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So I don't even know how I got this, but I just wanted to get your guys opinions on what should I do to repair this, I'm not sure how the aluminum body is supposed to be worked on lol...any help is greatly appreciated!
Ouch! Kind of an odd place for that to happen. maybe pdr and then touch up? Other than that the paint shop I guess. Sucks for something that small. Good luck
I just got a quote from a body shop for a scratch down to the metal but smaller than that. Because of location (right above the exhaust) they would have to clear the whole side of the bed to match. $1200 and three days to do it right from multiple locations. Just to give you an idea. I think I might hold off on it. I am in California so...YMMV
Yikes!!1200?? lol I'm gonna give Maaco a call and some local body shops in Houston and see what I'm looking at. Damn I had my truck perfect for like 6 months already...and Thanks I like bright shoes!! hah
http://www.tristatedentremoval.com/ did a wonderful job in removing a sharp crease from my brand new rav 4. An 8 feet plank feel on side of door when it was just 2 days old. the guy took the dent so nicely without even opening the inside door panel. I am not sure if they or something similar exist in your time and what hapens to an aluminum body. Good luck and keep everyone posted please
Paintless Dent repair and a smidge of touch up paint. You will get more dings and scratches in the future anyway.
A small dent with scratch in a big piece aluminum body is always not good because you have the option to wait more dents in the same piece just to fix the whole thing.
I did put a tiny Texans decal on it while waiting for the other ones. LOL
Yikes!!1200?? lol I'm gonna give Maaco a call and some local body shops in Houston and see what I'm looking at. Damn I had my truck perfect for like 6 months already...and Thanks I like bright shoes!! hah
I drove against a table saw(don't ask) and scratched from under the front passenger headlight back to the rear passenger door. Some spots pretty deep... Just paid $1500 at a local Carstar and it took 7 days. I feel like that was a fair price as I originally just wanted the paint fixed and not the dents but was told the prep/removal work was the bulk of the cost. You can't tell a difference now as it looks showroom perfect again.
My first scratch/dent
