
Pinellas County Driving Can Be Tough On Your Car!
Everyday driving is not always easy with your ride. There really are undoubtedly a lot of possibilities for dings, dimples and some other small damage. Then there’s Mother Nature, also, with hail and other falling debris. Paintless dent repair service is a technique to remove those bumps and bruises to the sheet metal without using old hat conventional repair procedures.
Typically, that entailed removing body panels and knocking the metal back into it’s proper shape, not to mention any additional repainting. With this different style of repair, dents are removed from the vehicle by basically “massaging” them out using specialised tools. Dented spots may also be pulled back out using a specialized glue system. In doing it this way, there’s no damage to the factory paint already on the vehicle, which means no repainting … and that helps keep the cost of the repair very reasonable.
There are a lot of positive aspects to using this sort of dent removal and repair on your vehicle. One of the biggest reasons to “go paintless” is the time it takes to do the repair.
Clearwater Mobile Dent Repair comes right to you and your vehicle, no matter where it is. In your home driveway, or at the office during the course of business hours, we can normally accomplish the job is just a few hours. There’s no taking the car to a body shop, and then waiting several days for the work to be finished. That fast turnaround time also helps keep the price of the job low.
Clearwater Mobile Dent Repair Comes to You!
We bring everything we need right to you. There’s no big shop and all the overhead and other costs that come with it, so we can help keep our prices low. On average, we predict the price for our repair work is about half what it would normally cost to take your car to a traditional body shop. And that’s not even counting the savings in time! Don’t forget – keeping your car in like-new condition also preserves the long-term value of the vehicle.
It’s important to start with a super-clean exterior, so the dent or ding can be carefully examined, and the correct plan of repair can be put to work. Once the tech has a clear picture of the impacted area, special tools are slid into gaps behind the body panel. There are generally openings – or access covers that can be used – all around the car. These are normally in place so service technicians can get to wiring, lights and other internal connections on the vehicle.
The tools used by Clearwater Mobile Dent Repair techs look like long steel rods with smoothed or rounded ends on them, so they can be pushed up against the dent – from the inside of the body panel – and then used to “massage” the dent or ding back out.
Repair rods and other tools come in a variety of shapes and measurements, so they can be used on dents of various sizes, and in different places, around the body of the car, truck or other vehicle.
Sometimes, the damaged panel can be simply removed from the rest of the car, to make repair and restoration work go more quickly and easily. That’s especially true with big, mostly flat panels like doors and deck hoods. When it comes to the massage part of the job, care is taken to hold the body panel in place, in order to be sure only the affected (dented) area is pushed back out.
Sometimes, a tech may use a chain or strap that can be hooked to the body panel. That helps in properly positioning the massage-tool inside the panel. That way, the tech can move the rod with the proper motion and force, to apply just the right amount of pressure to push the dent out.
The best techs – like ours! – are careful to use just the right measure of pressure – and the right tools – to get the sheet metal back to its original condition. It’s like seeing bread-dough rise … As the pressure is applied to the metal from the underside, the dent will “bubble” back up, and you’ll never know there was ever a dent in that spot!
One of the most important elements in getting a perfect repair is simple: lighting. A well-positioned light can show the tech all the little ripples and dents in the sheet metal, and help show exactly what needs to be done to get it back to showroom condition. A powerful light will show shadows and distortions from bumpy body panels. A good light on the “massage” process will allow the tech to better see how the metal is behaving, and allow an even better repair job.
Obviously, some areas of a car or truck body are tougher to reach and repair than others, and the quality of the repair job will be based in large part on the skill level and experience of the technician. Some hard-to-reach spots will make the job harder, and make for a longer repair process, and of course increase the cost for that particular job. (Remember, we provide free price quotes on your dent repair. Please call us any time!).
Because it can be so much quicker and less expensive than taking your car to a full-on auto body shop, the business of on-location, paintless dent repair is a fast-growing field. Being able to have a car or other vehicle restored at home in your driveway, or during business hours while you’re at work, makes it a really popular option for most car owners. We invite you to think about all your options when car body repairs are needed. We look forward to hearing from you.