tez162003 Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Just wondering where people stand on PDR? Have you had any of your cars done? What were the results like and any companies to avoid/ recommend? Before and after pics? Thanks Terry :cheers: Quote
martinmac Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I had a guy in Leicester do three on mine and they did a great job. Quote
Swooper Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I had a guy come to remove a dent on the wifes car. It was a little worrying watching him beat the crap out of the door with soft faced hammers but the results were excellent. I would only use someone who was recommended though. The guy I used covers East sussex Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 As Martin said, a friend of mine here in Leicester has done a few Zeds and the results have been good… Quote
un1eash Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I was very wary of picking someone to do a dent on our old C2 VTS. Found a guy based in LFE, Leicester who came round and did the job. Results were excellent. Quote
tez162003 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 what sort of dents did you have removed? Were they big round dents or general parking dents (the straight dent of the edge of a door hitting yours) ny before and after pics? Quote
tez162003 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 also what companies did you use that you would recommend? I live 10 minutes from J13 of the M1 so wouldnt take long to go Leicester if required. Quote
martinmac Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Cant remember the guys name but CS would know. I just had small dents in the side from muppets hitting the car when opening their car doors. Its amazing to watch the guy work. Quote
Gervais Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Need to look into this at somepoint due to mum inducing the only ding on my car the other week Quote
xStric9x Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 As Martin said, a friend of mine here in Leicester has done a few Zeds and the results have been good… Does he charge per panel or per dint Mitz? Quote
narcotix Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I had a guy in Leicester do three on mine and they did a great job. +100 He did a Great job on my Zed too ... it's completely dent free now! I'm pretty sure the guy was called Rob ... Quote
un1eash Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 This is the guy i used.... http://www.auto-dents.co.uk/ Theres some before and after of his handy work. Quote
geoff-r Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 There's a guy round Cardiff trading under Exceldent, charges £40 a car or so, we unleashed him on my brothers GTR and my old mans XKR and DB2, he did a great job. Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 This is the guy i used.... http://www.auto-dents.co.uk/ Theres some before and after of his handy work. That’s the guy I know, Rob, he did a few Zeds for us last year, really nice guy and he offered us a good deal… Mike, the norm is a fixed price of about £45 a panel but when Rob helped our members out he was doing a fair few panels for similar money, a deal Rob and I arranged beforehand… Quote
tez162003 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 This is the guy i used.... http://www.auto-dents.co.uk/ Theres some before and after of his handy work. That’s the guy I know, Rob, he did a few Zeds for us last year, really nice guy and he offered us a good deal… Mike, the norm is a fixed price of about £45 a panel but when Rob helped our members out he was doing a fair few panels for similar money, a deal Rob and I arranged beforehand… I just spoke to rob and he said its not worth travelling to him. but he gave me fair bit of advise, what prices i should be looking to pay, and someones number who will be able to help. Sound bloke me thinks Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 This is the guy i used.... http://www.auto-dents.co.uk/ Theres some before and after of his handy work. That’s the guy I know, Rob, he did a few Zeds for us last year, really nice guy and he offered us a good deal… Mike, the norm is a fixed price of about £45 a panel but when Rob helped our members out he was doing a fair few panels for similar money, a deal Rob and I arranged beforehand… I just spoke to rob and he said its not worth travelling to him. but he gave me fair bit of advise, what prices i should be looking to pay, and someones number who will be able to help. Sound bloke me thinks Good to read Rob helped, just about to call him for another member... Quote
AlexZ Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 I have a couple of friends who do this. My main friend is the top guy at BMW import centre in Thorn, the other chap was his apprentis at the bodyshop. The younger lad did my Z when I picked it up, there were a couple of car park dents on the doors and a larger one on the roof. I got a little reduction on the cost because of the dents from the dealer... The dent on the roof was a little harder because I didnt want the roof lining taking out so my mate used a glue gun to pull the dent out then flattend it back down. I know this sounds crazy but the work is perfect. I've worked in a body shop for 13 years and I would pick PDR on my car every time if the paint isnt broken. The dent was just near the black rubber seal in the middle. Alex Quote
ace Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Google 'Dentbusters' I have used the one in the Uxbridge, West London area and he's the bussiness many dealers use him in the area. I used to work for Ford at Dagenham we called them 'dingers' these guys would stand at the end of the production line (Fiesta's) looking down the cars then get to work on any that had small dents put in them while being assembled (and there were many). If you have never seen it done they use a range of spoons or irons to get into akward places then they iron out the dent, they NEVER use hammers so not sure what the previous post is on about Quote
AlexZ Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Emm, I've used three different people (all trained by BMW) and they have all used a panel hammer with a little plastic tool after de-dinging the panel to get it perfect. You tend to find the dent guys dont get 100% perfect finish with the metal tools from inside alone, they use the hammer and plastic tool to flatten the high spots they cause. There is a hugh difference in the quality of the de-dinger...If they dont take there time you can see where they have pick the dent into a little corner of the original dent. You will also find what looks perfect to the normal customer isnt alway perfect to a trained eye like in an trade. We do Ford warranty work and I would never buy a Ford lol.. Quote
ace Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 We do Ford warranty work and I would never buy a Ford lol.. I built them and would also not buy a Ford Quote
AlexZ Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Good call mate lol, were also Merc approved and there no better... Quote
M13KYF Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 I used Dentec in warrington. Fab job. Check out forum discount section for more info and before and after pictures Quote
tez162003 Posted June 9, 2010 Author Posted June 9, 2010 I got Dentwizard midlands to do mine today, as it wasnt a recommendation i had a long chat first, he seemed to know his stuff, he came this morning, (i wanst there) he did the 3 dents i noticed. then he did a further 3 which i some how missed... all in all 6 dents 2 on driver door 1 on driver front wing 2 on passenger rear wing 1 on passenger door while he was there he also did a couple of dents that were on the misses TT for free. I havnt seen it yet but the misses and her mum both cannot even see where any of them were apparently. so sounds good. Quote
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