Has anyone had any experience of using ding and dent removal kits which are now on the market? I have small ding on my door, and, our Suzuki Jeep has also just aquired one. I fancey trying one of these kits before going to the stage of removig the door trim panels to get behind the dents.
Steve - UK

 

Hi Steve - no I have not used the kits however I have used the service (Dents Wizard or Dent Doctor). Most of your high end dealerships should have someone they can recommend to you. In the US most all dealers clean up their used cars for sale with as much ding and scratch removal as they can, in fact they even sell ding protection now like an extended warranty. I've watched the guy do my car and they don't remove anything. Holes are drilled in the area they need to get to. For the door dings they drilled in the latch side of the door a small hole that allows them to get in with the tool which looks a lot like a metal riding crop......once the ding is removed they simply put a rubber plug in the hole. You can't see it.
The dings I had were quarter size and cost about 75$ each to remove. I spent about 300 bucks at Dent Doctor before I came up with my Ding protectors. Ugly as they may be, for 2 years now I have been ding free, KOW. (see my gallery)
You should have the service available in the UK to get the dings out. If they are not listed ask a Mercedes or Jag dealer, I'm sure they'll know someone. I'd go that route before doing it myself.
Pat

 

Pat's right try a paintless dent removal service first... some charge by dent others charge by panel.

When I watched Dent Doctor work on my Cutlass he placed the tool between the glass and the door and pushed the dents out from there without removing or drilling anything. And you couldn't even tell any dent was ever there or any repair was ever done.

 

I had a palm sized dent in my passenger sail panel. The dent tech. couldn't reach the dent from behind without removing the trim panel and drilling which I wasn't keen on. I watched as he used a hot glue gun to attach a rubber nib to the center of the dent and then attach the nib to a device that pulled the nib upwards. He repeated this several times and the panel looks amazing. No harm to the paint and the compound curve to the panel is perfect. He also removed a very shallow ding in the passenger door, by manipulating a curved rod between the window and the door panel. The whole procedure took 20 minutes, in my driveway (yes a house call!) and he asked for $30. I gave him $50 and hope I don't have to call him again, but if I do I know he'll be back in a flash.

 

After reading this I bought the dent tool discribed above on EBAY for $29.95, have few jobs for it, WOODY ENJOY

 

Let us know how you make out with it.
Pat

 

Hi steve, I've tried those dent removal kits....THEY DON'T WORK.

pay someone who does paintless dent removal....its worth even penny...or pound in your case!

 

Thanks for the advice here, I reckon its time to call the dent doctor!
No point messing around with this; its just that I am loathed to involve anyone else on my cars as Im used to doing all car repairs/servicing myself, but things like this are best left to the experts!

 

The nice thing about the dent guys I've worked with is they know you are particular about your car. Most folks are ok with dings, that's why they give other people dings, a car for them is a means to get from point a to point b. For us its different. We seem to feel every ding and scratch like its physical and we have to get from point a to point b looking as cool as possible. The guy I use now and send others to here ........ first time I went to him he stopped what he was doing and took care of my car, I was in and out in an hour. He told me he could see the pain in my face.
Pat