My car recieved its first official dent earlier this week....really pissed me off because I park out in the back 40 at the office, never take it the bars, and generally make sure its out of harms way...

So I guess its ironic that the C gets dented in my own garage... a rear door on the too closely parked Grand Cherokee made a dreadfully obvious dent above the fold line on the rear fender and I am just sick to death of looking at it. I love the car and all, but right about now I miss the undentable body work of my former Saturn Coupe. Germans must not have a word for Polymer.....

I don't want to have the paint and bondo monkeys anywhere near it, so I was thinking of using a local Paintless dent repair place. Has anyone here used a similar service? Good results? I'm fussy about this stuff, so I'm really nervous that it will not come out completely, or perhaps look worse...uggh.

Help!

 

Hate to tell you this...but if the dent is directly on the crease of the bodyline, the tech may not be able to get all of it out. It also depends if it is a "pointed" dent or "rounded" dent. Talk to several shops. Good luck. Sorry to hear about it.....damm inconsiderate a$$holes.

 

I've used it on about 4 dents on my rear door, mostly rounded dents tho' - one was the result of clipping the corner of a wall (very slowly ). Results were good, hardly noticeable unless you purposely look for it at a certain angle and under certain lighting but if the tech isn't careful, you're gonna end up with webbing on the paint work so beware. Yep, dents in folds are more difficult.

 

I had a dent on the fold and they were able to take it out... as long as the paint hasn't chipped, its possible to fix...

 

I've used paintless dent repair on several cars with total satisfaction. It all depends on where and how big the dent is. The repair person will tell you up front how well they think they can repair it. Also, it's MUCH cheaper than fill/sand/paint.

 

Me too. I had a door ding removed on the drivers door, right on the crease. I can't tell where it was, even by trying to make it appear in reflections.

As with all bodywork, the key is to find a craftsman who will take the time to do it right. Try asking your service advisor for a recommendation, because I'll bet your dealer uses one.

 

yes, the dealer should be able to recommend one or have one come to the dealership to fix the dent... the guy that did mine did it onsite at the dealership

 

I had two dents taken out on a 540i and they were hard to see afterwards.

 

Dent wizard worked wonders on our Passat, after the wife backed into a Buick. The dent was about a foot across and about 2" deep (but no metal creases or 'points').

As the car was only 2 weeks old at the time, we definitely didn't want a repaint.

I can still see a faint remnant of the dent, but I'm certain that if you don't know where to look, you'll never see it.

I would personally try anything I could before letting some body shop reshoot a panel.

 

I've been using DentPro for several times and the results are all good.

 

Just out of interest guys, what price are you guys paying? I paid less than US$20/dent but I'm not in the US so it may not be comparable

 

I had mine done for free

 

You have friends in the right places

 

The last door dings I had removed from the C cost $150 for first panel and $100 for the second panel. I had only one small door ding per panel.

 

DentPro charges $89 minimum, but if you have more dents the total cost will be lower than the multiple of it.

 

I don't really care about the cost...its a Mercedes...I'm used to the nosebleed experience by now. But DOES IT TAKE OUT THE DENT? Can you tell? How do they get at the dent in a place like this?

 

Hey, I'm sure we all feel your pain and I'm sure there's enuf positive feedback to pretty much give you the heads up on it, right? The message is quite clear - find a good one and ask the guy before commencing work, its as simple as that. Good luck.

 

I'd say it depends on the location of the dent. If the guy can get to the area behind the dent then it works very well. Sometimes (my experience) if he doesn't have a clear shot at the area it is difficult to remove all traces of the ding/dent. On my black BMW I could see the traces of the repair but I knew where to look.

 

The easiest way to find out the answer is to take your car to them and see what they can do. If they cannot fix it they'll tell you. If they can they'll tell you the finish quality, suck as 90% or 98%.

 

OH EM GEEEE!!! i have a HUGGGEEE dent on my rear passenger side door ;(

worst part about it... its on the bodyline ;(((((((((((

im scared to take it to a dent wizard and get a epic fail reply.... *sigh*

 

Much better to leave it as-is, then.

 

wtffffff am i suppose to dooooooo??!?!?!??!!???!? im going to go bald by tonight if i dont figure something out.... sigh

 

i hope ur right

 

Damn, your posts are annoying.

 

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