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Old July-20th-2002 | 03:18 PM
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Unhappy Door dings

OK, only three months old and I have my first little door ding. It is very small, but it is on the front quarter panel and you can still see it and, at the risk of sounding ****, I was wondering if there is a cheap fix, or how much I should pay to get it fixed. I probably won't pay much and may not bother fixing it unless I get a few more of them, but anyway it's worth asking. Many thanks!
Old July-20th-2002 | 04:43 PM
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They have paintless dent removal places now. Look in the phone book for one they charged me 75 per panel to remove the door dings.
Old July-20th-2002 | 04:46 PM
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I'm on my sixth ding - *******.

The paintless removal is the best. You'll never know you had a ding. As long as there's no paint damage, they can pop it out.

Most places charge by the ding or by the panel. My place charges $75 per panel, up to three dings.

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Old July-20th-2002 | 08:00 PM
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Warning.... Disturbing Photos

Well, how's this for a "ding". My first "ding", to be precise.......

My heart pretty much stopped when I saw it. Don't think there's any kits to fix this!... here's the pics:

Ding 1
Ding 2

It was a beer truck backing up that did it. Argh.
Old July-20th-2002 | 09:14 PM
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haha. now that's the king of dings!
Old July-20th-2002 | 09:33 PM
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I opened the pic and all I could say was Fuuuuuuck! I wish someone would damage the front of my car like that, so I could get all the chips fixed. I am sorry to see your pretty call all tore up.
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Please tell us that you got a few cases of free suds on top of the insurance $
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Re: Door dings

My best friend does paintless dent repair and I have seen him work magic. Make sure the tech that is working on your car is good. Ask to see some of his work. Also if you have one locally have dent wizard do the work. Their techs are generally very good because they go through lots of training.
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OK, only three months old and I have my first little door ding. It is very small, but it is on the front quarter panel and you can still see it and, at the risk of sounding ****, I was wondering if there is a cheap fix, or how much I should pay to get it fixed. I probably won't pay much and may not bother fixing it unless I get a few more of them, but anyway it's worth asking. Many thanks!
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