Ding in door

[chriz1]

Hi,
I have 2 small dings from where a someone has opened their cars door and hit mine 1 on the rear passenger door and the other on the drivers door,how much do you think it will be to have these removed?

[Nightmare]

could you post pics? dings can mean very different things to different people! dent pull out or fill and paint type ding? and where it is on the car makes a big old difference too

[chriz1]

here you go

[Nightmare]

hmm...bugger..looks right in the middle of a door panel.....looks from the pic like its a creased ding...so will have to be filled and painted

A SMART repairer could have go....only issue being that big flat surfaces are much harder to hide small repairs on.....often if its a door the whole thing needs doing.

If SMART, about 60-80 quid....if bodyshop about 4-600......(caveat to say that this includes lots of assumptions which might be incorrectwhen viewing the car in reality!)

[chriz1]

christ hope it not that bad...
you can hardly notice it if you look straight at it,its just when you look along the panel it look worse.

[paintman]

Find a good PDR (paintless dent removal) man in your area. If the paint is undamaged they are your first option before considering fill & paint.
If you were in the Leicester area I would recommend Dent-technique at Enderby,have a look at http://www.dent-technique.co.uk/

And for a big flat area esp in dark colours you really need an edge to edge paint to avoid the risk of visible lacquer blend edges - main reason why you can't SMART repair bonnet, roof or most bootlids.

Edited by paintman on Friday 26th June 23:51