by Jack | May 25, 2020 | Dent Repair, Educational
Paintless Dent Repair: All You Need to Know
Also referred to as paintless dent removal or PDR, paintless dent repair restores a vehicle’s body to factory-like condition using an environmentally-friendly repair method at a fraction of the cost and in a fraction of the time compared to a traditional auto body shop. Also, PDR can be used to remove hail damage and body creases, as well as dents and dings from vehicles. There are four primary processes involved in the paintless dent repair, and they are:
- Assessing the damage
- Gaining access to the dent
- Getting a close examination of the dent
- Application of the slow pressure to work out the dent
Sioux Fall Dent Repair specializes in paintless dent repair services, and the company will give your vehicle a professional PDR treatment, whether your car has a dent from a small collision or large dents.
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How Paintless Dent Repair Work
There are techniques and processes involved in PDR. With Sioux Fall Dent Repair, several vehicles have been restored to their original factory condition by any of its certified technicians without compromising the wallet of a consumer or the original painted finish of a vehicle.
For Sioux Fall Dent Repair to restore the vehicle to their pre-damage condition, you may continue reading to know how Sioux Fall Dent Repair has been using paintless dent repair for these purposes.
Assessing the Damage
The first step to any process of repair is to assess the damage. Experts will first locate the spot of the dent, whether they are large dents and how they will get to the dent. Then, the professionals working with Sioux Fall Dent Repair will prepare the area around the dent for the repair after they have assessed the damage and determined whether they can remove it effectively using PDR.
Gaining Access to the Dent
Usually, the requirement by PDR for accessing is through the backside of the dent, that is, professionals carefully remove interior panels, taillights, and panels. Also, you need a pathway to the dent for them to perform PDR. Then, it will be time to perform the PDR when you have access to a dent. It is when the experts at Sioux Fall Dent Repair use their expertise and precision come into play.
Getting a Close Examination of the Dent
For any certified technician at Sioux Fall Dent Repair to have a better look at the offending dent from their point of view, they make use of a special light board. With this board showing a shadow the dent’s shadow, the technicians will know the exact place to place tools on the back end of the dent so they can massage the body back to its original condition.
Application of the Slow Pressure to Work Out the Dent
Now, for them to carefully massage the exterior back to its original position, they make use of unique tools. And depending on the severity of the dent, the process of PDR can be completed within the same day. And considering how quick and non-invasive the process is, the results are quite amazing.
You can consult Sioux Fall Dent Repair today if you have dings or dents on your vehicle, and you can be sure of getting a fantastic result when they bring your vehicle back to its original condition.
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by Jack | May 19, 2020 | Dent Repair, Educational
Advantages of Using Paintless Dent Repair for Your Car
There can be several causes from dents that mar the finish of your car. It could be that while you pack your vehicle, the damage appeared mysteriously, you were involved in a fender bender, or you got caught in a hail storm.
The result may be less than pristine appearance regardless of the cause. For you to erase unsightly dents, so the damage is virtually undetectable, you can go for paintless dent repair, PDR, which Sioux Falls Dent Repair offers in a cost-effective and fast way.
What is Paintless Dent Repair?
Paintless dent repair, PDR, is a technique used to remove dings, hail damages, scratches, or small dents from your car. You can quickly eliminate hail damage dents from your car’s metal panels. Sioux Fall Dent Repair specializes in paintless dent repair for SUVs, trucks, and cars. The professionals at Sioux Fall Dent Repair will smooth the surface out in no time if you have a small dent anywhere on your vehicle.
Advantages of Using PDR
Environmentally-friendly – there won’t be any negative impact on the environment with PDR. There won’t be danger of groundwater contamination, paint thinner, and auto paint, chemicals from body filler, and the air aren’t polluted by the release of harmful substances from body filler.
Lower cost – the costs of labor are considerably lower because paintless dent repair takes less time than a conventional repair. You will be convinced as to how choosing PDR can save you money when you factor in the savings on materials like body coats, primer, and filler of expensive auto paint.
Time savings – you will have only a ding of the time to complete conventional bodywork with paintless dent repair. For traditional bodywork procedures, it can take days or even weeks. However, the entire process can take hours, depending on the number and size of dent requiring repair.
Value retention – paintless dent repair can help maintain the value of your vehicle compared to the traditional maintenance that requires repainting damaged areas and the use of body filler. You will see that there are no concerns about paint color differences or overspray, and the original factory finish isn’t altered when a skilled technician corrects defects with the use of specialized PDR procedures and tools.
Professional Paintless Dent Repair for Your Car
Sioux Fall Dent Repair is an expert when it comes to paintless dent repair for all SUVs, trucks, cars, and commercial vehicles. The company will fully restore your vehicle to its original look using paintless dent repair, and you won’t see any more damages to the body.
