Paintless Dent Repair Since 1991.
Dent Time was founded in 2001 by Myke Toledo and his wife Mary, and Myke has been shaping metal by hand since 1991. Mobile across San Diego County, with the Escondido shop added in 2017. PDR Person of the Year, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and a trainer to technicians around the world. That experience backs one commitment: careful repairs, honest options, and respect for your time.
The Work, Not the Talk.
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Three Decades on One Craft.
Myke Toledo started in paintless dent repair in 1991, trained by his stepfather at the family business, Dent Man. He learned the trade as a follower long before he led, on real cars, completely mobile, back when a PDR shop was not yet even a thing.
In 2001 it was time to lead. Myke founded Dent Time with his wife, Mary. For years the work stayed mobile and on the road, including remote training and PDR out of a detail company in downtown San Diego through 2010. In 2017 he opened the first Dent Time shop in Escondido. He still teaches, and the hands-on PDR training he runs is the same standard the shop works to. Anyone weighing the trade can start with what learning PDR really asks of you and the tools a beginner should hold off on buying.
Dent Time has always covered all of San Diego County and North County, and the mobile service is never charged extra. Escondido is home, the place to come for a brick-and-mortar visit or for the more complex repairs on high-end vehicles. The focus has never changed. Build systems so every customer has an honest, easy experience, and treat the work like it matters, because it does.
From 1991 to Today.
- 1991
Learned the craft
Trained by his stepfather at the family business, Dent Man. A follower before a leader, and fully mobile back when a PDR shop was not yet a thing.
- 2001
Founded Dent Time
Myke and his wife Mary launched Dent Time, mobile across San Diego County from the very first day. The same year, Myke began training other technicians.
- 2008
Big Jon joins Dent Time
Trained by Myke and working paintless dent repair since 2008. Seventeen years later he is still here, which is the number most mobile operations cannot put on a page.
- 2010
Training and downtown PDR
Years of remote PDR training and repair work out of a detail company in downtown San Diego.
- 2012
PDR Person of the Year
A peer vote at Mobile Tech Expo in Orlando, the largest paintless dent repair convention in the world. Cast by the technicians Myke competes with.
Kevin Halewood, founder of Mobile Tech Expo, hands Myke the 2012 PDR Person of the Year award in Orlando. - 2013
Dent Trainer launches
The first online PDR training platform, built for the students who cannot travel to San Diego for personal training.
- 2017
The Escondido shop opens
A brick-and-mortar home for shop visits and the more complex repairs on high-end vehicles.
- 2017
Tim joins Dent Time
Tim Fulton, also trained by Myke personally. Two of the technicians working on your vehicle learned the craft in this building.
- 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award
For a career spent raising the standard of the trade.
- 2022
Homero joins Dent Time
Late 2022, bringing bumper and scratch repair in house, which is the paint side of the work rather than the metal side.
- 2024
Mary takes PDR Person of the Year
The same peer vote at Mobile Tech Expo, twelve years after Myke. Mary does not repair panels, which makes hers the harder one to earn.
- Today
All of San Diego County
Mobile to your home or office, never charged extra, plus the Escondido shop. Still training technicians worldwide, and still training the ones who work here.
The People Behind Dent Time.
Everything you see at Dent Time was built with care, and none of it runs on one person. This team is what makes Dent Time what it is.
Repairing dents since 1991, trained by his stepfather at the family business before paintless dent repair had a name in most of the country.
PDR Person of the Year 2024. Co-founded Dent Time with Myke in 2001 and runs the company.
Trained by Myke personally and repairing dents here since 2008, which makes him the longest-serving technician after Myke.
Trained by Myke personally, repairing dents here since 2017, and a world-ranked professional skimboarder the rest of the time.
With Dent Time since late 2022, on the paint side of the business rather than the metal side.
How the Work Is Different.
We do not drill as a default
Drilling a hole behind a plug is the shortcut. It is faster for the technician and permanent for your car. Our default is removal and installation through factory openings, so the panel goes back the way the manufacturer built it.
The factory finish stays factory
No filler. No repaint. Nothing on the Carfax. The original paint is the entire point of paintless dent repair, and it is what protects your resale and lease return.
You see the price first
We give an honest preliminary range from your photos, then the firm number once the panel is seen in person and we know what is behind it. No bait, no surprise upsell. And the result carries a complete satisfaction guarantee or no charge applied.
Mobile to you, or in-shop in Escondido
Most repairs can come to your home or office across San Diego County. The ones that need controlled lighting or heavy access route to our Escondido shop, and we tell you which path gives the best result before you book. See mobile dent repair or how pricing works.
Read up before you book
The guides on this site answer what customers ask us standing next to the car. How a car dent actually gets repaired walks through the process, whether all paintless dent repair is the same explains why two quotes for one dent can be so far apart, and what Tesla owners should know about PDR covers aluminum and EV panels. Every repair we offer has its own page, and our Google reviews are there to check us against.
Let's Fix It Right.
Text a photo for a real price in minutes, from the most experienced paintless dent repair in San Diego County. Factory finish kept, nothing on the Carfax.
Common Questions.
How long has Dent Time been in business?
Dent Time was founded in 2001 by Myke Toledo and his wife Mary. Myke has been repairing dents since 1991, which he learned at the family business before paintless dent repair had a name in most of the country.
Who owns Dent Time?
Myke and Mary Toledo, who founded it together in 2001 and still run it. Myke reads every estimate that comes through personally and still works panels most days. Mary runs scheduling, operations and the shop.
Where is Dent Time located?
The shop is at 2120 W. Mission Rd. Suite 240 in Escondido, California. Our technicians live across San Diego County and work mobile from where they are, so nobody is dispatched across the county to reach you. The shop is a hub base for insurance claims, larger damage, and customers who would rather walk into a facility.
Has Dent Time won any awards?
PDR Person of the Year twice, which is a peer vote cast at Mobile Tech Expo in Orlando, the largest paintless dent repair convention in the world. Myke won it in 2012 and Mary in 2024. Myke also holds a Lifetime Achievement Award from 2019.
Does Myke still repair cars himself?
Yes. He reads every estimate that comes through the shop and still works panels most days. The reason a repair here is quoted honestly is that the person quoting it is the person who has to make it come out right.
Does Dent Time train other technicians?
Yes, in person since 2001 and online through Dent Trainer since 2013, with students from around the world, and two of the technicians working here were trained by Myke personally. Training runs as two and four week hands-on courses with two students maximum.
