Ding/Dent shop in Austin

[SuperHero]

Can anyone recommend a good, average priced shop in Austin where I can get the dings and dents outta my car? 11 years old, 68K miles, paint still looks great, no accidents, just a bunch of idiot people parked next to the previous owners and me.

 

[El_Guapo]

A place called Dent Busters on Burnet Road, kinda near Curra's and across from Taqueria Arandas did an outstanding job on La Guapa's car a few months ago. It got dinged pretty good with a hailstorm that came through back in June or so. When they finished you seriously could not even tell that anything had happened.

 

[ghost]

I went to a paintless dent repair place when my Infiniti G35 got backed into at a La Quinta parking lot. I couldn't even tell that a dent was there. It was some private business next to another body shop. I can't remember the name off hand, but it was south on I-35, past the Tinsletown. Damn, what was the name of that place. I will see if I have a card at home and repost.

 

[SuperHero]

How much did Dent Busters charge? I'm talking about 20-30 minor-to-major dings on the doors, fuel lid, and a crease on the trunk. I'd like to get the dings knocked out, and put on a new roof (it's a convertible) before spring rolls around.

 

[El_Guapo]

Dent Busters charged us about $1600 for what sounds like similar damage except most of the dings were on the hood/roof/trunk rather than the doors.

Of course, it being hail damage the insurance company picked up most of the tab.

I think a lot of the costs involves taking out stuff inside the car so they can get to the back side of the sheet metal. They have to be able to rub the dent out from both sides, I think. So if you've got dents on all four doors, they'll probably have to take the interior panels out and reinstall them when they're done, which is where most of the time (and $$) goes.