Paintless Dent Repair For Dent Removal & Hail Damage

Paintless dent repair solves some of the most common problems car owners have to deal with. Think about it, is there anything worse than walking up to your car and spotting a dent or ding left by somebody’s door or lousy driving? Or maybe one of the kids’ bike handlebars creasing a side panel? Dings and dents are almost unavoidable. Thankfully, in Madison WI there is a quick, smooth remedy for most of them.

Advances in paintless dent repair (PDR) make minor dent removal a nearly painless process. You can avoid costly major repainting and metal work while getting your vehicle back to looking great fast. And the latest technology doesn’t “break the bank.”

In addition to unexpected damage from fellow drivers, Mother Nature adds to the mix. Hail is a threat that’s nearly impossible to avoid or predict. Hail damage repairs, like fixing parking lot dings require specialized skills and tools.

Paintless Dent Repair Is THE Way To Go

When using traditional dent removal techniques panels have to be repainted. Blending new paint and clear coat with existing paint takes an artist’s touch. It is also time consuming and expensive. Paintless dent removal insures the colors stay as you expect while dents and scratches disappear. That’s especially important with older vehicles – faded and weathered paint is nearly impossible to match! You might wind up paying to repaint all or parts of more than one panel to make sure all the surfaces look like they belong together!

Not so with a paintless repair. With today’s methods dents from the size of a dime to a football are made to disappear. As long as the car’s metal has not been “stretched” paintless repair is the cost-effective option.

Paintless dent removal works wonders for things like:

• Minor dings and dents
• Car door scrapes and scratches
• Small “fender bender” dents
• Hail damage repair

Besides being less expensive than traditional dent repair, the paintless approach offers these advantages:

• Corrosion protection
• Maintaining the original integrity of the paint and clear coat
• Fast, efficient dent repair – often completed in a day
• Costs fall within most insurance deductibles so no insurance claim is necessary
• Removes rounded dents from the size of small coins to size of softball or football

This is THE best body shop around. I’ve asked them to do the impossible, they scratch their heads, wonder how it will happen; and I come back to find my car looking spectacular.

The Challenge Of Repairing Dents And Scratches

Without getting too technical, the challenge to repair technicians comes down to whether the metal is stretched. When metal is stretched paintless repair isn’t an option. When paint is stretched but not broken, paintless dent repair is usually the best choice.

PDR makes sense because:

• It protects the integrity of the car’s finish
• It can be applied to any make or model
• PDR works with all vehicles no matter their age
• The process is not invasive so the finish matches all around the car
• It takes far less time to complete
• It is a cost-efficient alternative
• The process often doesn’t require an insurance claim to cover the cost

The key to deciding which dent repair process is best for your vehicle is applying a professional’s eye to the damage. With years of experience in repairing door dings up to major crashes AutoColor’s trained auto body and paint specialists appraise your situation quickly.

Hail Dent Repair – PDR Is The Ultimate Solution

You can be the safest most attentive driver on the road but if a hail storm hits you’re out of luck. If you cannot get your vehicle out of the storm, hail damage can be extensive. And you aren’t likely to suffer just one or two neatly spaced round dents. There could be dozens. Your prized ride turns into a dimpled “golf ball on wheels” in seconds!

The National Weather Service keeps records of hail storms and hail damage. It reports any time hail gets to be 1-inch in diameter it can cause severe damage. Anything bigger makes even larger dents!

The threat of hail is possible in any summertime thunderstorm in the Madison. In a normal year we see a few local storms causing hail damage – recently Middleton and Madison – have both been hit with hail more than an inch in diameter.

It could be worse. Consider these statistics and count your blessings:

• Many states are often hit with severe hail storms:
  • Texas in the last three years had 17 with some dropping 3-inch diameter hail.
  • South Dakota had 98 in the last two years with hail larger than 2-inch diameter.
  • In the past two years Wyoming had 54 with some hail stones measuring more than 4 inches in diameter.
  • Colorado Spring, CO had 111 hail storms in the past two years with some recording 4-inch ice chunks falling from the sky.
• Across the country hail damage results in more than $15 Billion in insurance claims.

Not So Fun Fact – The largest hailstone in Wisconsin history measured more than 5 ½ inches in diameter and hit Wausau about 100 years ago. 

Unless you’re fortunate enough to have a place to shelter your car, hail damage is almost unavoidable.

Because hail causes uniform dents not breaking the finish or stretching the metal beneath your paint, PDR is the ideal solution. If you’re caught in a severe hail storm, we will get you back on the road as good as new.

We Do Traditional Dent Removal Too

If metal beneath the paint is stretched or the paint finish is broken, you may be left with only the traditional dent removal option.  

Traditional dent repair may require:

• Sheet metal bending, shaping – often panels are replaced
• Filling – using a plastic body filler (commonly known by the brand name “Bondo”)
• Repainting – blending paints to match the rest of the vehicle
• Multiple panels involved – location is important, blending paint to match and make the vehicle look good can include more than spot repairs. Often, it includes working on several adjacent panels.

Any time painting is required the scope of the project expands. New paint rarely matches existing paint – thanks to the weather, UV rays, etc. It takes added skill and time to blend the new to match the old. The more extensive the painting task the more time it takes to complete the repair. More time always equals higher cost. Unfortunately, sometimes damage goes beyond the scope of what paintless dent repairs can accomplish.

The good news is our skilled and experienced technicians can repair nearly any damage your car may have, including:

• Plastic bumper repair
• Bumper paint repair
• Car paint repairs
• Paintless dent repair (PDR)
• Traditional dent removal
• Scratched paint repair
• Ding and dent paint repairs
• Alloy wheel repairs
• Auto detailing services – inside and outside

Need to file an insurance claim? Don’t worry about it. We work closely with insurance companies every day and will walk you through the process.

Convenient Paintless Dent Repair East And West

There’s an AutoColor body shop within easy reach of Madison area residents. We specialize in paintless dent repair and are well-versed in all the latest technology.

We understand taking pride in your vehicle. You want it to look as bright and vibrant as it did when it rolled off the lot, right? We know the feeling. We want every vehicle to look as close to showroom new as it can.

If your car, truck or SUV needs anything from our list of specialty services call or stop in at one of our two locations:

• Madison’s East Side on Stoughton Road
• On Parmenter Road in Middleton serving Madison’s West Side

Take advantage of paintless dent repair technology and all the dent repair services we have to offer. We’ll get your vehicle back in shape in no time – without breaking the bank!

When dent removal is your goal from a fender bender or hail damage our paintless dent repair specialists are just a phone call away in Madison WI and Middleton WI.