2004 - 2008 F-150
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: Real Truck

Paintless Dent Repair...Pretty Amazing

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 05:38 PM
  #16  
Ballin STX's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 841
Likes: 0
From: Austin Texas
I just got really bad hail damage and I am waiting for my claim to come back from the insurance but this is the route i will be taking.. i counted 13 dents total on my poor truck so im hoping they take care of all of them!
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 05:55 PM
  #17  
Stealth's Avatar
Senior Member
Truck of the Month
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 17,118
Likes: 7
From: Burleson, Texas
I've heard of the dry ice technique but haven't tried it. Lord knows it gets hot enough here for the dent to pop with dry ice.
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 08:55 PM
  #18  
07BlkScrew's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 304
Likes: 0
From: Toronto,Canada
Guys, I have 2 dents both are a little bigger then a penny they are located in the crew cab where the crease is near the botton of the door. I have herd that there is no way to remove dents that are in the creases... This true?!?
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 09:16 PM
  #19  
BayouSupercrew's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 685
Likes: 3
From: 39466
When I first got my truck, we went to the show and my daughter was bitching cause I parked all the way in BFE, Well guess what, when we came back, some moron in an older lexus parked next to us and dented my l/r door, it was so low I did not notice it until the next day, thank god for PDR, those guy work wonders! Ask me how my garage kept trans am got a dent in my own garage!!!!!
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:09 PM
  #20  
87fiveoh254's Avatar
Technical Article Contributor
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,670
Likes: 0
From: Lorena, TX
Originally Posted by BayouSupercrew
Ask me how my garage kept trans am got a dent in my own garage!!!!!
How?

Something tip over?
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:18 PM
  #21  
bigdog87's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,172
Likes: 0
From: Destin, Florida
Originally Posted by Stealth
I've heard of the dry ice technique but haven't tried it. Lord knows it gets hot enough here for the dent to pop with dry ice.


I feel ya!
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:28 PM
  #22  
Bluejay's Avatar
Global Moderator &
Senior Member
20 Year Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 26,080
Likes: 85
From: Burleson/Athens/Brownsboro, TX
Originally Posted by 07BlkScrew
Guys, I have 2 dents both are a little bigger then a penny they are located in the crew cab where the crease is near the botton of the door. I have herd that there is no way to remove dents that are in the creases... This true?!?
They have to get their "spoons" behind the dent and sort of tease it out. It it is on a ridge or crease, they most likely can't get it out. The only way to know for sure is let one of they look at it.
 
__________________
Jim
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:36 PM
  #23  
bigdog87's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,172
Likes: 0
From: Destin, Florida
Originally Posted by 87fiveoh254
How?

Something tip over?

Totally missed that before.
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:49 PM
  #24  
BayouSupercrew's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 685
Likes: 3
From: 39466
Originally Posted by 87fiveoh254 View Post
How?

Something tip over?
Originally Posted by bigdog87
Totally missed that before.
I know I didn't do it and oddly enough the other 5 people in my home know nothing about it, but guess who pays to get it fixed, ME!...thank goodness for PDR
 
Reply
Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:57 PM
  #25  
bigdog87's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,172
Likes: 0
From: Destin, Florida
Originally Posted by BayouSupercrew
I know I didn't do it and oddly enough the other 5 people in my home know nothing about it, but guess who pays to get it fixed, ME!...thank goodness for PDR

Those bastards!

 
Reply
Old Apr 25, 2009 | 01:02 AM
  #26  
marlin39d's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 377
Likes: 0
From: S. Oklahoma
Yeah the dents in the factory creases of the sheet metal are supposed to be one of the spots where PDR won't work. However the dent he removed from mine in the door was directly on top of a factory crease. It was actually more of a vertical crease from another car door opening into it than a dent. I really didn't think it would come out all the way or perfect. I was just hoping for an improvement.

But it did come out, and I mean it is absolutely undetectable. It looks better than most pretty good body guys could ever hope to do with bondo.

Like I said I'm impressed. But I think the real secret to it is the guy behind the PDR tools.
 
Reply
Old Apr 25, 2009 | 01:06 AM
  #27  
Bluejay's Avatar
Global Moderator &
Senior Member
20 Year Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 26,080
Likes: 85
From: Burleson/Athens/Brownsboro, TX
Originally Posted by marlin39d
Yeah the dents in the factory creases of the sheet metal are supposed to be one of the spots where PDR won't work. However the dent he removed from mine in the door was directly on top of a factory crease. It was actually more of a vertical crease from another car door opening into it than a dent. I really didn't think it would come out all the way or perfect. I was just hoping for an improvement.

But it did come out, and I mean it is absolutely undetectable. It looks better than most pretty good body guys could ever hope to do with bondo.

Like I said I'm impressed. But I think the real secret to it is the guy behind the PDR tools.
No doubt about it, it takes lots of patience.
 
__________________
Jim
Reply
Old Apr 25, 2009 | 01:49 AM
  #28  
Concept's Avatar
Member
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 72
Likes: 0
From: Calgary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UAU...eature=related

Supposedly this method isn't guaranteed to work all the time... and even if it does pop it might leave behind a smaller dent.
 
Reply
Old Apr 25, 2009 | 02:52 AM
  #29  
GreenBuck50's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,869
Likes: 0
I bought my 2008 in December. It has been on the lot for a year and a half. With only 50 miles on it I noticed a quarter sized dent on the driver front fender right on the crease. It had not even left the lot yet. I pointed it out to my salesman and they PDRed it out... looks great!
 
Reply
Old Apr 26, 2009 | 04:44 PM
  #30  
marlin39d's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 377
Likes: 0
From: S. Oklahoma
PDR Pics Added

Dent was in the black part of the paint and a little in the silver at about the mid-way point in this picture


[IMG][/IMG]


Here's a full shot of the truck with tail gate and passenger front door


[IMG][/IMG]
 
Reply



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:10 AM.