Experience with Paintless dent removal?
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Those tools, a 2x40w flourescent light on a stand, a cordless drill, some supplies and instructions.
Then lots of practice.
It's especially effective on the aluminum panels.
Then lots of practice.
It's especially effective on the aluminum panels.
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Originally Posted by PoLaK
why the drill, do you mean to use as a porter cable/buffer?
Any other supplies i should look into i haven't used the tools yet?
Any other supplies i should look into i haven't used the tools yet?
Other tools? I was interested in that same kit from FrankCastle. I do not believe it included a window wedge or window protector. My friend who does PDR has a wedge - typically a plastic wedge (about the same dimension as a door stop) that is used on door dings. You roll the window down (almost all the way down) and use the wedge to make some clearance between the window and door, in order to allow you to get the PDR tool inside. The window protector is simply a felxible piece of plastic that clips over the top of the window that protects the window from getting scratched by the PDR tool. You probably also want to get a reflecting board, simply a board with a straight line drawn onto that attaches to the car to allows you to create a reflection in the ding when working on it. This is probably all included in the video you have and some of these (the reflecting board and windo protector) can be found on e-bay to give you an idea of what they look like. The wedge will have to be fabricated as I have never found one on e-bay. I would suggest going to a junk yard and practicing for along time before attempting to do this on a car you "care" about.
Last edited by mabdeliz; 05-02-2007 at 03:28 PM.
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I think i'll be able to do all of the dings i have on the door panels, but i've got a huge dent that needs to be fixed on my front fender, i poped it back out but the remaining area is very "ripply" think that can be done with these tools?
I'm aware of the reflecting board and wedge i have those.
I'm aware of the reflecting board and wedge i have those.
Last edited by PoLaK; 05-02-2007 at 06:43 PM.
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Just had PDR performed this morning. I do not drive my vehicle often and my driver's side suicide door mysteriously had a ding show up. It is more of a weekend car and I had just washed it last Friday (ding was not present at that time). I had some relatives over on the weekend and noone is fessing up (the car is garage kept and noone enters the garage except myself).
The ding was 2 to 3 inches long and the PDR tech drilled a hole in the suicide door jamb and pushed it out. He then plugged it with silicone and a grommet. I brought directions to remove the inner door panel, but we decided to just drill a hole (since removing the panel appears to be difficult - often brekaing clips, etc.). I had another crease in the back quarter panel (purchased car new this way and initially thought they were body stamps, but turned out that nothing was attached behind the panel that was causing the crease). I removed the trunk lining and he was able to clean these up as well. All in all, it took him about an hour to do everything and cost me $80 total.
I have used this guy before and have been using PDR for several years now. The right technician is awesome and I would highly recommend PDR over traditional body work.
The ding was 2 to 3 inches long and the PDR tech drilled a hole in the suicide door jamb and pushed it out. He then plugged it with silicone and a grommet. I brought directions to remove the inner door panel, but we decided to just drill a hole (since removing the panel appears to be difficult - often brekaing clips, etc.). I had another crease in the back quarter panel (purchased car new this way and initially thought they were body stamps, but turned out that nothing was attached behind the panel that was causing the crease). I removed the trunk lining and he was able to clean these up as well. All in all, it took him about an hour to do everything and cost me $80 total.
I have used this guy before and have been using PDR for several years now. The right technician is awesome and I would highly recommend PDR over traditional body work.
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