Folks, just a quick FYI. Man I had doubts about paintless dent removal. People had told me the work wouldn't last, and that PDR doesn't work.

This dude fixed like 15 dents (all <1", and one 2" dent) for the price what a good bodyshop would charge for like, that swingle 2" dent to do it the traditional way. I was frankly shocked at how good it turned out. Now I just need to get the paint touched up in some of the dents that went through to the metal.

He even fixed a dent that was along a body contour, by reshaping that contour! I banged my fist against it several times - didn't pop in: it was solid.

This is the dude I called based on another i-club member recommendation, but I was talking to Leo Chan (Detail Additct) about it and really, the key is to just find and ask for someone with 5+ years of experience. When it comes down to it PDR is just good old fashioned sheet metalworking, and sheet metalworking is an artform that needs years to master. But in the hands of a master it just becomes magic....

Darryl - DentCraft
www.dentcraftpdr.com
510-794-1142

 

ambert, how much did he charge per dent? i have about 2 2" dents on my s2k... and 1 nice 1" dent on my fender from a friend dropping her phone on my car

 

Ambert, I am glad you found a good PDR tech!

 

nice! was he giving you a discount for so many dents? or did he go by his regular pricing? thanks

 

PDR is pretty nuts. I remember a demo where the PDR tech jumped on the roof of a car, but landed waaaay too hard and nearly caved the roof in. About 6.5 hours of hard labor in the office parking lot (no, I didn't stick around for all of it haha), the thing looked good as new Seriously!

 

Well he has pricing on his website. For me I had **** on every body panel almost so I just told him to give me a lump quote.

Thing is I think the bulk of a PDR tech's time is spent accessing the site and then some dents can be done quickly, so that's why I got about 6-7 panels done cheaply.

So yeah he'd probably charge you a couple hundred bucks? I dunno, you can take pics and send it to him for a quote

 

"Thing is I think the bulk of a PDR tech's time is spent accessing the site and then some dents can be done quickly, so that's why I got about 6-7 panels done cheaply."

yup. I'm sure if you go up to any tech and tell him to do you ENTIRE CAR he has to go by panel lol

 

dude you need to become this guy's apprentice haha. I'm telling you this guy is hardcore. He did everything in like 2 hours too. Was all sweaty and exhausted looking from metalworking in 90 degree heat

 

haha... with my schedule, I am better off with detailing and selling detail products.