Dents and dings occur quite often on motor vehicles and can come from multiple sources, another car door could be responsible for your dent, impression from a shopping cart colliding with your car, or a common factor for some; indentations caused by a hail storm. Motor vehicle owners loathe seeing dents and or dings in their vehicles, dents and dings makes a motor vehicle look much older than it should and motor vehicle owners generally become infuriated with the thought of having to take the time out and pay the price to have those dings and dents removed. However the repair of minor dings and dents no longer have to be a time consuming or tribulation, neither does it have to be pricey. The general dents that are found in most cars can be removed with paintless dent repair. Paintless dent repair is a procedure used to remove minor dents from cars without the need for drilling, fillers, sanding or repainting of the area that was dented. Paintless dent repair is a professional procedure done by a trained technician, however the process is relatively simple for them and they can perform a typical paintless dent repair within half an hour.
To know if the dents on your car can utilise the paintless dent repair process, here are a few things to consider;
- The span and depth of your dent, and although the span may not be an issue, the deeper the dent is, the more your chances of using paintless dent repair decreases.
- The age of you car and the material used to make its body, as a guideline you can typically use paintless dent repair on any car made in1990 and beyond.
- Once the paint is not already chipped or cracked, that’s a plus.
Sometimes if the dent is near the edge of the panel, it is a possibility that paintless dent repair cannot be done.
Due to the fact that a motor vehicle that has never been repainted will maintain a value higher than it would if repainting was done, (even if it is just one panel or a small section) paintless dent repair is perfect for all your cars’ minor dents and dings.
Never try to perform paintless dent repair yourself; the procedure is to be performed by specialised technicians who are trained in the field, certain tools are used such as a metal rod or prick and sometimes suction equipment to push or pull the dented region of the car back into place. While both methods are used, the push method is more common, this is where the technician would go at the dent from the inside part of the panel and gently massage out the dented area so that it aligns with the rest of the metal in that panel.
