Need Help: Door Ding Repair
#11
An apology for the threads up. Just want to share my experience. After I picked up my car for door ding repair from one of Wisconsin auto repair outlets , I decided to remove the door panel is so that i can inspect how well they fixed the door dent. it turns out they did ****ty job the dent is not ironed out completely, you can see from inside that the door skin/sheet metal is still pushed in and there are 4 welding marks. i assume those weld marks that are visible from the inside because they welded the rod from outside the door panel in order to pull the dent out. i am pretty sure that this is what they have done, as i have seen this action performed once by an auto body shop. I sure did not make those marks and i am the original owner. i am guessing that this spot welding is not a good thing to do on prius due to galvanization process of sheet metal. as far as I know the spot welding weakens the metal and it attracts the moisture/rust.
#12
Dent Wizard has done good work for my family in the past. Once a tree branch fell and left 10 dents in my dad's hood and ALL of them came out with no paint damage! In one case, they were unable to fix a series of dents for my grandpa so they didn't charge anything for their time...
#13
I just had 5 dings removed by a company called Dent Proof a couple weeks ago. One in the hood and 4 on the passenger side of the car. Cost me 100 bucks. I was skeptical. But the owner with 17 years of experience made my car look showroom perfect in about an hour and a half. He let me observe and it's truly an art. He probably has over 10k in special tools, not to mention what those special lighting fixtures cost.
#14
I just had 5 dings removed by a company called Dent Proof a couple weeks ago. One in the hood and 4 on the passenger side of the car. Cost me 100 bucks. I was skeptical. But the owner with 17 years of experience made my car look showroom perfect in about an hour and a half. He let me observe and it's truly an art. He probably has over 10k in special tools, not to mention what those special lighting fixtures cost.
#17
Harder, but not impossible to fix them on the body lines. For the fees they charge (usually less than $100) it's worth a shot before you resort to full-on body work. Also, if they can't fix it, they probably won't even charge for their efforts...