[RJC]

What do folks here do for door dings? I always park away from other cars but I still got hit... As you can see, there is a very small paint chip. Can a Paint-less Door guy fix this or would I have to go to an auto body shop?

Any recommendations/experiences would be greatly appreciated.

[psuibmw]

I see a pic of a window, a garage door, and some shelves

[robby818]

I would find a good paintless dent repair person on Yelp and give it a shot. It costs ~$100. It won't be perfect but it will probably look much better. With paintless, the person just pushes the dent out. It is more difficult on a seam but I think it is possible to make it look a lot better.

The alternative is going to a body shop and painting the entire door, I would not got through all that for just a small door ding. too expensive and repainting can introduce new issues not to mention diminished value when you sell or trade.

[dream54ing]

We recently had a ding dent removed with paintless dent repair and it came out flawless. Since it was also on the crease, it took them little longer than normal, but can be fixed. We hired someone that cost more than others, but they were able to guarantee the work to be at least 95% to perfection. When finished, they guy said it was about 95%, but I cant even find where the dent was, lol. cost was about $250, but they came out to us to do the repair.

We did not have paint chip, so that might be a bit of a challenge to fix. I think your best bet is fix the paintless dent removable and get someone (or same guy) to use touch up paint. Repainting/bondo would be super expensive ($600+) and there's a good chance paint will not match. We had mineral white, so we avoid re-painting/bondo at all cost. Hope that helps.

[teefive]

PDR and touch up paint is the answer here. Definitely avoid re painting.

[RJC]

Thank you everyone.

I made an appointment with a PDR team w/ great reviews. They told me to bring in touchup paint.

[claykin]

Originally Posted by RJC

Thank you everyone.

I made an appointment with a PDR team w/ great reviews. They told me to bring in touchup paint.

Use Dr. Colorchip after PDR.

[RJC]

Originally Posted by claykin

Use Dr. Colorchip after PDR.

Does this really work? and what if the color doesn't match perfectly?

[samvora]

Originally Posted by RJC

Thank you everyone.

I made an appointment with a PDR team w/ great reviews. They told me to bring in touchup paint.

Is PDR a company or just a technique (I mean i know it is a technique) that PDR certified shops do or how does this work?

[RJC]

Originally Posted by samvora

Is PDR a company or just a technique (I mean i know it is a technique) that PDR certified shops do or how does this work?

It is a company that primarily focuses on paint-less dent removal; however, I believe they also fix other minor scratches, dents, hail damage, etc.

I know they won't remove the dent 100% but if it's close to invisible, I would be happy.

[teefive]

PDR is a technique used to remove dents. They use rods (and other tools) to push dents out from the inside of affected panels.

[steve090619]

Originally Posted by teefive

PDR is a technique used to remove dents. They use rods (and other tools) to push dents out from the inside of affected panels.

Originally Posted by teefive

PDR is a technique used to remove dents. They use rods (and other tools) to push dents out from the inside of affected panels.

Try dry ice next time

[cszekl]

Please post a picture after the repair. Hope it works out for you!

[RJC]

Originally Posted by steve090619

Try dry ice next time

What will dry ice do?

[cesimeone]

Hi RJC, I have some experience with PDR, a close friend of mine owns/operates one of the best firms here in South Florida. Your situation is tricky as it's on a crease or body line. My hope is they can get to that spot in the least invasive manner, which I am sure they can.

I've had it both ways on previous vehicles, where they can gain adequate access to work the metal through a factory opening in the door or by pulling the door card or by sliding down behind the window glass and also had it where they had to drill a small hole in the door jamb and then use an OEM Looking body plug to fill the hole (this usually only happens when then blemish is on a body panel and inside access is close to impossible).

Bring your factory touch up paint along, when they are done but a small dab on that chip and you should be sorted.

Let us know how it turns out

[VTENGR]

Originally Posted by cesimeone

Hi RJC, I have some experience with PDR, a close friend of mine owns/operates one of the best firms here in South Florida. Your situation is tricky as it's on a crease or body line. My hope is they can get to that spot in the least invasive manner, which I am sure they can.

I've had it both ways on previous vehicles, where they can gain adequate access to work the metal through a factory opening in the door or by pulling the door card or by sliding down behind the window glass and also had it where they had to drill a small hole in the door jamb and then use an OEM Looking body plug to fill the hole (this usually only happens when then blemish is on a body panel and inside access is close to impossible).

Bring your factory touch up paint along, when they are done but a small dab on that chip and you should be sorted.

Let us know how it turns out

I wonder if the fact the door panels are aluminum will effect the success of PDR. Everything I've read has said aluminum is harder to work with and doesn't have the same "memory" as steel.

[dream54ing]

Originally Posted by cesimeone

Hi RJC, I have some experience with PDR, a close friend of mine owns/operates one of the best firms here in South Florida. Your situation is tricky as it's on a crease or body line. My hope is they can get to that spot in the least invasive manner, which I am sure they can.

I've had it both ways on previous vehicles, where they can gain adequate access to work the metal through a factory opening in the door or by pulling the door card or by sliding down behind the window glass and also had it where they had to drill a small hole in the door jamb and then use an OEM Looking body plug to fill the hole (this usually only happens when then blemish is on a body panel and inside access is close to impossible).

Bring your factory touch up paint along, when they are done but a small dab on that chip and you should be sorted.

Let us know how it turns out

Originally Posted by VTENGR

I wonder if the fact the door panels are aluminum will effect the success of PDR. Everything I've read has said aluminum is harder to work with and doesn't have the same "memory" as steel.

I can confirm, it can be repaired successfully with PDR. you wont even know it was repaired... It took about 1.5hrs for the repair; 30mins over typical repair because it was on the crease. it wasnt as "tricky" as he expected. If your PDR guy is not able to repair it to 100%, he's probably just not up to par with other PDR specialist.

only thing that might show up is if the paint cant be touched up to 100% original.

[cesimeone]

Good to hear it can be repaired.....door dings SUCK!

VTENGR....yes aluminum is a bit more difficult to work than steel. My experience is it tends to crack and/or you end up with the small dimples from PDR because the ally won't level out as well as steel. I'm no professional though just have a a fiddle with these things in the past!

Happy tapping

[RJC]

The door ding is gone; however, there is still the slight indent of the paint chip (which I expected). Overall a good job and I can live with it.

The 1st ding is always the most painful...

Ps. They charge a bit more because it is aluminum. Total price after a discount was ~$200.

[teefive]

Looks much better. You may try layering the touch up paint to level off the chip. Recommend doing it over a few days and NOT globbing it.

[RJC]

Originally Posted by teefive

Looks much better. You may try layering the touch up paint to level off the chip. Recommend doing it over a few days and NOT globbing it.

Good call. I heard using a toothpick helps.

[dream54ing]

good to hear! hopefully you can minimize the wound. take your time