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had paintless dent repair done today

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by skiergd011013, Mar 2, 2015.

  1. Mar 2, 2015 at 7:18 PM
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    skiergd011013

    skiergd011013 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I had a small dime sized dent on my passenger side access cab door. I also had a larger dent above my passenger side rear wheel. I had a local used car business who also does pdr fix it. you cannot even tell anything was there. hopefully this doesnt happen again but its nice knowing this guy is in town incase it does. I highly recommend this for annoying dents.
     
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  2. Mar 2, 2015 at 8:38 PM
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    Vantage

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    I ran my fender into a tree and used paint less dent to fix it. It looks 99% like stock and was $2400 cheaper than a body shop quoted me.

    I couldn't believe how well it turned out either
     
  3. Mar 3, 2015 at 1:27 AM
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    RKCRUZA

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    Had some work done here in Ca by the dentless folks....$100 instead of $1200 and got about 99% of it....if you don't know where to look you will never see it....great way to fix things if the local guy is good and the paint is still intact....
     
  4. Mar 3, 2015 at 10:56 AM
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    docbrown

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    Buddy of mine does PDR and took out a dent on my roof a year ago. You could not tell it was even there when he was done.
     
  5. Mar 3, 2015 at 1:45 PM
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    hotrod53

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    Had it done 3 times on 3 vehicles, these guys are amazing.
     
  6. Mar 3, 2015 at 3:13 PM
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    :worthless:

    I'd love to see some pics ???
     
  7. Mar 3, 2015 at 3:17 PM
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    I have heard of pdr rusting from the inside out. Has anyone actually seen this happen?
     
  8. Mar 3, 2015 at 3:24 PM
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    Fonzi25

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    I'm going to do this soon have good size dent from someone hitting me on the bottom part of my rear passenger door but no crease on it so should be able to get it out with a PDR just need to find someone near me or I'll wait till i go home again and do it there
     
  9. Jun 6, 2015 at 9:35 AM
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    I accidentally put some weight down on my roof just now trying to strap things down to my roof rack. My palm left a small nickel size dent. Need to hit these guys up! Good info.
     
  10. Jun 6, 2015 at 10:18 AM
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    In need of PDR... [​IMG] Both sides look like that from my Yakima rack. My fault, not the rack.
     
  11. Jun 7, 2015 at 2:58 PM
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    Wow,I'm a PDR tech and dents that size are rough. They can be fixed though.
     
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    $100. These guys are magicians. Instead of dropping the headliner which would've cost me more. He went thru the 3rd brake light?!!

    Not the best pictures but I am very happy with the results.

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    I had a dent on my roof and just used my GoPro suction cup attachment to pull the dent up. Went right back to normal with very little effort.
     
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    My 2014 was hit by hail before my first oil change... it is absolutely destroyed now, but at least the glass didn't break. Do you think paintless dent removal would fix it? It looks like I drove through a golf driving range. Thousands of dents, literally.
     
  16. Jun 26, 2015 at 5:06 AM
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    Are the dents nice and smooth, meaning no creases? If so, they can.
    Hoping it isn't thousands of dents though! You might want to take it through an insurance claim as it will get pricey. Any pics?
     
  17. Jun 26, 2015 at 5:57 AM
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    They did pdr on my Nissan when I got caught in a hail storm. Same thing as yours. Literally thousands of dents. Hood, roof, pillars. I filed and they did pdr to fix it
     
  18. Jun 26, 2015 at 6:02 AM
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    AR15xAR10

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    I recently had every single dent in my truck (mostly from the previous owner) removed by a paintless dent removal specialist. The work is absolutely phenomenal! Not a single wave even in the body lines. I don't know how he did it but i am very pleased
     
  19. Jun 26, 2015 at 6:06 AM
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    skiergd011013

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    I know for most of them, they get behind the dent and use special tools to very carefully massage it out. I have also seen videos of them using an array of fluorescent lights/mirrors to use the reflections to achieve perfect results.
     
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  20. Jun 26, 2015 at 6:11 AM
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