last week, some tool slammed his car door into my beautiful rex, leaving a noticeable dent. Although no paint was scraped off, it still bothered me very much. I decided to give the ding king a try before taking it to a bodyshop, and im glad to say it worked...a little too well. Now where the dent used to be, there is a "bump," and the sheet metal surronding the bump looks a tiny bit caved in. I am not able to "tap" it down, either. I am tired of screwing with this myself. Anyone have any ideas what a body-shop will charge to fix this?!

Thank,
The Forever Noob

A good reason not to use those "DIY As-Seen-On-TV" things. It takes more than a $20 gizmo to properly repair dings and dents, as you unfortunately found out.
The first thing you should have done, and what you can still do, is to find a local paintless dent removal professional (Dent Doctor, Dent Wizard, etc.) and have them look at it. They may still be able to do an acceptable repair on it, although you should be prepared for the possibility that the panel is now too distorted and will have to be fixed in a body shop (sanded, filled, repainted).

Originally posted by Mulder
The first thing you should have done, and what you can still do, is to find a local paintless dent removal professional (Dent Doctor, Dent Wizard, etc.) and have them look at it. They may still be able to do an acceptable repair on it, although you should be prepared for the possibility that the panel is now too distorted and will have to be fixed in a body shop (sanded, filled, repainted).

Obsolutely!;) The paintless Dent Removal system works excellent as long as the paint isn't cracked.:cool:

I would call up a paintless dent removal service. Dent Wizard came out to my shop the other week to work on a Mercedes and did a GREAT job. The quarterpanel looked brand new.