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Old 07-17-2013, 10:40 PM   #15
Chrome8
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Re: How to repair hail damage on my trucks

I have worked at a GM dealership for 15 years (old man owns it) and have experience with fixing all kinds of hail and door dings in the late model stuff. Walk into the nearest dealership you can and ask for the used car manager. Ask him if he would give you the name and number of the guy that does PDR for him. As long as he's not a prick he'll give you the guys name, the sales manager has no interest in making any money off your dents at all. He's a busy guy so if he blows you off ask to talk to the controller or the person that does accounts payable they will have his contact info. Anyway, the best PDR guys use a hot glue and a mini slide hammer to pull the dents from areas they cannot push dents from i.e. roof on our trucks. Glue poppin is what I call it and after they pop the dent they use small hammers to pound it flat and make it perfect. I have seen some of these guys fix hoods and roofs this way that my insurance company paid to replace, no joke. The only potential problem I can see is if the dents are too deep (stretches the metal) or if the metal on our trucks is just too thick to PDR. It's worth a try man, have a very good PDR guy look at it. He'll probably want to try one or two before he can commit to fixing it if he hasn't had experience with older iron. Good luck and please don't take a propane torch to your truck before talking to a pro.
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