Paintless Dent Repair in Tustin

In most cases, yes, provided the paint at the impact point did not crack. A golf ball is small, hard and fast, so the impact is a small circle with a sharp center, most often on a roof, hood or the top of a fender. A small sharp ding runs $250 to $400, which is why a coin-sized dent can price like a larger one. Roofs are reached by lowering the headliner, and hoods from underneath once the insulation pad is out.

In Tustin, repairs are booked around the route rather than on short notice. Start by sending photos with the estimate form. Weekdays between 8:30 am and 4 pm, a preliminary estimate usually comes back within minutes. From there the visit is scheduled for a day when the route reaches central Orange County, and Saturday is by appointment.

Most dents in Tustin land between $197 and $500. A standard door ding runs $197 to $250, a medium dent $275 to $500, and a crease $225 to $600 or more. Larger or complex damage starts at $500, and hail is priced by the storm from $1,500. A cart corner leaves a small, sharp ding around Tustin Ranch Golf Club, and sharp dings run $250 to $400 because sharpness costs more than size. A door is $197 to $500, a hood $250 to $900 and a quarter panel $275 to $1,200, and the final number follows depth, location on the panel, access behind it and the metal. Photos get you a preliminary range, usually within minutes.

Yes. We bring mobile paintless dent repair to homes and offices throughout Tustin, and most everyday dents are finished on site in 60 minutes to 2 hours. In Tustin we work the driveways in Tustin Ranch and North Tustin or the garage in town, never in the retail lot where it happened. If a dent needs shop conditions instead, the reply to your photos says so up front, and the Escondido shop takes it from there.

Usually an hour or two. A door ding can be under an hour, a crease or a dent on a body line takes 2 to 3 hours, and large or complex damage runs half a day to a full day. In Tustin the usual pattern is doors and rear quarters from the retail lots, with sharp cart dings the most common, which is mostly the faster end of that range. Hail is the exception at one to four days.

Not at your location in Tustin. Bumper and scratch work is a refinish, with masking, spraying and cure time in your driveway, so it runs a shorter route: San Diego County, and in Orange County only the Dana Point and San Clemente areas. Paintless dent repair is the service that comes to Tustin. If there is bumper damage too, send photos anyway and you get a straight answer rather than a booking we cannot keep.

There are real ones and we will name them. PDR needs the factory paint intact, so if the impact cracked or chipped the clear coat, the metal can still be shaped but the paint needs its own plan. Very sharp, very deep damage where the metal has stretched will improve dramatically but may not vanish completely, and an honest technician tells you that before starting. Panels with no working access behind them need parts removed, which adds labor. What PDR does not do is add filler, add paint, or add a line to your vehicle history.

First find out if the paint is really broken. Drag a fingernail across the mark. No catch means intact paint and a paintless repair from $197. A catch means the clear coat is open, so after the metal is shaped the area is refinished to your paint code, usually another $250 to $750 by size. The photos tell us which, before you decide.

Shop hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4pm, and Saturday by appointment. Photos can be sent any time. During business hours a preliminary range usually comes back within minutes, and anything sent after hours is answered first thing the next morning.