Cost
Dent & Ding Repair can be up to 80% cheaper than traditional methods and is usually lower than insurance deductibles.

Fast
In most cases, dings and dents take only a few hours of work. You can have your car ready on the same day!

Guarantee
Twenty three years of work in the paint and body industry guarantees that your dent or ding removal will be performed by one of the most experienced professional in the market. Your car deserves more than a novice!

What is Paintless Dent Repair (PDR)?

Traditional body shop methods required straightening, filling, sanding, painting, and a big bill to repair even the smallest dents. With PDR the filling, sanding, and painting are no longer necessary, and therefore the cost goes down because repair time is as much as eighty percent shorter and no materials are necessary. Also, since painting is not required, problems associated with color match are gone and there can’t be any damage from over-spray. Furthermore the repair can be done anywhere, even at your home or office.

However, all is not perfect with this system. PDR only works on small dents and dings (about the size of a volleyball or less). Dents where the paint is damaged, dents located at the edge of a panel, or where the metal is creased or stretched cannot be fully fixed through PDR.

The theory behind PDR is that metal has a memory; where it returns to its original shape as long as it isn't bent beyond the limit of its memory. In other words, the metal has not been creased which would give it an entirely new form and a new memory.

Think about a metal drink can. Using an empty can gently push on its side until it deforms. As long as you haven’t pushed too hard you'll notice a nice soft dent in the can’s side. Next use a pencil to apply slight pressure to the inside of the can behind the dent. With very little pressure the dent will pop out and restore the original form as if nothing had ever happened.

Now do it again, but this time press hard enough to cause the side of the can to be creased. When creased the dent will mightily resist being pushed back into its original shape, the crease has given it a new memory and now it wants to stay in its new shape. This is what happens to the sheet metal on a car or truck and is what makes PDR practical or impossible.

PDR is between 95 to 99% accurate, which means most folks will never be able to tell. There are some caveats to contracting for PDR repairs on your vehicle; ask questions, be wary of the guys who use conventional methods and scams asking for a ridiculously low price.

If you think you'll do it yourself, forget it, PDR requires enormous skill and finesse. PDR, it’s not for every dent but it sure does warrant looking into.

The 5 Sections below are some of my personal repairs of simple door dings too extreme works of art:

  • easy dings & Dents
  • panel edges & bad body lines
  • Extreme Aluminum repairs
  • Extreme Metal repairs
  • Push for Paint / Clean up

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES

SOFT DING
PT cruiser left 1/4 easy access
PT Cruiser - BeforePT Cruiser - After

DEEP DENT- FROM A GOLF BALL
BMW right 1/4
BMW - BeforeBMW - After

SMALL DEEP DENT- FROM A BASEBALL
Mercedes-Benz right fender
Mercedes - BeforeMercedes - After

MEDIUM DEEP DENT FROM POLE + SAND & POLISH SCRATCHES
Mercedes Benz SUV - rear hatch
Mercedes SUV - BeforeMercedes SUV - Before

MEDIUM DEEP CREASE DENT CROWN UP TOP & STRECHED
Lexus - Right 1/4
Lexus - BeforeLexus - After

MEDIUM DENT WITH TIGHT CROWN UP AT THE TOP
Porsche - left 1/4
Porsche - BeforePorsche - After

MEDIUM RESHAPE DENT WITH OUT PAINTING
Toyota - Left Rear Bumper
Toyota - BeforeToyota - After

MEDIUM DENT CROWNED UP TOP OF TRUNK & OVER EDGE LOWER
Mercedes-Benz - Right Side of Trunk
Mercedes - BeforeMercedes - Before

MEDIUM DENT ***NOTICE THAT DENT IS OVER BODY LINES***
Cadillac - Left Front Fender
Cadillac - BeforeCadillac - After

MEDIUM DEEP COMPLEX DENT RESHAPED WITH OUT PAINTING
SUV - Right side of front bumper
SUV - BeforeSUV - After

MEDIUM DEEP DENT
Mercedes-Benz 320 - Right rear 1/4 panel
Mercedes - BeforeMercedes - After

MEDIUM DEEP DENTS FROM A GANG FIGHT
SUV - Front Right fender
SUV - BeforeSUV - After

MEDIUM STRETCHED DENT FROM TOOL LEFT UNDER HOOD
Lexus SUV - Hood
Lexus - BeforeLexus - After

BMW SUV referal from Dr. Ziggy's:

VAN
This van had a large soft dent over the fender edge.

