Dent removal, without repainting the panel
If the paint is unbroken, a dent can usually be pushed out rather than filled — same day, and the factory finish stays on the car.
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$125–$500 per panel
Size, sharpness and access. A shallow door ding is the bottom; a crease on a body line, or a panel that must be dismantled to reach from behind, is the top.
A typical US range to plan around, not a quote — every professional on Task Masters sets and publishes their own price, and you see it before you book.
Paintless dent removal is working the metal back to shape from behind the panel with rods and taps, so the original paint stays exactly where it is. It suits the damage most cars actually collect: door dings from a parking lot, a crease from a shopping cart, hail. The test for whether it applies is simple — run a fingernail across the dent. If the paint is intact, this is usually the repair. If it has cracked or flaked, the panel needs filling and refinishing, and that is a different job with a different price.
Most paintless work runs $125 to $500 per panel. Three things move it: how big the dent is, how sharp the crease is, and how easy the back of the panel is to reach. A shallow door ding on an outer skin is quick. A crease along a body line, or a dent behind a panel that has to be partly dismantled to reach, takes hours and is priced accordingly. Hail is quoted per panel and per dent count rather than per car. The honest limits are worth knowing before you book: metal that has been stretched too far will not come back perfectly flat, aluminium panels are far less forgiving than steel, and a dent on a body line is always harder than the same dent in the middle of a door.
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Feel it. If the surface is smooth and the paint is not cracked, split or flaking, the metal has moved and the finish has not — which is what paintless work needs. Cracked paint, a scrape down to primer, or a dent with a tear in it all mean filling and refinishing instead.
On most jobs, no. On a few, slightly. Metal that has been stretched hard, sharp creases and dents right on a body line are the ones where a very close look under strong light can still find them. A good technician will tell you which kind you have before starting rather than after.
Usually, yes. Hail leaves many small dents in undamaged paint, which is exactly the case paintless work is best at, and it keeps the original finish on the car — worth more at resale than a resprayed roof. Hail is quoted by panel and dent count rather than as a single figure.
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