The Dent Devils - Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) - Mobile Door Ding, Soft, Dent Repair – The Dent Devils

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 four 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 trash can lid or less). Dents where the paint is damaged, badly stretched or kinkedcannot 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 start to move when pushed in the right area's 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 99.9% 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.

Check out the 4 sections below for examples of extreme dentsI have done with PDR:

Small
Medium
Large
Complex
Non-Repairable

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES

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

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

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

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Sharp large dent with sharp crown up top.

Soft large dent over the body Line with soft crowns.

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.

BEFORE & AFTER IMAGES OF EXTRA LARGE & COMPLEX DENTS

The images below show a few examples of dents that can’t be fixed through PDR. Some of these can’t even be repaired with conventional body shop techniques, since too much plastic filler will be needed.

If you checked our successful examples, you will see that we work on some pretty nasty dents, but the cases below present problems such as overly stretched and/or kinked metal that make it unviable to fix them with PDR. And if somebody tells you otherwise, please visit our scam section to increase your awareness of unfair tactics we fin from dishonest people in the market.

This is also why we always ask you to send us pictures with your quote request. Sometimes a dent doesn’t look so bad, but if PDR isn’t the best solution we will let you know right away. Your satisfaction is our number 1 goal.

Don't give your car a cheap treatment!

The Devil himself

Eddie Martin owner / master tech

(619) 726-6767

you can contact me from 7am - 9pm

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