My wife bought a 2007 Pontiac G6 2 months ago (new). Last week we had a really bad hail storm, and as a result there is a lot of damage to her car. The hood, roof, and trunk are all pretty banged up (I lost count of the number of dents). We took it to the local GM dealer for an estimate (before we called insurance, we have a $500 deductible so if it wasn't going to be much more than that we were going to just pay it).
Anyway, they quoted us $600 for "paintless dent repair", which is something I hadn't heard of but is apparently all the rage, where they remove the body panels in question and massage the dents out from behind. Unsure of this, we took it to another local body shop where we'd had satisfactory work done before, and they quoted us $1600, saying they couldn't do the paintless because of the extent of the damage, and also that if we used the other method the dents could "reappear" in a couple of years.
Has anyone used this method of repair? What are the pros/cons for a brand new car?
Anyway, they quoted us $600 for "paintless dent repair", which is something I hadn't heard of but is apparently all the rage, where they remove the body panels in question and massage the dents out from behind. Unsure of this, we took it to another local body shop where we'd had satisfactory work done before, and they quoted us $1600, saying they couldn't do the paintless because of the extent of the damage, and also that if we used the other method the dents could "reappear" in a couple of years.
Has anyone used this method of repair? What are the pros/cons for a brand new car?