| The auto repair and restoration business has | | | | Most dents and dings are easily repaired, unless the |
| blossomed and grown to be a multi billion dollar | | | | dent is on a door edge or a difficult crease then they |
| business in recent years especially in auto body repair. | | | | may only be fixed with traditional auto body shop |
| Along with the rising demand costs have greatly | | | | repairs like sanding, filling and painting. The end result of |
| increased. A small dent repair at a local body shop can | | | | paintless dent repair in most cases will be like the dent |
| cost around $600 or more easily to fix. Multiply that by | | | | or ding was never there. It is completely removed. |
| 6 (the average number of parking lot dings, gouges | | | | The average cost is around $50 per ding or dent and |
| and dents per car) and you can pay over $2000 to | | | | a discount is usually given for multiple dings and dents. |
| just fix all the dents and dings on your car. Yes, car | | | | Obviously a used car dealership with a lot of inventory |
| repair to your car or trucks sheet metal is very | | | | will have lower volume prices around $30 per dent. |
| expensive. | | | | Paintless dent removal, like headlight restoration, is a |
| Then, in comes paintless dent repair. Paintless dent | | | | high profit margin business that any automotive |
| repair has been around for over ten years and was | | | | business can use to add to their bottom line. Many |
| first started at local car dealerships for fixing used cars | | | | businesses do actually pay their entire lease or rent |
| and increasing used car revenues (like headlight | | | | from these add-on businesses alone. |
| restoration). It was started as a way to save money | | | | As lives become more hectic and frantic it is still a |
| and spruce up the cars, which not only made them | | | | good idea to always park far away to avoid the |
| look better, but also made them fetch a higher sale | | | | typical shopping lot door dings and dents. But, as we all |
| price. In a nut shell, paintless dent removal is the | | | | know they will happen regardless due to a errant |
| repairing of small dents and dings by gently massaging | | | | shopping cart, reckless kids, etc... There is no way out |
| them out with rods and metal bars that are inserted | | | | of it. Dents and dings could even come as hail damage |
| and applied from the backside. | | | | from a bad thunderstorm, a ding from the |
| Paintless dent technicians are specially trained with | | | | neighborhood kids soccer ball, etc. It will happen, but |
| tools similar to pry bars, mirrors and special lights to | | | | you do not have to pay through the nose to have |
| gently massage and return the formerly bent and | | | | them fixed and keep your car or truck in pristine |
| stretched metal to its former shape. This may seem | | | | condition. Paintless dent removal, just like headlight |
| difficult, but actually most repairs can be done in 20 -30 | | | | restoration is for headlights, is the best solution for |
| minutes and the results are nothing short of amazing. | | | | small everyday dings and dents. |