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Old 08-17-2009, 05:43 PM
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Angry Dings!!

I have two small dings on my driver side door. Where's a good place to get them out?
Old 08-17-2009, 05:51 PM
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Where in MD are you located?
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Go to any local dealership and ask who they use, every area has a guy who does his rounds to all the local dealerships, removing dents and touching up scratches/chips
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In Bowie, MD
Old 08-17-2009, 06:27 PM
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Where in MD are you located?
Bowie, Md
Old 08-17-2009, 06:36 PM
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Old 08-17-2009, 06:36 PM
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I know of a really reliable body shop that does usually insurance claims for dealerships in Elkridge, MD.

BASE Auto Body & Collision Center
6205 S. Hanover Rd.
Elkridge, MD 21075
(410) 796-6704

Call them and talk to Chris (Body shop manager). Tell him Ethan with the 350z referred you.

They just finished installing painting a body kit for my girlfriend's G35 and it came out perfect. They also repaired and repainted my sister's Honda Fit a few months ago for a very reasonable price.

This is the gf's G. It is red (red is the color that oxidizes the most out of all colors) and it's an 04. The car always parks outside so it's definitely faded. I was concerned the paint match would be difficult. But these guys know what they're doing! Even under bright sun the color still matches perfectly!
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I wouldn't take my car into a body shop for ding repair, you'll get raped. Unless you get lucky and a dent guy works for them, but most dent guys I've met work their own hours and do their own thing.

Head over to Toyota of bowie and find out who they use.

a good dint repair guy can remove dents in a matter of minutes.
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Originally Posted by jeffie7
a good dint repair guy can remove dents in a matter of minutes.
and charge you a matter of hours!

I've seen it first hand, it takes them 10 mins per ding.. if even. (depending how bad it is of course)
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Originally Posted by abui01
and charge you a matter of hours!

I've seen it first hand, it takes them 10 mins per ding.. if even. (depending how bad it is of course)
Depends on the guy, many years ago (prices always go up over the years) but many years ago when I bought my civic, I had a guy remove every dent we could find, there was 10+ dents easily. He even had to drill out a few spots to reach hard to reach ones.

If I remember right it cost me $120

My guess is 2 door dings that are easy to get to would = 80 bucks.

The smaller easier to reach dings took him less then a minute, he was fast. however a few gave him some trouble but they still only took 2-3 minutes at most.

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Old 08-18-2009, 05:26 AM
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Hi fellow bowie man.
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i live in bowie to
Old 08-18-2009, 08:30 AM
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It might be a little far but D&V in Dulles has an In-House PDR specialist who does top notch work. Very reasonible prices. They dont outsource to a place like Dent Masters then apply an additional charge like some body shops. I actually just got qouted on some work and they gave me a rate much less than Dent Masters and one of the few places I feel 110% confident working on my car. Def worth the drive.
Old 08-25-2009, 06:52 PM
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PM'ed you my boys number. He pull dents professionally, and works on everything...from exotics to corollas.
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