Showing posts with label Door ding repair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Door ding repair. Show all posts

May 10, 2010

Paintless Dent Removal on Audi Q5 - Los Angeles moving accident

Paintless Dent Removal on Audi Q5 - Los Angeles moving accident 

New client came to our shop with emergency request to fix his dent. Many times we have similar situations when people want to fix car super fast. LOL we ussaly know that somethings going on.
Most of the time is the wife's (no offense ladies) who want to fix car before husband finds out. This case was little different but similar in time issue and urgency.

Dent wasn't easy neither was difficult.  Metal was stretched around lower section (that is where was door brace). This dent was complex damage (one dent has more dents in it).   I start work on it from top, pushed dent and then straighten sharp body line which audi Q5 has.
Then I removed smaller dents until I felt resistance. Next move was to push high spot line from brace back and then go work on smaller dents again.
I hope you will like the little video. I was quite happy especially because Arturo was so so happy. This was mainly because we are always honest with clients and when we see dents which will not be completely removed we told them (sometimes we received damage for Body Work but want faster and cheaper solution, then we can offer Paintless Dent Removal long as they are aware of little imperfections). In this case I told him it will be about 80% close to original. Usually client don't know what to expect even when we explain them and they are little bit skeptic.
Well in the end he was very, very happy and that is one of your goals. Help you to solve problem with your car and when you leaving from our shop to be happier.

See for your self.
David and SOS DENT team

March 26, 2010

Ferrari California - hood access

One of our clients is Ferrari dealership in BH.





We working with them for few years now and our relationship is based on professionalism and trust.
They call us today to fix car for their client. We don't work much with dealership except those who really value quality work. And these guys are one of them. http://www.ferraribeverlyhills.com/index.aspx Imagine this. Amir (owner) of this beautiful Ferrari wanted to pay and they totally take care of it. I know you may say for car expansive as this one around $190 000. They can pay for little ding repair. But if you are in automotive industry you know how dealerships are. Their mentality is to make buck on everything and their manners goes away. Well these guys are totally about customer service and building good relationship. This is blue Ferrari Ca sold to Amir.





So I work on little ding. To be honest I didn't thing about bloging this until ding was almost gone so I don't have before picture.  The ding was nothing impressive, but I  thought you may like to see access point for this fender. Upper part is easy accessible from hood.  


this is how I got there.




and tools I were using. Most of it I did with smaller tool. That tool is amazing. This tool was designed by Myke Toledo. I using it mainly for edges on fenders and on areas when I have dents so close to the edges. It has interchangeable handle and it is really awesome tool to have in your arsenal. I think you can get it from here http://www.autolecture.com/



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December 8, 2007

Los Angeles Paintless Dent Removal - How We Fix Dents

Nobody likes dents and they're costly to fix when you take them to an auto body shop. However there is another way to fix dents, dings and creases from your car. It is called Paintless Dent Removal or shortly Dent Repair.

Often people thing (due to commercials) that Paintless Dent Removal Technician just come to their house and use some kind of suction cup, plunge or glue puller. For certain type of dents (shallow dents in middle of a panel, without crease or stretched metal) you could use some of those tools (glue puller is best from those three), but for best result and true Paintless Dent Repair technician use special designed metal tools.
Roods, wire tools, shaved tools and other types of tools many different shapes and thickness.

H
ere are our three most popular companies. We like Dentcraft tools for their whale tails and high carbon steel which produce great strength http://www.dentcrafttools.com
The other well known company is Ultra Dent http://ultradenttools.com/, their soft tip tools are pleasure to work with, most of a PDR technicians know them very well. In addition to their soft tip innovation they created adjustable handle which is outstanding help for quarter panels and any tight area where handle is in the way or we need to gain better leverage by adjusting handle.
Third company we like is Dent Gear http://dentgear.com/ Their tools are inexpensive and they have a wide selection for tools and accessories for fair prices. From rods to strong bended Gorrilla bar ( one of my favorite is GB-1 for only $55, to wire tools, soft tip tools, flat bars or mini lifter and glue pullers they offer great value for great price.

We could talk about Dent tools more and more, every PDR technician prefer some tools I find those mention above extraordinary for their quality. What kind of tools, from which company or new features and gadgets for PDR industry is not as important as how well you can work with those tools. Thus I suggest instead of trying using suction cup, plunger or dent - ding puller kit to find good technician with experience and let him perform Paintless Dent Removal craft in front of your eyes. You will be probably amazed how this 1/2 art and 1/2 science can remove ugly imperfection from your vehicle.


Here we would like to demonstrate how
“paintless dent removal” is performed and viewed
from a technician’s point of view.

In this particular dent, we will start to release pressure around the surrounding area by tapping down the high areas.









As you can see from this example, correctly releasing pressure brings down the dent in size.






Even though pressure is releasing, our technician keeps repeating steps from the prior examples with special designed tools.


The dent is dramatically reduced in size and again

ready to be gently massaged down to size

Although, our dent is almost gone, we’ll keep working the dent
till it blends in with the matching texture of your existing paint.


You have now just seen the process of PDR. The fastest, most efficient and cost-effective method of removing door dings, creases and minor dents from your vehicle. Choosing Paintless Dent Removal (SOS DENT) is great auto-body alternative!