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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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So I just shelled out a few hundred bucks to the paintless dent repair guy. I'd never have believed it possible that dents in metal could be so completely removed. He even erased the long crease in the fender above the exhaust.

Now I'm inclined to take a clay bar after it and polish it up all nice & shiny.

I'd post pics, but it'd just be pics of a truck without dents, so...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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Thats cool. I seen those guys work and they do some magic for sure.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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someone like that could have a feild day with my truck
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 08:12 AM
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Yah i recently got 2 on a camping trip I need to get rid of.. did you see how he did it? I was more thinking about going the free way and fixing them myself
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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There are videos on youtube of the process. He did it in the parking lot at my office, so I was inside pretending to work. Basically they just slowly massage the metal into shape. It took him a couple of hours.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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I have a nice crease from a door-ding in Lowes parking lot I need to get rid of, sonsabitches. I'm gonna eventually get the local guy around here to pop it out for me. After my dad let this guy work on his Cobra, I know he's good enough to work on my Ram, haha.

How much exactly is "a couple hundred"? If ya don't mind, no prob if ya do...
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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I paid $350 for a dent under the fuel door, the crease above the exhaust and a few small car-door dings on the driver's side front and back doors. The crease was the most work and the largest part of the bill because there is a metal brace behind part of it. He had to use some sort of glue gizmo to pull the dents instead of working them out from behind.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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hmm......the guy here runs about $10 per dent
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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The dent's are probably fairly easy to do. The crease is another story!!
 
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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thats nice. ive been on a string of bad luck lately. i was in a pasture full of pine trees and i have limo tint, bad for off road when there is no other lights cant see. well i backed up into one and hit the side its a pretty big dent, but can be popped out.. but has little scrapes all over where it hit from the bark. is the whole side of my truck gonna have to be painted or just the spot? i figured just the spot since its just a cherry red? but idk anybody have any ideas how much it would cost
 
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