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alexchen86 05-11-2019 05:35 PM

Paintless Dent Removal?
 
Hi everyone,

I had a stupid accident earlier this week. My hands were full and it was raining, while putting items on the passenger seat I dropped a steel thermos onto the inside door jam behind the door sill. Now there's a fun little dent there that's been driving me crazy! I've only had this car for a month!!

Fortunately it is in an inconspicuous area of the car, but I still would like to know if it can be fixed by paintless dent removal. Does anyone have some expertise to share and maybe a ballpark figure of how much it would be?

Thanks!
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...5acf4b20cc.jpg

kombifan 05-11-2019 09:35 PM

Lease or own
?
Pdr should be less than 100$

vinceC 05-12-2019 07:38 AM

Getting the tools behind that dent is going to be difficult - maybe impossible. The PDR guys also have little studs they glue on to pull out a dent (as opposed to pushing it out from behind). That might work. Cost varies but my guess is under $100.

alexchen86 05-12-2019 01:22 PM


Originally Posted by kombifan (Post 7753445)
Lease or own
?
Pdr should be less than 100$

This is an owned vehicle. I have done PDR before but that was only on door panels where they can easily fit the suction cup tool to pop it out. This dent is really close to the edge of the inside door frame and the space is very tight to mount the tool. I'm thinking of holding off the repair until my next maintenance interval to have the dealer use their own PDR guy. Maybe I can live with it since I don't see it everyday...lol

drwolf 05-15-2019 12:49 PM


Originally Posted by alexchen86 (Post 7753321)
Hi everyone,

I had a stupid accident earlier this week. My hands were full and it was raining, while putting items on the passenger seat I dropped a steel thermos onto the inside door jam behind the door sill. Now there's a fun little dent there that's been driving me crazy! I've only had this car for a month!!

Fortunately it is in an inconspicuous area of the car, but I still would like to know if it can be fixed by paintless dent removal. Does anyone have some expertise to share and maybe a ballpark figure of how much it would be?

Thanks!
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...5acf4b20cc.jpg


where are you located? i know of a great place that'll do paintless dent repair

fabbrisd1 05-16-2019 02:08 AM

Frankly - I don't think that will be PDR repairable - it's heavy frame material and quite challenging..

GLE43_Sube 05-16-2019 08:07 AM


Originally Posted by fabbrisd1 (Post 7756675)
Frankly - I don't think that will be PDR repairable - it's heavy frame material and quite challenging..

I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to be the bearer of bad news. That's thick steel. Nothing like a body panel.


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