One of the primary things to look for when you're considering PDR or paintless dent repair for a dent or ding that you've received in your vehicle is to find out what the quality of the paint is. Is the paint damaged? Is it scratched? Is it cracked? Has it been removed by the impact of whatever hit the vehicle? This is the first thing that you want to look at when you're considering paintless dent repair or paintless dent removal. If the paint is intact and you cannot see any visible cracks, the next thing you want to look at is whether or not the internal structure of the door, fender, hood, or panel is intact for pdr. 

A lot of times you might have a dent that doesn't look like it caused any real damage to the vehicle and the paint's intact. It looks like paintless dent repair will take it out, no problem. But upon further inspection, you find out that an internal side impact beam or brace has been bent and that means that the door would definitely need to be addressed by a certified collision shop in order to make sure that that door was safe again, after repair. With today's technology for vehicles, there are so many side impact beams and sensors and airbag sensors plus the computers control so much of the vehicle that you really want to make sure that there's no permanent structural damage to the internal workings of the door, fender, hood, roof that will keep the vehicle from being repaired in its entirety when using paintless dent repair for dent removal.

It is always best to have a certified professional, five-star rated paintless dent repair company estimate or evaluate the damage on your vehicle to find out whether or not it is a candidate for paintless dent repair, or paintless dent removal. Nine times out of 10, if you have auto hail damage on your vehicle, it will be a candidate for paintless dent removal in some shape or form. Whereas if hail is extremely severe, you might not be able to repair the entire vehicle using paintless dent repair, but you still might be able to repair hail damage on most of vehicle using paintless dent repair. If you aren’t sure if your vehicle is a candidate for dent removal using pdr or not, we are here to help. You can simply drop by our conveniently located shop anytime for a quick evaluation and estimate of the dent removal needed on your vehicle. For those who can’t easily drop by the shop, we can often evaluate you auto dents through a text message. Send us a few photos of the damage to your vehicle and we will take a look and then give you a call to discuss what the pdr process looks like for your dent repair.

When you use a company like American Dent Specialists that has close working business relationships with companies like Collision Craftsmen, we can offer a complete repair for hail damage even if the auto hail damage needs to be partially repaired using PDR and partial repaired using conventional body shop repair. In summary, you want to look for the quality of the paint and any structural damage when you're assessing whether or not your dent is a candidate for paintless dent repair. And remember we also offer mobile dent repair services to the Greater Houston area. Take a look at our mobile repair map by click here.