Straight answers about paintless dent repair, hail damage claims, and keeping your vehicle's value intact from the people who do this every day.
PDR Basics
Body shops sand, fill, and repaint. That process introduces paint mismatches, lowers resale value, and takes weeks. PDR pushes the metal back from behind using specialized tools no paint touched, no filler used. Here's when it works, when it doesn't, and how to tell the difference before you pay anyone.
Hail Damage
Central Texas gets hit hard from March through June. Here's the timeline of what to do in the first 48 hours after a hail storm and the one mistake that costs most people money on their claim.
Insurance
Insurance adjusters are trained to minimize payouts. Here's exactly what documentation to gather, which questions to ask, and why having a PDR shop document the damage before the adjuster shows up matters.
Car Care Tips
An unrepaired hail-damaged vehicle loses more at trade-in than the repair would have cost. Here's the actual numbers from dealer trade-in appraisals and why PDR before you sell is almost always worth it.
PDR Basics
PDR has limits. If the paint has cracked, if the metal is torn, or if the dent is on the edge of a panel, pushing it out won't work cleanly. Here's the honest breakdown of when to call us and when a body shop is actually the right answer.
Insurance
Short answer: usually not. Texas law treats hail as a weather event, not driver error. But there are exceptions, and the right answer depends on your insurer and policy. Here's what to ask before you file.
Car Care Tips
A single door ding: 3060 minutes. A moderate hail job on a sedan: 12 days. A severely hail-damaged truck: 35 days. Here's what drives the timeline and how to plan around the repair.
Hail Damage
When a storm hits a company lot, the standard approach filing individual claims vehicle by vehicle adds weeks to the process. Here's the faster way to handle it and what to ask a PDR shop before you commit.