Question - Paint Shop or Ding King?

ejicon · 06-23-2008, 12:22 AM

So Thursday evening on my way to a friends how to help him shoot some footage, I stopped off to get some yogurt. Went in for less than a 10 minutes, came out and saw a nice dent on the fender/door edge of my car and my passenger rim was scrapped up with silver-metallic paint.

No note was left, no one saw anything. I went to every car in the lot to see if anything matched up. Nothing. Went back into the yogurt shop to find out if there were any cameras in the lot because I didn't see any and I was right. Bummer

When I got home, tried to clean up the damage as much as I could.
Turns out the fender shifted a tad which caused the passenger door to rub onto the fender edge.

I took my car in to a paint shop that I've take other cars too and I got quoted $350 bucks for them to take car of it. The shop also recommended a Paintless Dent King who quoted me $75-125 for what I described. I'm leaning more towards getting it done at the Paint shop because I feel like they would do it right. What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance for the help.
-Ellz

Edit: Another thing I wanted to mention is that the Dent King is located about an hour from where I live and I can only get to him on Saturday while the body shop is located around the corner from where I work and I can get my car back the same day. I was also factoring the distance and convenience to the mix.

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03YellowWRX · 06-23-2008, 12:26 AM

I've had paintless dent removal done in the past on a door ding with great results. It's hard to tell from pictures, but I'd imagine a it could be repaired by PDR. Especially if a body shop that looked at it recommended paintless dent removal for the repair.

ejicon · 06-23-2008, 12:49 AM

Yeah Good point... I think I'm more worried about the fender shift being repaired...

parkes · 06-23-2008, 12:58 AM

The money diffrence isnt enough, SO if you facter cost to benefit factor, pay the 300 or so odd bucks and forget The other guy, It would be 75-125+20-40$ for gas, GET it done right, this is your baby, Treat it that way

ejicon · 06-23-2008, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parkes

The money diffrence isnt enough, SO if you facter cost to benefit factor, pay the 300 or so odd bucks and forget The other guy, It would be 75-125+20-40$ for gas, GET it done right, this is your baby, Treat it that way

Now that's what I need.. A kick in the ass.. Thank you Parkes

parkes · 06-23-2008, 01:37 AM

I Can Kick Harder, Good luck with the FIX

parkes out

chanke4252 · 06-23-2008, 02:25 AM

I've had paintless dent removal done before. It is awesome when done well. Even the ones they say they couldn't get perfect because they were on a character line were very, very hard to find afterwards.

ejicon · 06-23-2008, 03:08 AM

If you notice, the dent rests on part of the fender crease line and the lower crease is scratched a tad.
The body shop guy did mention that the crease would be tricky but that the Ding King would pretty much figure out a way to "Dazzle" me. I'm curious though.

GRIP_SPEED · 06-23-2008, 03:56 AM

GOD seeing that reminds me, on my suby when a bonehead gave me a dime size dent on my fender. these clumsy ass*** in the parking lot

BryanH · 06-23-2008, 08:50 AM

most car dealerships have a PDR guy that will come to their location. You might want to check that.

And if the body shop is recommending to use a PDR why not do that? That way you don't have to worry about the paint not matching.

ejicon · 06-23-2008, 12:38 PM

The reason why I'm worrying about it is because of the fender shift. I'm not sure if the PDR can fix that. And the scrapes/scratches. Can that even be fixed without a re'paint?
I guess the thing is, I'm not sure what the procedure is for PDR? Does anyone have a good run-by of the process. I'm pretty sure it's nothing like the dent removal tool that they sold on tv?

And I guess I forgot to mention that I didn't find out about the whole fender shift/door rubbing against the fender thing until after my body-shop visit.

Hypnotk · 06-24-2008, 09:57 AM

PDR won't be able to get that fender or door done 100%. The fender will end up about 80% with what would look like very bad orange peel. The door has damaged the shell which they won't be able to do anything with either. The fender "shift" is fixed by loosening the bolts that hold it and aligning it...2 minutes. There is play in the fender, thats whats moved. I would definitely have a shop do it. I use a PDR company but I wouldn't for this.

-Lance

ejicon · 06-24-2008, 12:46 PM

Thanks Lance. I'm dropping my car off today for the work. Much appreciated!