Sioux Fall Dent Repair also fixes small dings and dents. The car door of someone can make contact with your vehicle in a parking lot. The dent repairing company can repair those minor dings and dents fast and effectively. In just a few hours, the company will use paintless dent repair to improve your car as it has done for many vehicles. And on the same day, you can get back on the road as you get back into your car.
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by Jack | May 11, 2020 | Dent Repair, Educational
Dents That Paintless Dent Repair Can Remove
Damage can happen in all forms and shapes and can come from almost anything when it comes to your vehicle. You can always be prepared for any unforeseen and unfortunate accumulation of damage to truck or car, from broken windows to scratches dreaded dings, dents, and flat tires. You will want to repair all damages that can be seen on the exterior of your vehicle if you’re going to keep your car in good looking form or presentable to the public.
We all hate to see dents on our cars, whatever the reason may be. While there are ways to prevent the damage, vehicles inevitably get dented throughout their lifespan.
Depending on what caused them to begin with, dents come in all shapes and sizes. Your local automotive retailer could sell a DIY dent repair kit that can repair those pesky minor dents for you if you’re handy with tools. However, you may want to hire a professional dent repair specialist like Sioux Fall Dent Repair that has the know-how and tools to repair the dent properly if you are faced with significant eyesore dents.
You will get help as to which way to go when you ultimately know what type of dent you will have to tackle.
Dent Types
Crease Type Dents – this type of dents tears and bends the metal of the car. The car has its metal memory formed when they heat the metal and shape it to the required design when it is being produced. There is a possibility of losing the metal memory and thus, making it quite challenging to repair the car back to its original shape when it acquires a crease type dent.
Round Dents – round dents happen through hailstone or a similarly round object such as basketball, baseball, football, and so on, hits the car and cause a dimple on the hood, roof, bumper, or door.
Car Dings – car dings types of dents are caused by pokes or smaller objects that are usually easy to repair as far as the paint of the vehicle has no damage. These types of dents are quite common.
Paintless Dent Repair Removes All Dents
Professionals can repair most non-collision dents such as round dents and ding with the use of paintless dent repair, PDR. Also, with PDR, experts can remove common dents that are caused by other car doors and storms which produce hailstones. Most of the clients at Sioux Fall Dent Repair are amazed by how the professionals at the company transform their vehicles or motorcycles back to its original conditions and wish they would have known about this repair service before.
You can contact a certified technician at Sioux Fall Dent Repair today if you want to know more about the company’s paintless dent repair services, want a free quote, or you have a dent and would like to know how PDR can help you. While you can call the company, book an appointment, or text them, you can also go to their website to see how they perform paintless dent repair on vehicles and how they can also help you. See other repairs here!
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by Jack | Apr 27, 2020 | Educational, Hail Damage
BUYER BEWARE: The Downfalls of Purchasing A Vehicle With Hail Damage
So you purchased a new vehicle with hail damage. First off, congratulations! A newer vehicle is always an exciting time. That newer car smell. Something different to drive and more comfortable. We would like to discuss some items you should know for future reference.
Car Insurance
When you go to sign up for new insurance on this vehicle some insurance agents will want to see the vehicle in person or at least have pictures on file. If there is any indication that is has hail damage even in photos you may be denied for any future hail damage claims.
Future Accidents and Claims
We have even seen insurance companies subtract the damage amount for hail damage on a panel for a collision or accident. Lets say your hood for insurance has $500 in hail damage, please note this is NOT a lot of damage. You later get in a front end collision in your vehicle which damages the hood. Some insurance adjusters will then subtract the $500 in hail damage you have on the hood prior and not pay out that amount to have the vehicle fixed from its collision. This is rare and a complete headache for the vehicle owner and the repair shop. Even I myself cannot believe this is an issue but I have seen it myself first hand. So say it costs $1200 to have a body shop take the car apart, paint a new hood, install the new hood, blend the color into the fenders for a color match and put it all back together. The insurance company may only pay out $700.00 total because of the preexisting damages on the hood. Something to take note of.
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The vehicle has a salvage title or damage disclosure is that the vehicle is now valued at a lesser amount. If the vehicle is then totaled out for damage again you will receive much less than the blue book value for the vehicle, often times using rough trade in for a value amount is in the ballpark.
CarFax History Report
Have you heard of Carfax? Its like a credit report for a vehicle. Whenever an insurance claim or accident is reported this information is then uploaded to Carfax to show the vehicle has some type of incident. Lets say this damage slips through the cracks and somehow is not recorded through Carfax. This vehicle gets to you with out any Carfax History Report. You then take the vehicle to a local body shop to have an estimate for your hail damage that you want repaired. Some body shop estimating systems and dealer computer systems report their info to Carfax. EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A REPAIR DONE! So now your vehicle has been reported without your consent to Carfax and everyone from now on will know if they check the vehicles history, it had hail damage, or at least damage all over the vehicle. Some of these common body shop estimating systems include CCC One, Mitchell or Audatex. So be aware!
