A skilled Paintless Dent Repair technician is your best choice!
Hail is formed when raindrops pass through currents of freezing air and turn into small blocks of ice. Most of the time they measure only a fraction of an inch but they can also reach the destructive size of a grapefruit or softball.
To prevent hail damage, the Better Business Bureau recommends taking the following precautions:
1 - Park your car in a garage or under a roof before the storm begins.
2 - If you have to leave it outside, cover your car with a thick blanket to minimize the impact of hail.
3 - If driving, look for a covered safe place and wait for the storm to pass.
4 - If there’s nowhere to go, stop your car. The impact will be stronger if your car is in motion.
5 - After the storm, assess the damage and call your insurance company.
Damage to sheet metal can cost thousands of dollars to repair and replacing a broken windshield can add up to hundreds of dollars. Don’t expect a check from your insurance company unless you’ve purchased comprehensive coverage, the kind that also covers other types of weather-related damage, theft and vandalism.
If you are covered, you have the right to get your car repaired to the condition it was in before the hail damaged it.
 What is PDR?PDR or Paintless Dent Repair is a method of removing minor dents and dings without removing any paint from the vehicle. This is done by very patiently massaging the dent out from the back of the panel using specialized tools. What are the benefits of PDR?The most important benefit is quality. This method is the closest you can get to the dent never happening in the first place. No grinding, bondo, fillers, or primers are needed because your original factory paint is not disturbed. There are no problems with filler or paint shrinkage months after the repair as is typical with most body shop repairs. Cost is also a major benefit of PDR. Repairs are typically between one-quarter to one-third the cost of conventional dent repair. Time savings is yet another advantage. Many dents can be fixed in less than an hour. Hail damage is typically fixed in one day with PDR. A body shop may take 2-3 weeks for the same type of damage. Environmental concerns are another benefit of PDR. Since this process keeps the original factory paint on your vehicle, there is no need for the paint, chemicals, or other toxins that are used extensively in body shops when repairing dents. PDR is 100% environmentally friendly.
What is PDRPaintless Dent Repair or what’s commonly referred to as PDR is the process of removing minor dents, door dings and automobile hail damage with the use of custom made tools designed to work behind the vehicles panels and allows a highly skilled professional PDR technician to gently massage and reshape the metal back to its original condition without the need for bondo and repainting in most cases. PDR allows the customers vehicle to preserve its original factory paint finish, which we all know is extremely important because once a vehicle has been painted it not only voids the original factory warranty on the paint finish, but it also diminishes the value of the vehicle as well and in the case of automobile hail damage that can be a severe financial loss the insurance company doesn’t compensate you for when you collect on your insurance claim from a hail storm.
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Dangers of Steering Repairs
When an insurance company pushes you to have your vehicle repaired at a bodyshop other than the one you have chosen, that’s steering.
You have the legal right to have your vehicle repaired at any shop you choose and the insurance company is required by law to pay the reasonable cost to repair the accident damage according to the limits set forth in your policy.
Even if the shop you have chosen is not on the insurance company’s program, you still have the right to have your vehicle repaired wherever you choose and the insurance company is legally obligated to pay the reasonable costs to repair.
Insurance adjusters are very aware of the steering laws and some have become very adept at using the right wording to stay just clear of the line. For instance…
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