Patryk_98

Someone hit my car the other day , I am 16 and this is my first car it's just sad to see this dent I'm not sure If I wanna try and fix this myself with some Paintless dent removal tricks or just give it too a shop, What do you guys think will be my Estimate total for repair on it? I herd some places will charge cheaper since the dent is accessible from the trunk and QP.

Also the rims came with the car please don't resort to the "He hit you cause of your ricer rims."

94preludeguy

PDR isn't going to do a thing for those creases. Honestly since it is your first car I would just buff it out and leave it as is. Chances are you will get hit again or hit somebody since you are a learning driver. It would suck to spend $500-1000 fixing that quarter panel only for the car to total out or get hit again.

98civdx

Paintless dent repair wont help you with that.

94_DEL_SOL_VTEC

if you're up to just leaving it as is, you could try like a block of wood and a hammer, i did it for my car when i first got it, and it didnt destroy the paint, but mine wasnt accident caused either....

dirty19

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Wow that sucks that someone did that and didnt leave a note.
But it doesnt surprise me.

Actually guys with the exception of the lost paint there are guys out there that do PDR and can push that dent right out.
Of course the one guy who lives out here is super experienced and has some mad skills.

Look at some of the work he has done on youtube channel.

gzes

Ok its fairly easy if you are up to the task. For a better chance of paint not peeling off i would have a second person putting a heat gun around to keep the paint warm and maluable and you get in the trunk and beat the dent out. Go to harbor freight and pick up a dent repair kit. Its your first car so **** it dude if it works then hell yea jf not then meh its a first car. Besides its thin honda metal. I pulled a crushed in fender in my tahoe and the metal is thicker

Patryk_98

Thanks for the input guys! I actually talked to a friend whos dad does PDR and I might it out no problem, I really don't care about the waves in the paint I just want the creases out :/

Patryk_98

Wow the kit is only 10$ I was expecting alot more, I will order it this weekend thanks for showing me this me and some friends will probably end up trying this when where bored this Saturday. I will post some results! Again thanks for the info!

dirty19

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I have seen worse cars with no paint damage get the PDR treatment and you couldnt even see where it used to be.
I always say keep the optimism until the pros say its a goner.
You have an exception with the missing paint, but like the guys said its your first car its not supposed to be nice.
Have fun with it and keep us posted.

gzes

My first car is nice well its more of a tank lol

Ryan96GSR

You might be able to pull the dent without removing paint. Likely what will have to happen is the panel will be stripped to metal in that area, and a body man will tack weld pull pins(idk the technical term) along the damage area and pull it out.

Patryk_98

For those saying it was creased it's not, I looked on the inside of the dent from the trunk there are no creases im thinking I might play around with some of the low spots with a puller and see what I can do

Axatax

First, get an inspection from an actual PDR practitioner.

"PDR" is somewhat of a nebulous term. The state of the art in this field moves at the speed of light due to a tight symbiosis with the insurance industry. PDR isn't limited to door dings and hail damage anymore.

I've seen mobile body shops deal with *far* worse damage, seams or not. If you're not necessarily concerned with pristine paint, I'd put the odds in your favor that you can receive an acceptable repair.

Patryk_98

Alright just to keep everyone updated! My friends insisted on working on the car abit so I let them, most of the dent is now out (: but there are a few waves and crowns but I'm planing on slowly working those out, as for the small paint chips im gonna buy a little thing of bondo (Yes we all hate bondo but whatever) and work on that then my friend is gonna get my color code in a spray paint and im gonna repaint the whole quarter pannel, I have been painting for awhile so im quite experienced im going to take my time and prep it correctly I will take pictures of each step and make a thread on it for DIY paint chips
-Patryk

gzes

I would get autobody quality 2 piece putty because its better and let It cure fully before painting

94preludeguy

I think you're going to have a hard time matching the factory paint with a spray can in that color. How bad are the waves and chips? If it doesn't look that bad I'd just leave it until you can get the whole quarter/side sprayed the right way. If it looks pretty bad as-is and you just want a cheap fix then have at it.

Patryk_98

Its not that it looks bad, its just those paint chips, I dont want it to rust :s its a rust free shell.

beecee18

uhhhhhh
that thing needs a new quarter skin or it will never be the same.

I totally agree with guy who says drive it till the wheels fall off, you are young and the car will inflict more damage in its life.

Hidenplanvew

PDR is actually prob going to "Oil can" the metel and That means the bondo will actually fall off when it oil cans. It needs to be Heat shrunk, Bondo is also very much an acceptible correction if done correctly. 1/8 thick at the most and your also going to need a 2 part glaze. If not done correctly the metel will always have waves and highs and lows at that point you are looking at a patch panal or 1/4 replacment.

meda215

man its ur first car do ur thing n do everything urself get ur experience up so u can be better in the future jus try not to rice it out


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grumblemarc

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Shouldn't this be in Paint & Body?

YYCMassi

not too bad..look at myan after not even a day of owning it!

kwijibodavid

hey man i see your in chicago look up voodoo factory on facebook guys do amazing work post the pic on there wall and he will shoot u an estiment back