Re: door dings

[Todd Kenyon <esbarr@xxxxxxx>]

Stephen-

paintless ding removal guys can work very well, around here (KY) they charge min. $60. They basically use an "L" shaped tool to lever the dent out from inside the door (it is inserted between window and door). Caveats - if ding is too
close to edge of door, steel is double guage and they can't do it. Also if there is an airbag in door they may not be able to do it. If there is a sharp crease in steel, they can't get it out entirely but can still greatly improve
appearance by removing depression. It appears to take a fair bit of skill, so best to get a reference from somebody. Had a body shop quote me $350 for a small ding on a VW, they wanted to repaint etc, ding guy did it in my driveway on a
Saturday for $60 in 20 mins, ding was invsible thereafter. He also threw in a ding on our Volvo which is missing paint, but at least the depression is gone. Have 2 ^#%#$^* dings in my 540, so will be calling him again soon. One day I will
catch one of these idiots if there is any justice in the world. I DID catch a woman routing through her giant handbag which was perched on the trunk of my black 540. Her piece of crap jeep was 10ft away, so why she had to use my car... My
glee in seeing her jump 2 ft off the ground when I yelled out EXCUSE ME was worth the potential of a scratch.

Todd Kenyon
99 540i 6spd
84 633, 95 318ti club sport (both gone)



bmw-digest wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:38:22 -0600
> From: "Stephen Robinson" <stever@domain.elided>
> Subject: First HUGE door ding in 95 740i - what to do?
>
> Have an immaculate Aspen Silver/Grey 95 740i and was christened with my
> first door ding last week.  Aaargh!  I'm really pissed, but I know I had it
> coming, as I haven't had one yet.  What to do?  How much is door ding
> removal?  The ding indents into the side panel - but paint still seems to be
> over the ding (but, it's like, the mother of door dings - deep and ugly).
> Is there a cost of diminishing returns in fixing this?  I guess I truly need
> to always park, when possible, in the hinterlands of parking lots... the no
> man zone, the centerfield, the out of bounds area (but most likely some
> shmuck would park right next to be and slam open his 84 Monte Carlo 2-door
> drivers door into my side panel again).
> Steve Robinson
> 1995 740i (violated in the worst way now!)
> 1995 540i  wife's (haven't been able to post the wife word yet  - just
> married 2 weeks ago)
> 1988 911  straight as an arrow, no dings in...12 years!
>
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