The cost of most dent repairs is between $50.00 to $500.00 and sometimes more.
Dent repair on vehicles when done professionally can cost around $500.00 to $2,500.00 and sometimes more.
The cost of the dent repair depends on the size of the dent, depth, location and complexity of the dent as well as if any paint repair is needed.
Small and shallow dents often cost between $50.00 to $200.00 using paintless dent repair techniques.
Moderate dents such as those 3 to 4 inches in size can cost between $300.00 to $500.00 and sometimes more.
And large deep dents that are 5 inches or larger can cost $500.00 or more, especially if paint is damaged and a full repaint is required.
Paintless dent repair is cheaper than dent repair that requires paint.
Popping out a dent in a car takes as little as a few minutes for small dents and for larger dents it could take 1 to 2 hours.
Paintless dent repair is faster and often takes an hour or a couple of days depending on the dent.
Traditional dent repair that also involves repainting, can take several days to as long as 2 weeks.
If you take your car to an auto body shop it can take 1 to 2 weeks to get to the car to remove the dent or they may be able to do so sooner depending on how busy they are.
Dents that are minor often affect the cars value by 5 to 15 percent and larger dents can reduce the cars value as much as 30 percent.
It's often large and multiple dents that affect the cars value by 30 percent or sometimes more.
And noticeable dents that are often visible from 10 feet or more and those dents that affect the paint will often lower the cars value by 5 to 10 percent.
Having the dents repaired and improve the cars value but if it costs more to repair the dents than what you would get out of the car then it would not be worth the cost to have the dents repaired.
Some dents you can repair yourself and other dents need an auto body shop to repair the dents.
Auto body shops have a lot of experience and tools to repair dents in vehicles professionally and can do a better job than you can at home.
A dolly for dents is a tool that is used as a backing device behind a hammer to help shape and to remove dents by pushing up on the low spots of the metal, while the hammer taps down on the high spots.
The dolly for dents acts as a curved or a flat surface which provides the support from the backside of a dented panel while the hammer is used to shape the metal.
The dolly is placed under the low spot and the hammer hits the high spot and so the hammer and dolly are never in contact with each other.
The hammer off dolly technique is a common dent repair method in which the dolly is used to push up on low spots of the metal and the hammer is used to gently tap down on any high spots of the metal.
Dollies for dent repair come in several different sizes and shapes to accommodate different kinds and types of dents and areas of the vehicle.
The dollies in dent repair are used to shape sheet metal, especially in areas where it can be difficult to sing a hammer and to level smaller imperfections.
Hammer on dolly can also be used in certain situations in dent repair but hammer off dolly is the method most commonly used and preferred.
A planishing hammer is also often used in dent repair.
A planishing hammer has a shallow crown on the head and can be used in smoothing out dents after the initial hammering and dolly work are done.