darkrider

I have one of these from a long time ago: https://www.dingking.tv/. LMAO, Billy Mayes... Hasn't he been dead for a decade already?


Surprisingly, it actually works pretty well. It may be worth a shot, if you can't find someone locally. You basically use a special glue in a hot glue gun to glue a plastic applicator to the middle of the dent and then an aluminum bridge applies gradual pressure until either the dent pops up or the glue bond breaks free of the paint. In my limited experience, it isn't as good as PDR from behind the dent, but it will get the dent to a point where you can't tell unless you're right on top of it or run a hand over it.

NCLou

Can't dry ice be used to pop out small dents? check youtube. What about shops that specialize in hail damage?

adaycj

Exactly. I used pull tabs with hot glue to fix dents in my garage door (aluminum) that the PO left behind. I also used them to pull door dings in my Wife's car doors. They are a little harder to work than PDR rods, but I'm no pro at all and I'm guessing I could 99% remove the dent shown in the first post. A real pro should make quick work of it.

Blueeyedme

I just had a local pdr guy take a rock dent out of hood edge on my wife's Tesla. Amazing work...your dent won't be a problem for a pro.

moparado

I had 2 deer collisions and some SOB bashed in my passenger side door on my Jeep.
Yeah my area is deer heaven.

Had all that repaired on my Jeep at a PDR place while i waited and only for a $150 more or less. The guy who did all those repairs is also a PDR instructor. Looks good as new.
Those PDR guys can work miracles.

Griffalo

When I bought my '16 Lariat, I didn't see the 8-10 hail dents in the hood and top of the cab until I saw it in the sunlight. Talked with the dealer before the papers were signed and they said they would get it taken care of, just bring it in on the day the PDR guy was there. I took it back and 4 hours later, you can't even tell there were any dents to begin with. My '14 XLT suffered over $3500 in hail damage and the only parts they replaced were the hood and the trim on one of the windows. The rest of the truck was PDR and you couldn't even tell it when they were done. My hood had to be replaced because they found a spot that had been repaired at the factory before the truck was shipped that caused a problem with the PDR. (That was the body shops story). The replacement hood was going to cost less than $100 more than what the insurance was going to pay for PDR so the body shop soaked up the difference (why I think it was more an issue at the body shop than the previous story about the factory). When it was done, you couldn't even tell there were any dents to begin with. My g/f's '15 Jeep Cherokee had over $4500 in damage from hail and you couldn't tell it till the next hail storm hit. Now there are a couple of dents in the hood but not enough to file another insurance claim. Those PDR guys are actually pretty good at the aluminum body panels now.

phoneguy

I know this is a month old but I ended up taking my truck to another PDR shop that had no problem getting out my dent. I'm glad I posted this because if it were not for some of the comments here I would have given up after the first guy told me he couldn't fix it. The guy I took it to today made it look like it never happened.

crankinaway

Good to hear. My wife has an appointment for her new Jeep on Monday and we are hoping for the best.