Dent advice/recommendations

pbird

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Oct 26, 2011
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Only 4 weeks after taking delivery of a mk4 leon fr the bad weather has caused me some issues with what I think must have been bit of tile/cement from a roof. I'll refrain from the expletives that occurred the day I spotted it..

Looking for some advice, recommendations, ball park figures to get it back to 'like new'.. Derby/Notts area

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rafletcher

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Hopefully you’ll get a recommendation for a PDR company near you. Excel-dents near me (Aylesbury) charge around £50 a panel.
 

pinky1959

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Contact the dealer where you bought the car and ask them who does their dent work or if they can recommend anyone .
That is what I did when I needed a small dent sorted .
 

SRGTD

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Hopefully you’ll get a recommendation for a PDR company near you. Excel-dents near me (Aylesbury) charge around £50 a panel.
PDR will probably remove the dent successfully. However, as there’s also paint damage, it won’t be back to ‘like new’ (which is what the OP wants) without getting the paint scratch in the dent and the separate paint chip sorted too.

Doing a DIY paint repair (touch up pencil or a paint repair kit like a Chipex kit) after the dent had been removed is likely to be visible, and the paint finish and colour match may not match the original factory paint exactly.

@pbird; I think you be best speaking to a good SMART repairer to see if a localised repair would give you a ‘like new’ result. If not, then you‘re probably looking at a body shop repair, which might be quite costly, depending on how large an area they feel needs to be repainted to ensure a perfect match in colour and finish between original paint and new paint.
 

robby71

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I've used Tri Dent in Sheffield for a previous car - several dents inc 1 raised which were all sorted 100% perfect

 
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pbird

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Thanks for the feedback. Smart repair won't touch it because of the breaks in paint at center. Quoted £300 originally from a local body shop to repair and respray.. Kind of just ignoring it for a bit to be honest.
 
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