PDR Can Smooth Away Your Car’s Dents and Dimples

If you really care about your car, seeing its appearance marred by a dent can be almost painful. Luckily, if the damage is small and superficial, paintless dent repair (PDR) may be able to make the dent—and the pain—vanish! For minor damage over a small area, PDR may be all that’s needed to take the sting out of the ding.

What Paintless Dent Repair Does

The first step is for an auto body professional to confirm that paintless dent repair is appropriate for your situation. The size and depth of the ding will determine this; if it’s a deep gouge or a large area of damage, PDR may not be sufficient. If paintless dent repair is an option for your dent, the technician will use special tools that allow for pressure to be carefully applied to the indented area. Some tools may be able to pull the dent out from the exterior side, but often the tech will need to access the back side of the affected body panel in order to do the repair. Then the depressed spot is gently pushed back out into position.

What to Look For

While the methods of paintless dent repair can be fairly simple, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take care when choosing pros to do the work. Reputable professionals like AGD can be trusted to:

• Recommend PDR only when it’s likely to be successful and cost-effective
• Not promise a miraculous repair of a large area of damage
• Use care and restraint so as not to “over-correct” the dent

If you have a small dent or ding you wish you could erase like a bad memory, contact Auto Glass Direct & Tint today.