06-23-2008, 12:22 AM	#1
ejicon Scooby Guru Member#: 2452 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: Burbank,California, USA Vehicle: 08 2.5 WRX WRB Mica	Question - Paint Shop or Ding King? So Thursday evening on my way to a friends how to help him shoot some footage, I stopped off to get some yogurt. Went in for less than a 10 minutes, came out and saw a nice dent on the fender/door edge of my car and my passenger rim was scrapped up with silver-metallic paint. No note was left, no one saw anything. I went to every car in the lot to see if anything matched up. Nothing. Went back into the yogurt shop to find out if there were any cameras in the lot because I didn't see any and I was right. Bummer When I got home, tried to clean up the damage as much as I could. Turns out the fender shifted a tad which caused the passenger door to rub onto the fender edge. I took my car in to a paint shop that I've take other cars too and I got quoted $350 bucks for them to take car of it. The shop also recommended a Paintless Dent King who quoted me $75-125 for what I described. I'm leaning more towards getting it done at the Paint shop because I feel like they would do it right. What do you guys think? Thanks in advance for the help. -Ellz Edit: Another thing I wanted to mention is that the Dent King is located about an hour from where I live and I can only get to him on Saturday while the body shop is located around the corner from where I work and I can get my car back the same day. I was also factoring the distance and convenience to the mix. * Registered users of the site do not see these ads. Last edited by ejicon; 06-23-2008 at 12:52 AM.

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06-23-2008, 12:26 AM	#2
03YellowWRX Scooby Newbie Member#: 88912 Join Date: Jun 2005 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: DE Vehicle: 2012 Civic Si Sedan Blue	I've had paintless dent removal done in the past on a door ding with great results. It's hard to tell from pictures, but I'd imagine a it could be repaired by PDR. Especially if a body shop that looked at it recommended paintless dent removal for the repair.

06-23-2008, 12:49 AM	#3
ejicon Scooby Guru Member#: 2452 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: Burbank,California, USA Vehicle: 08 2.5 WRX WRB Mica	Yeah Good point... I think I'm more worried about the fender shift being repaired...

06-23-2008, 12:58 AM	#4
parkes Scooby Specialist Member#: 166898 Join Date: Dec 2007 Chapter/Region: W. Canada Location: Canada Vehicle: 1994 T leg SS ABM	The money diffrence isnt enough, SO if you facter cost to benefit factor, pay the 300 or so odd bucks and forget The other guy, It would be 75-125+20-40$ for gas, GET it done right, this is your baby, Treat it that way

06-23-2008, 01:37 AM	#6
parkes Scooby Specialist Member#: 166898 Join Date: Dec 2007 Chapter/Region: W. Canada Location: Canada Vehicle: 1994 T leg SS ABM	I Can Kick Harder, Good luck with the FIX parkes out

06-23-2008, 02:25 AM	#7
chanke4252 * Banned * Member#: 173427 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver, CO Vehicle: 2009 WRX Sedan Spark Silver Metallic	I've had paintless dent removal done before. It is awesome when done well. Even the ones they say they couldn't get perfect because they were on a character line were very, very hard to find afterwards.

06-23-2008, 03:08 AM	#8
ejicon Scooby Guru Member#: 2452 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: Burbank,California, USA Vehicle: 08 2.5 WRX WRB Mica	If you notice, the dent rests on part of the fender crease line and the lower crease is scratched a tad. The body shop guy did mention that the crease would be tricky but that the Ding King would pretty much figure out a way to "Dazzle" me. I'm curious though.

06-23-2008, 03:56 AM	#9
GRIP_SPEED Scooby Specialist Member#: 141717 Join Date: Feb 2007 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: SCIC 909 Vehicle: 2004 Psm stg2 wrx	GOD seeing that reminds me, on my suby when a bonehead gave me a dime size dent on my fender. these clumsy ass*** in the parking lot

06-23-2008, 08:50 AM	#10
BryanH Scooby Guru Member#: 993 Join Date: Feb 2000 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: nova	most car dealerships have a PDR guy that will come to their location. You might want to check that. And if the body shop is recommending to use a PDR why not do that? That way you don't have to worry about the paint not matching.

06-23-2008, 12:38 PM	#11
ejicon Scooby Guru Member#: 2452 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: Burbank,California, USA Vehicle: 08 2.5 WRX WRB Mica	The reason why I'm worrying about it is because of the fender shift. I'm not sure if the PDR can fix that. And the scrapes/scratches. Can that even be fixed without a re'paint? I guess the thing is, I'm not sure what the procedure is for PDR? Does anyone have a good run-by of the process. I'm pretty sure it's nothing like the dent removal tool that they sold on tv? And I guess I forgot to mention that I didn't find out about the whole fender shift/door rubbing against the fender thing until after my body-shop visit.

06-24-2008, 09:57 AM	#12
Hypnotk Scooby Specialist Member#: 93307 Join Date: Aug 2005 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Manassas, VA Vehicle: 05 WRX WRB	PDR won't be able to get that fender or door done 100%. The fender will end up about 80% with what would look like very bad orange peel. The door has damaged the shell which they won't be able to do anything with either. The fender "shift" is fixed by loosening the bolts that hold it and aligning it...2 minutes. There is play in the fender, thats whats moved. I would definitely have a shop do it. I use a PDR company but I wouldn't for this. -Lance

06-24-2008, 12:46 PM	#13
ejicon Scooby Guru Member#: 2452 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: Burbank,California, USA Vehicle: 08 2.5 WRX WRB Mica	Thanks Lance. I'm dropping my car off today for the work. Much appreciated!