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by Jack | Apr 20, 2020 | Educational, Hail Damage
Should I Buy A Vehicle With Hail Damage?
Often times we have people contact us asking “Should I buy a vehicle with hail damage?” They then send us photos of the damage or a web link to the vehicle on a website. Also they may have already purchased the vehicle. There are many considerations to take when purchasing a vehicle with hail damage and today we will cover those.
First off, Why Do You Want To Buy A Vehicle With Hail Damage?
People get attracted to hail damage vehicles because of the purchase price. After all the car is just cosmetically damaged. No frame damage or inner structures are damaged on the vehicle. Typically they have low miles and a very nice clean interior. The only downfall is the outside of the vehicle is full of dents and dings. To some buyers they are ok with the damage being there. They will drive the vehicle for years without a care in the world and not fix it. Others are looking to purchase the damaged vehicle cheaper than an equivalent vehicle without damage, then have it repaired later.
Does The Vehicle Have A Damage Disclosure or A Salvage Title?
These are very important questions that you will need to know. Even if the vehicle is fixed 100% correct a salvage title or damage disclosure may still haunt the vehicle for the rest of its life. Each state is different so check with your local state to see the requirements.
If it does have either of those on the title, was it added to the title because of hail damage specifically? The reason we ask is cause some vehicles have been repaired because of frame or other structural damage then these vehicles get hit with sometimes even light hail. The seller may then say something like, it has a damage disclosure or salvage title because of the hail. The will say this so you think oh its super simple damage, only a few dents per panel, no big deal. Later you may then find out it has previous frame or structural damage that was actually the cause of the bad title.
Extreme hail Damage – Sioux Falls South Dakota
How Does A Vehicle Get A Damage Disclosure or Salvage Title?
When a vehicle is damaged the total cost to repair the damage is assessed. The cost to repair the damage will be in excess of 60% to 80% of the total vehicles value. Each state is different but most states range from this percentage.
Did you know that for some insurance companies will “total out” a vehicle even into the fifty percentile just because the insurance company knows that the specific vehicle manufacture and model will bring a premium when later auctioned off for sale. That’s right, a vehicle that is deemed a total loss will then be purchased by the insurance company from the vehicle owner. The insurance company then takes the vehicle to an auction to then be auctioned off to the highest bidder. This is why car lots tend to have vehicles with hail damage, they buy them at auction.
So for easy math lets say you have a vehicle that is valued at $20,000.00 In order for a vehicle to be deemed a total loss, the total amount of damage the vehicle would have to have is somewhere between $12,000-$16,000.00 range. As stated in the previous paragraph it may even be as low as $10,000.00 in damage on extreme cases.
Extreme Hail Damage – Sioux Falls Dent Repair
How Much Are You Really Saving?
How much are you saving verses purchasing a vehicle with no damage and equal miles on it? Some save as little as a few hundred dollars and some save several thousand.
The Seller Said It Would Cost Less To Repair.
In some cases the new vehicle owner says the seller told them they had quotes for only some low amount to fix the damage. This happens with hail damage as well as collision style damage. When the vehicle is looked at by a facility like ourselves for an actual estimate we give them a through estimate on the actual repair costs. Remember this is what we specialize in specifically.
Often times moldings and trim pieces on the vehicle become damaged, if these are missed they can add several hundreds of dollars to the repair estimate. For instance lets say some of the trim around the rear quarter panel glass is missed and has damage, those windows can range from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars to replace and that is just one side! The reason being is the molding is bonded to the glass, the glass must be replaced with the molding since they are all one piece.
Also remember the person selling the vehicle is trying to get rid of it. They are a salesman! We see it time and time again of people being taken advantage of when buying a damaged vehicle. Unfortunately we end up becoming the ones to deliver the bad news that the vehicle will not actually cost as low of a price to repair, it will actually cost much more. We typically tell a person expect the ACTUAL repair costs to be double at least but probably closer to four times the amount mentioned by the vehicle seller. Remember, they are TRYING to sell the vehicle, not actually repair it!
Our Actual Experiences
All of the pictures featured in this article were either taken by us or sent to us by customers. All of these photos show damage that we will not be repairing.
The silver car, the Toyota was purchased by a customer then brought to us for an estimate. The entire top side of the vehicle needs to be replaced and taken to a body shop.
In 2018 we had a customer come to us with a newer BMW 7 series with hail damage. He purchased the vehicle out of Colorado and was shocked when he found out the cost of the repairs. Here he thought he had basically stole the vehicle. He was given over $7,000.00 off of the price! When we looked at the vehicle the cost to replace just the hood, roof and trunk lid and NOT counting any other damages was over his $7,000.00 savings. Its unfortunate but we hope to combat these dilemmas for future customers by informing them before hand!
Our Final Thoughts and Input
Think of it this way, with hail damage, there is a reason we ourselves do not typically buy hail damage cars and fix them ourselves. We can do these repairs for just the cost of our time and still choose not to. It is just not cost effective.
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