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Old Aug 29, 2010 | 07:28 PM
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Went to the shop that installed/painted by full body kit and they quoted me $195 to fix/repaint the quarter panel... Might as well just have them fix it, although budget is a bit tight at the moment because of the new wheels and body kit -_-

The ONLY problem with the shop is... THEY TAKE FOREVER. They did a hell of a job installing/painting my body kit but it took them 3 weeks...

Went to some other local shops and they were quoting me over 400...
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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hmmm is this a legit shop? shop labor in louisiana is 45/hr. i wouldnt fix that dent lower than 2hrs. thats 90 bucks there... not including paint. and paint labor..
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 02:45 PM
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PDR process will work like magic on this dent. no need to paint
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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I recently saw something where you can:

1) Heat the dent area with a hair dryer or heat gun.

2) Hold a can of air duster upside-down and spray the dent until it pops out.

Of course, I'd clean the paint before and after this but it is supposed to work pretty good.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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thats only on gradualy bigger dents that arnt hit with a sharp object. (basket ball dent on hood for example... that may work), but not stuff in body lines.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve-O Z33
I recently saw something where you can:

1) Heat the dent area with a hair dryer or heat gun.

2) Hold a can of air duster upside-down and spray the dent until it pops out.

Of course, I'd clean the paint before and after this but it is supposed to work pretty good.
Never heard that one berfore, but it may work. When I was working my way through school, I worked in a body shop. The guy who ran it was like 90+. But man, did he know his chit. I watched him take hail dents out of a hood by taking a torch, heating the middle of the dent red hot, and taking a metal block on the backside while hitting the middle with a flat hammer. Presto, dent gone. Don't know how deep your dent is, but it sounds like the same idea. If the metal is stretched, think his method would be the only one that would work.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 06:07 PM
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i have a hugeee dent in my rear quarter panel

its not a circular dent like yours. I was rear ended, and i think the shock transferred to my rear quarter panel which caused a "Crease"

ive been told mine isnt fix-able without repainting and all that. yours is alot smaller so have it checked out first
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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I have a small ding on my rear quarter panel. Dent specialist told me it would require body work. Pretty sure PDR is out of the question for damage to this part of the car. I'm not an expert though.
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