Honda Car Forum

After living through the worst hail storm I have ever seen, and with
hundreds and hundreds of cars damaged by hail, I would sure give PDR
some more consideration. Many of the cars damaged here were brand new
sitting on the dealer's lots. They were all repaired with PDR. The
internet is full of information on PDR. Here is a good start
http://www.paintlessrepair.com/ It explains the PDR process which is
done with various tools from the inside of the panel to massage the
dent out.

I can tell you that if our 1-month old Accord gets hail damage (a
distinct possibility at this time of the year) I will go the PDR
route. I sure don't want several hundred bondo patches all over the
car.

Dick

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 03:31:26 GMT, "Sergey" <xxx@xxx.xxx> wrote:

>Quite possibly so. I was merely quoting what the insurance adjuster told me
>after she gave me the standard "State Farm ...", my ins. co., "... prefers
>not to use PDR methods" and the possibility of having a cracked paint after
>using suction or other PDR methods is one of the reasons she mentioned.
>
>The dealership's bodyshop manager said that when they use PDR, they drill
>holes on the sides of the surface (edge of the roof for example, where the
>upper part of the door meets the roof rail) and reach to the damaged spots
>with some sort of instruments and bang or massage the spots out. After this
>is done, he said they put color matched plugs in the holes they created, and
>according to him State Farm doesn't like that approach either.
>
>If what I read here about PDR is true and people are having good experiences
>with it, I would love to avoid having to paint. However, given that my car
>is brand new, and dealership's bodyshop says the paint manufacturer
>guarantees the paint job for as long as I own the car, I am thinking it
>makes sense for me to go that route.
>
>Sergey