Bl4444
03-17-2006, 09:47 AM
A question for the PDR guys (or anyone else who knows)...
I just called a local PDR guy about my car, 3 or 4 dings in my driver-side rear quarter panel.
I was just curious about a few things he said. First off, he made me a little wary because he wouldn`t offer me any kind of rate or ballpark figure, saying he`d just have to look at it.
Second, he asked what kind of car I had and when I told him a 2000 Sebring Convt. he said "Yeah, the Sebring is one of the hardest to work on because of how they brace their panels... If it was anything but a Sebring, I could give you some kind of idea of how much it`d be, but being a Sebring, I`ll just have to look at it."
Is this true? Is there something uniquely difficult about the way the Sebring is constructed?
Should I be leery of his claims or the fact that he won`t even ballpark me or offer me any kind of rate (i.e. per ding, per panel, hourly)?
Normally, I`d call around, but he seems to be the only PDR guy here in town... If I don`t go with him, I`ll probably have to go about two hours away. (which I`m scheduled to do anyway next week, so I could work it in to my itinerary then.)
Here are some pictures of the worst ding of the bunch. It was tough to get a good picture of it, hopefully these will give some idea:
http://www.knology.net/~bradl/ding1.jpg
http://www.knology.net/~bradl/ding2.jpg
http://www.knology.net/~bradl/ding3.jpg
I just called a local PDR guy about my car, 3 or 4 dings in my driver-side rear quarter panel.
I was just curious about a few things he said. First off, he made me a little wary because he wouldn`t offer me any kind of rate or ballpark figure, saying he`d just have to look at it.
Second, he asked what kind of car I had and when I told him a 2000 Sebring Convt. he said "Yeah, the Sebring is one of the hardest to work on because of how they brace their panels... If it was anything but a Sebring, I could give you some kind of idea of how much it`d be, but being a Sebring, I`ll just have to look at it."
Is this true? Is there something uniquely difficult about the way the Sebring is constructed?
Should I be leery of his claims or the fact that he won`t even ballpark me or offer me any kind of rate (i.e. per ding, per panel, hourly)?
Normally, I`d call around, but he seems to be the only PDR guy here in town... If I don`t go with him, I`ll probably have to go about two hours away. (which I`m scheduled to do anyway next week, so I could work it in to my itinerary then.)
Here are some pictures of the worst ding of the bunch. It was tough to get a good picture of it, hopefully these will give some idea:
http://www.knology.net/~bradl/ding1.jpg
http://www.knology.net/~bradl/ding2.jpg
http://www.knology.net/~bradl/ding3.jpg