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Old 3rd May 2001, 07:00 PM
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Default How do you remove minor dings

I've never had a car that I've been more careful with. I've also never had a car get its first ding this quickly (1 month)

Any tips on how to get a minor door ding out?

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Old 3rd May 2001, 07:31 PM
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Hmm, Try some of those Zaino Wax - They work really well and I hope this was helpful Scott.

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Old 3rd May 2001, 08:40 PM
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Sorry to hear about a first ding. Although I don't have first hand experience with them, I've heard good things about paintless dent removal.

Good to see the maintenance section is back up! |-)
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Old 3rd May 2001, 09:55 PM
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Call dent Pro or someone like them.
They do a great job on most dents,and no paint repair needed.

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Old 4th May 2001, 01:55 PM
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I had several "dings" removed from my wifes car by (what around Chicago) is known as Dent Busters. They do whats called Paint-less dent removal..

They can't do anything to large, but door dings is what they do best.

Could not find the marks after they were done.
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Old 4th May 2001, 07:36 PM
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I have actually seen the results of "paintless dent removal" and was amazed. It was a dent about twice the size of your fist and say 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep in a front door. after he was finished (and he did it on the car) you could see no trace at all. Only thing is I hear you have to find someone that has been properly trained in the procedure.
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Old 10th May 2001, 06:42 AM
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Scott bummer dude. The paintless dent remover guys are great and not expensive usually around $75.00 per dent and some will even come to you! So I take it you will now join the "park a mile away" club? As I have.
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Old 10th May 2001, 07:20 AM
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Actually, I do typically park away from most other cars.

Not so far as to provoke a negative reaction from the a**holes that see a nice car parked far away as an invitation to park next to you and ding the door out of spite, but definitely with a buffer of empty spaces around the car.

This one time, I parked in a space flanked by a pair of vans. They were both a good distance from their side of the line, so the space wasn't even a risky choice.

Apparently, the passenger of one of the vans decided to open their door all the way (and into my door) when they got in. :-(

I guess it's too much to expect people to try to not make door-to-door contact in a parking lot.
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Dent Works does a fine job unless the paint is broken, that's a different story.
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