Two paintless dent repair industry trade groups (PDR Nation & NAPDRT) have joined forces to create a document aimed at helping technicians determine what procedures are relevant and necessary when performing PDR on damaged vehicles. When a vehicle is dented, dinged, or damaged during a collision or hail storm, technicians want to perform the cleanest [...]
with: Derek Reed, Dent Wizard (Atlanta, Georgia USA) How do you determine a price when selling paintless dent repair to individual retail customers? A lot of PDR guys will say, "Every dent is different, and I know how much to charge from experience." There is some truth to that statement. Dents in cars are caused [...]
with: Brice Kelly, Central Florida Dent Repair Brice Kelly has been making some noise on industry insider Facebook pages lately. The videos he has posted of his PDR work are simply amazing. He is repairing complex, nasty dents to a very high quality. I'm guessing 80% of the dent guys out there would not even [...]
with: Sal Contreras, Dent Expert Sal Contreras has been repairing dents in the San Francisco Bay Area, since 1991. If you haven’t seen his amazing work on complex large dents, take a minute and check out his Facebook page. Sal is not the the typical dent guy. He marches to the beat of his own [...]
with: Richard Routson, Dentmasters (Virginia, USA) PDR techs can be classified into two categories. Those who have broken a window while working on a door ding and those who will break a window. Breaking the window of a luxury vehicle will instantly put a damper on your day and wallet. The parts + labor cost of replacing [...]
with Paul Kordon, Dentmasters (Tysons Corner, Virginia USA) We’ve all seen it before; a post of a PDR guy’s next job with the caption that asks, “What price would you guys put on this?” What follows is unfortunate but predictable. One guy comes in at $150 while another bids $550. Same dent, same car, two totally different prices. Inevitably [...]
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In the automotive industry, PDR stands for Paintless Dent Repair. It is the fastest, most cost effective, and least invasive way to repair door dings and dents on your vehicle.