Finishes keep getting worse?

[DETAILKING]

Well, someone did it. Dinged up my acura big time. It`s a bad ding in the drivers door with some paint scratched off. I can`t believe it....it looks horrible.



What are my alternatives? I heard things about this new type of repair where they use rods and stick them into the door panel and work out the dings. How effective is this? How much does it cost? And...where do I find this type of service in NJ?



Thanks for all your help.........



The weekend before the "ding"



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[BradE]

You could take it to DentWizard. They to the paintless dent removal, the rods that were talking about. But to do this they need to drill a pretty good size hole in your door jamb. As for the paint being scratched off it sounds like you will need to fill it with paint and then wet sand. :(

[Brad B]

See my PM.



Check with the local "high-end" dealers and see who they use. I did and it paid off. Cost $55.



Believe me, I know how this hurts!:(

[Redcar GUY]

Sorry to hear..... I wish i could help.....:(

[imported_memnuts]

Sorry to hear about your misfortune!!!

When considering paintless dent repair, which works really well on most minor repairs, that you may be loosing some internal barriers to rust. Most cars have plastic linings to prevent water from flowing freely around inside the lining. This barrier may or may not be rendered less defective by the tools used for the repair. I am not definite about this aspect so inquire about this prior to the repair.

Again I feel your pain... I would rather someone damage me in place of my car and in doing so I would be able to inflict much more damage on them. :mad:

[DETAILKING]

I found the dent wizard web site and filed an online estimate. They have a location about 25 miles away from me.

[rmccall6]

Hope everything works out fine:up

[rstype]

Sorry to hear that. :( You might want to try DentWizard as some one else suggested.



"May the force be with you."

[Preachers Sheets]

I don`t know how bad the door ding is, but wow, thats one clean Integra. Around here where I live everyone is into the Civics and Intergras, if you had that around here it`d be treated as gold ......... for import lovers. I like Chevy which is night and day to the whole 4 banger concept (not to Acura though; which is Honda`s gift to America).

[nerdhunters]

I went to a Dent Magic here in Houston which is at a Mercedes dealership. I hadfour dings in the door of my M3. I told the guys I was very picky so if he couldn`t do it right don`t touch it! He did a great job, I cannot see where the dings were, it took him about 30 minutes. I didn`t need any paint work though.

[salty dog]

DK-



I feel you pain...



I would definitely would go with Brad`s suggestion and check with your local dealer and/or bodyshop. I`m on the west coast and recently had a small ding in the fender of by 325i removed by Dent Wizards. The owner of a BMW bodyshop reccommended a specific DentWizard technician both he and the local BMW dealership uses. I called the guy up, met with him 2 days later and had the work done. The ding is completely gone and it looks brand new. What I did find interesting was that wet-sanding is also part of the paintless dent removal process. Because the metal is pushed inside-out by rods with different size metal or plastic tips on the ends, there will be minute high spots which must be leveled using a tool which resembles a nail set punch with a plastic tip and a plastic maul. The tech will very gently tap the high spots down and then lightly wet-sand the area. I have to be honest and say I nearly died when he did this, but he reassured me it was standard procedure. After the wet-sand and a quick passes with a buffer to polish the area, it was done. Total time 20 minutes and $150.00. The owner of the bodshop did an estimate on the damage and it came to $750!.

[Brad B]

I recently had this done and was concerned at every step when the guy was beating on my baby. Even worse, the technician waved a mapp gas blow torch over the paint to assure it didn`t crack when he made the fix. (It was very deep) I about fainted! :eek:



Is Zaino torch-proof? Hmmm.

[salty dog]

That`s right...I forgot about that torch!!:bounce

[JonB]

Wow....the guy who did my dent repair did not use a torch or wet sand. He did use the plastic punch though on the high spots. The drill hole is really no big deal and is hidden in the door jamb. The only thing I see as a problem is that you have paint damage as well. Paintless dent repair sorta implies that they aren`t going to mess with your paint... Does a heck of a job on the dings though! Sounds like you are going to need some traditional body work for that one.



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[imported_Greg]

People are incredibly thoughtless. I have had great luck with Dent Wizard in the past. Let us know how it turns out.