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01-17-2009, 04:45 PM
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Few days ago my wife came home and told me she scratched the car exiting a parking garage...When I asked her how bad, she said, pretty bad... and it was :-)
She caught one of those poles they usually put at the exit when she turned the wheel to soon...
I thought that repaint is unavoidable...and I spent so much time looking for a car with original paint....
I started cleaning the damage with 3M polishing compound, then scratch remover, and luckily, there was no paint damage at all!
Still, quite a few ugly dents and some of them didn't look too good...
My dent guy said the car should probably go to the bodyshop, but he'll see what he could do. Here is a pic while he was working on it:
Few hours later, it looks near perfect. It is truly unbelievable - the guy is an artist!
If anyone on DFW area needs a dent job, make yourself a favor, see Monte Purvis from Dent Works on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. (I'm not affiliated with the business, just a very satisfied customer)
Name: DENT WORKS
Phone: (817) 735-4746
Address: 5626 CAMP BOWIE BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76107
She caught one of those poles they usually put at the exit when she turned the wheel to soon...
I thought that repaint is unavoidable...and I spent so much time looking for a car with original paint....
I started cleaning the damage with 3M polishing compound, then scratch remover, and luckily, there was no paint damage at all!
Still, quite a few ugly dents and some of them didn't look too good...
My dent guy said the car should probably go to the bodyshop, but he'll see what he could do. Here is a pic while he was working on it:
Few hours later, it looks near perfect. It is truly unbelievable - the guy is an artist!
If anyone on DFW area needs a dent job, make yourself a favor, see Monte Purvis from Dent Works on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. (I'm not affiliated with the business, just a very satisfied customer)
Name: DENT WORKS
Phone: (817) 735-4746
Address: 5626 CAMP BOWIE BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76107
01-17-2009, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TexaZ3' post='770498' date='Jan 17 2009, 09:45 PM
Few days ago my wife came home and told me she scratched the car exiting a parking garage...When I asked her how bad, she said, pretty bad... and it was :-)
She caught one of those poles they usually put at the exit when she turned the wheel to soon...
I thought that repaint is unavoidable...and I spent so much time looking for a car with original paint....
I started cleaning the damage with 3M polishing compound, then scratch remover, and luckily, there was no paint damage at all!
Still, quite a few ugly dents and some of them didn't look too good...
My dent guy said the car should probably go to the bodyshop, but he'll see what he could do. Here is a pic while he was working on it:
Few hours later, it looks near perfect. It is truly unbelievable - the guy is an artist!
If anyone on DFW area needs a dent job, make yourself a favor, see Monte Purvis from Dent Works on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. (I'm not affiliated with the business, just a very satisfied customer)
Name: DENT WORKS
Phone: (817) 735-4746
Address: 5626 CAMP BOWIE BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76107
She caught one of those poles they usually put at the exit when she turned the wheel to soon...
I thought that repaint is unavoidable...and I spent so much time looking for a car with original paint....
I started cleaning the damage with 3M polishing compound, then scratch remover, and luckily, there was no paint damage at all!
Still, quite a few ugly dents and some of them didn't look too good...
My dent guy said the car should probably go to the bodyshop, but he'll see what he could do. Here is a pic while he was working on it:
Few hours later, it looks near perfect. It is truly unbelievable - the guy is an artist!
If anyone on DFW area needs a dent job, make yourself a favor, see Monte Purvis from Dent Works on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. (I'm not affiliated with the business, just a very satisfied customer)
Name: DENT WORKS
Phone: (817) 735-4746
Address: 5626 CAMP BOWIE BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76107
unbelievable!!!!!! great results
01-17-2009, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tbal' post='770515' date='Jan 17 2009, 10:44 PM
wow thats amazing! Good work. Saved you couple hundred bucks 
01-17-2009, 07:48 PM
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Geez, at first glance, I never would have believed polishing compound and PDR would correct something like that! Way to hang in there on the DIY and props to the PDR whiz who finished the job. 
01-17-2009, 08:24 PM
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WOW! great job
01-17-2009, 08:38 PM
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glad the PDR service worked out. Amazing what they can do...looks great