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

Glue Pulling training DVD

this is sneak peak preview for Glue Pulling training DVD. This DVD is creative work from our friend Myke Toledo at Dent Time. SOS DENT technician David and Vince from Dents No More helped Myke with this unique DVD training video.


You can see it more here
This unique video named "Glue Pulling Practicals" demonstrate different techniques with a variety of dents and creases. There will be product and tool information and the essentials for performing an efficient pdr glue pull.

We hope you like it and soon will be ready to purchase on Auto Lecture

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/



Thank you all for reading our blog. We hope you can benefit from some of these information.

Location:Beverly Hills. Wilshire blvd

GMC Yukon - hood repair

This was yesterday warm up dent. Our client cam with fist size dent and light scratches on his SUV.  When I check accessibility I felt that I can not get everywhere I want to and I need to use for upper and bottom section of this dent skinnier and sharper tool then I would wanted to. However with help from glue pulling dent came pretty smooth.

Glue pulling was breeze. Right pull applied-in correct sequence helped remove 80% of this dent in few minutes.

Then just little crown work which helps release tension from metal. Thanks to that I didn't have to force metal back to original position. When crowns are minimazed and removed, pushing dent is fun. Because each push has visible results. However when we forgat remove crowns, dent not gonna go away


and here is the final results.

Honda CRV Dent repair

So new client came to our shop for paintless dent repair on his Honda. We look at it and welcome this challenge.

We knew this will be harder dent. We used glue pulling first to release most of the dent. Then use traditional tools for paintless dent removal.
Check out this result. We hope you like it




Thank you all for reading our blog :)

Location:Kelton Ave,Los Angeles,United States

Advantages of "in Shop" bumper repair

Advantages of "in Shop" bumper repair

We use proven procedures when we fix bumpers in our shop. But that doesn’t mean that you will have to leave your car. We will remove a damaged part and you can just leave your bumper behind.

Today many bumpers have moldings, back up sensors and other plastic components. For quality results, bumpers and their components need to be removed from vehicles, disassembled and painted separately. That allows painter to paint areas which would otherwise be hard or impossible to reach. Bumpers and other parts are base (primer) coated, painted with the matching color, then clear coated for deep, glossy and wet-looking finish.

Repainted bumpers and parts are then cured under UV light. That dries and hardens the paint completely. Most companies use excessive chemical “hardeners” for quick paint drying time. Excessive use of hardeners will make paint dry fast, but the quality of the paint and the end result will be affected.

We use a balanced approach. The quality of our paint jobs is outstanding. And, after our paint is cured, we color sand and polish all parts. Only then is your bumper assembled and restored back to its original condition.

And now more on the best part: Even though we do these repairs in our shop in Santa Monica, we can disassemble the bumper from your car in about twenty minutes, get a paint code to match your color, then let you drive off. (We recommend you avoid freeway driving without a bumper.) When your bumper is fixed, you can return and we will install the repaired bumper on your car.

To sum up the advantages of our services:
* The bumper is repainted separately from the vehicle
* All plastic components are disassembled and repainted, polished separately, allowing our technician to touch every area he need.
* Paint is cured, color sanded and polished for a great glossy look that will last a lifetime.
* You can leave the bumper and drive away.

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.

Here 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!