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Old May 6, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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Don't heat with a hairdryer... leave in the sun on a hot day... just use the air gun... less stress on the point of stress.
Old May 6, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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Hey guys, just an update. The paint looks just like the rest of the car with no bubbling or peeling etc etc. But keep in mind i did this to a very large surface area, i dont know how well it would work on a small one.
Old May 6, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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very nice - thanks for the update.
Old May 6, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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if you watch the video.. it states that it will damage the paint
or it may not damage the paint... the english is very bad
it states and I quote "This techique cause any dommage to the paint"
really??? what is that suppose to mean??
Old May 6, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by iowagary
Yeah - I'd like to get it done professionally, but it's not gona be anywhere near 80 bucks unless what you're trying to fix is one nickle-sized dent. I've got some pretty big, long dents. I've gotten a few quotes a while back and it was easily $500 and i don't even thing they said they could totally fix it. Oh well... I guess I'll just keep trying to ignore it.
for real? $500? dude, that's like an exhaust for u man.... i asked a guy, hie name's ryan snyder or smthg like that, found him thru citi search and he wants to charge me $300 for 3-4 dents.. i'm like, thanks alot.. that's alot of money dude....
Old May 6, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by raiyen
Originally Posted by iowagary
Yeah - I'd like to get it done professionally, but it's not gona be anywhere near 80 bucks unless what you're trying to fix is one nickle-sized dent. I've got some pretty big, long dents. I've gotten a few quotes a while back and it was easily $500 and i don't even thing they said they could totally fix it. Oh well... I guess I'll just keep trying to ignore it.
for real? $500? dude, that's like an exhaust for u man.... i asked a guy, hie name's ryan snyder or smthg like that, found him thru citi search and he wants to charge me $300 for 3-4 dents.. i'm like, thanks alot.. that's alot of money dude....
Well unfortunately it seems that PDR is almost always charged based on the size of dents , not the number. It looks like you can fix 5 little dents in totally different parts of the car for about the same cost that I'd pay for my one very large dent. It's not even deep or really creased, but I just can't justify the cost for something that's noticeable (but not that much) and doesn't affect anything else.
Old May 6, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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Just cover them with racing stickers.. problem solved lol
Old May 6, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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Heh - right. Plus i'll net a few extra HP along the way!
Old May 10, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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Back for another round.
Some a-hole smacked my left quarter-panel yesterday.
Another $125 down the drain... B@stards.
Old May 16, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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This is kool I'm not gonna use this method on the tC but my old Prelude with bad paint already this is gonna be kool if it works lol..

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Old May 16, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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I'm just waiting to hear about somebody kicking a dent into an old car just to try this....
Old May 16, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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Just had the Beach Cities PDR guys do my tC.
They fuggin' rock!
Seriously.
Spend the money on guys that know their $hit.

Scott
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