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Good Enough PDR

Andy Ball • Apr 26, 2021

Good Enough PDR

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What is good enough pdr and why we need to put a stop to it. Our team at American Dent Specialists has been performing five star PDR for over 20 years. Paintless Dent Removal, PDR, is the art of dent removal or dent repair, removing door dings and even auto hail damage from cars without the use of paint, chemicals, or body filler. We believe good enough PDR is detrimental to the paintless dent repair industry.

Paintless dent repair is an art form. It is a beautiful process in which all of the pressure that has created the damage in the vehicle from the impact is removed using very specific movements and tools in a coordinated way. This art requires years of experience to perform well and in the end pdr actually repairs the vehicle back to its original condition, it's pre-dented or pre-damaged condition. Good enough PDR exists because technicians or car dealerships, but mainly technicians, have never put themselves through the grueling task of learning how to finish a repair completely. A PDR repair can get to about 80% completion with a layman or a novice or an amateur. The last 20% of taking that dent all the way to its pre-damaged condition takes years of training and real discipline and patience to perfect.

We here at American Dent Specialists are not a good enough PDR shop. We are a shop that prides ourselves in actually repairing the vehicle damage back to its original condition and eliminating the pain and depreciated value of your vehicle. When we remove a door ding or dent, then it's gone completely. We stand behind our work with our lifetime warranty on all of our dent repairs and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We have been trained extensively in the art of paintless dent repair and we know we can offer this kind of promise with confidence. We also have been trained by Keko in the art of glue pool repair to further our abilities in full service pdr. We utilize specialized hammers, specialized tools, specialized carts and pdr lights in our dedicated dent repair shop in order to provide five-star pdr every time. Our team has achieved the necessary certification to properly perform paintless dent repair on an electric vehicle. We have a dedicated power down station to safely use paintless dent removal on your electric vehicle to remove dents and dings. In addition, our technicians are trained in how to power the vehicle back up and make it safe to drive for you after the dent repair.

Good enough PDR might work for dealerships or wholesale accounts where they are just okay with the work being done to a substandard level. That is not ok with us. At American Dent Specialists, we have work hard on a five star reputation in pdr. We will take each dent or ding all the way to complete, eliminating any question as to whether or not the repair was finished or completed in its entirety. If you have a question about paintless dent repair, and you want to know more about the art of removing hail damage and door dings and large dents from vehicles, whether it be steel or aluminum panels, please give us a call! And remember, in addition to Houston’s best dent repair, we also offer five-star ceramic coating, auto detailing and mobile dent repair. We are also in partnership with Collision Craftsman. We are you one stop shop to keep your vehicle looking its absolute best year-round.


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