Dent removal - is it possible here!?
Discussion
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19247496
Looking at this car, but it has two small dents in the bodywork (pics 10 & 11) - one on the wing next to passenger door, and another on the bumper.
Could anyone advise if these should be straight forward enough to come out with a PDR repair?
Looking at this car, but it has two small dents in the bodywork (pics 10 & 11) - one on the wing next to passenger door, and another on the bumper.
Could anyone advise if these should be straight forward enough to come out with a PDR repair?
I should have been more precise and not rush the first post.
Pic 10 - I can see there's a scrape as well, which would need some work doing on it. It's whether the bumper can be straightened out.
Pic 11 - appreciate it's dirty, but whether the main offending crease / dent could be improved.
Also shouldn't have specified a PDR - just whether they can be improved at all, by any means is more the ask!
Pic 10 - I can see there's a scrape as well, which would need some work doing on it. It's whether the bumper can be straightened out.
Pic 11 - appreciate it's dirty, but whether the main offending crease / dent could be improved.
Also shouldn't have specified a PDR - just whether they can be improved at all, by any means is more the ask!
Miocene said:
Pic 11 - appreciate it's dirty, but whether the main offending crease / dent could be improved.
Wife's Tiguan had a dent like that - I did it, bu catching the end of a wooden fence in the dark. PDR guy improved it a lot but couldn't remove the dent at the corner into the door opening. He did an amazing job on a bunch of other car park dents the car had acquired.I'm not an expert, but if the car needs paint then that colour might be a tough match so could need a lot of blending.
Hi,
The one on the bumper would need a paint repair, but could probably be kept as a small repair and the blend lost at the edges of the bumper.
The one by the door is probably the harder one to repair, I'm a bodyshop, not PDR, but I cant imagine there are any access points for them to push, leaving only the option to glue pull and its a sharp crease near an edge which will hold the tension from the crease. Its easy to pull and repair with a slide hammer but not an easy repair to then paint and keep local, and to do a proper job I'd want to clear coat the whole rear quarter back down over your doors to the A pillar. But it's difficult to assess from the one photo.
I'd budget £250-£400 per panel as a ball park.
The one on the bumper would need a paint repair, but could probably be kept as a small repair and the blend lost at the edges of the bumper.
The one by the door is probably the harder one to repair, I'm a bodyshop, not PDR, but I cant imagine there are any access points for them to push, leaving only the option to glue pull and its a sharp crease near an edge which will hold the tension from the crease. Its easy to pull and repair with a slide hammer but not an easy repair to then paint and keep local, and to do a proper job I'd want to clear coat the whole rear quarter back down over your doors to the A pillar. But it's difficult to assess from the one photo.
I'd budget £250-£400 per panel as a ball park.
Miocene said:
Thank you all, I appreciate the comments / help.
I spoke to a local bodyshop who said the same (not that I don't trust you guys, but i've since had some more photos!)
I'm not expecting perfection, but also don't want a £1,000 bill!
I would send the pictures to this guy as you are in the South. he's done a few jobs for me and an absolute magician! https://www.mydent.co.uk/info2.cfm?info_id=33358I spoke to a local bodyshop who said the same (not that I don't trust you guys, but i've since had some more photos!)
I'm not expecting perfection, but also don't want a £1,000 bill!
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