i have are weird though................their not deep, their VERY shallow, but they are wide

 

They"ll come out. A good shop or technician will make them disappear. I know the dents you're talking about. I had a few of them also in one of my cars. PDR costs about 1/3 the cost of a body shop. With that in mind, don't be shocked if you get a quote for a lot of money. Just remember that a body shop will use filler and have to paint it when they are done and this will be done without any of that.

 

Dent it, pull it, bondo it, prep it, paint it. If that doesnt work replace it!
Theres your pro work

 

whats the average price of a PDRing a dent??

i have no clue, so all i need is a ballpark range

 

Some companies like Dent Wizard might charge $65/panel. If you have 3 dents on the door, it's $65. If you have 5 dents on the fender, it $65. I don't know if all offices work that way, but some do. Others will charge $50/per panel +$10 each additional dent. So if you have 3 dents in the door($70) and 3 in the rear 1/4 ($70), you're looking at a total of $140. Those would be based on door dings and small dents. If the car got smacked with a softball at close range and left a deep, large dent, it could cost close to $100 just to fix the one dent. The prices vary depending on the severity of the dent, but the ones you mentioned sound small. I would guess that you are gonna be close to either the $65/panel method or the $50-$60/panel + each dent method. You should be able to get an idea from this. One more thing, if the dent is in an area that's not easily accessible, they charge more. Right in the middle of the doors should be fine.

 

thanx scott

prices actually seem reasonable

i think i mite get them taken out in the near future

you cant see these dents looking head on.......its when you look at the car from an angle...........hard to explain but their really shallow, but wide

 

I know exactly what you're explaining. When looking normally at the car, you don't see em, but at the right angle and with the right lighting, you can see 'em. I just removed a few of these from my car.