Rolls Royce
Dents traveled over the body line, with soft crowns at the top and bottom.

Ford T Bird:

Sharp large dent with sharp crown up top.

Ford Escort:

Shane Harris Steiner manager

 

MBZ trunk punch marks Steve Beemer & Benz referral

 

Gray F150 lt fender pole dent

 

MBZ referral from Steve the owner of Beemer & Benz in Pacific Beach

Z71 lt bed side:

 

Subaru Out Back:

Soft large dent over the body Line with soft crowns.

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES;

Door Edge:

Porsche Caynne:

2007 350Z rear hatch:

BMW 745i:
This car arrived to us with a very sharp dent that traveled over both body lines and the top of trunk, making this a much ridged area to work. The process had to move at a very slow pace in order to avoid cracking any paint. Notice that the whole trunk had to be de-trimmed for us to have proper access.

BMW rear door body line:

 

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES

Acura NSX
The aluminum fender had a very sharp crown, with a crease from top to bottom and over the edge. The owner said that when he took to a body shop they wanted to replace the whole fender.

 

Honda Insite:

Audi Fender aluminum complex repair:

2007 BMW aluminum fender:

 

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES OF EXTRA LARGE & COMPLEX DENTS:

Wedding fight:

BMW SUV:

Caliber Collision Referal James Lexas:

Olds Cutless:

Honda Rt Quarter Panel :

 

Toyota Hybred:

MBZ Rt door Kick Dent:

AMG MBZ trunk:

BMW Driver Door:

This car was kicked on the door handle. Access was very bad even after de-trimming, but the main problem was that the dent traveled under the door handle and over body lines, with crowns at the top and lower part of the dents.

Pots by Pat in Pacific Beach referal:

Ford Ranger Punch Dent:

Referal from Caliber Collision in Pacific Beach Chris:

Audi Rt Rear Quarter Panel:

Celica Left Front Fender:

Silver BMW 325i side swiped:

 

Gray BMW referral from La Jolla Independent BMW:

Red Grand Am door Calliber Collision refferal:

Red 4 runner P4P Mark English insurance adjuster referral:

 

Silver MBZ rt fender & bumper P4P:

Red Grand Am door Caliber Collision referral:

Honda meets pool Horton Plaza:

 

 

Push for Paint / Ruff Out:

The idea behind the “Push for Paint Repair / Ruff Out” is to give you an option on damage that is too bad to be fully restored with the Paintless Dent Repair process alone. But with the help of The Dent Devils  & a mobile painter or body shop at a later date they can use a lighter coat of body filler & or just prime then block sand before painting. This helps eliminate the need to replace panels, using excess body fillers or having to blend the adjacent panels in some cases. (I’m am not worrying about cracking the paint on these jobs only reshaping the metal as it takes more time when you are not cracking the paint)

Clean up:
 Is say you have a very deep/ stretched ding, dent or some other damage that cannot be made perfect with PDR. I can go in and  take some of the ugly out of it but being more careful not to crack the paint because you are not going to have it painted but cannot afford to have a body shop or mobile painter finish or the car is just not worth putting much into.

Red Grand Am door Caliber Collision referral:

Red 4 runner Mark English insurance adjuster referral:

 

Silver MBZ rt fender & bumper:

Red & Gray Subura OutBack:

 

Mazda Miata :

 

Honda meets pool Horton Plaza:

 

 

Don't give your car a cheap treatment!

 

The Devil himself

Eddie Martin

owner / master tech / trainer

(619) 726-6767

you can contact me from 7am - 9pm

 
 
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