Serving San Diego, Escondido, and the surrounding areas. The wrong PDR tech leaves a crown, a permanent high spot worse than the original ding. A correct repair leaves nothing. Most are done same-day in about two hours, from $197.
Door dings are the most common PDR repair in San Diego, and the most commonly done wrong. A crown is a high spot left when a tech pushes too far from the wrong angle. Unlike a dent, it is very difficult to reverse. The wrong shop doesn't just fail to fix your ding, it makes the problem permanent.
Fast work, wrong access angle, wrong tool. The metal goes past the original plane, creating a raised high spot that reflects light differently.
Correct access angle, correct tool, correct pressure. The metal returns to its original plane. From every angle, the surface is identical to an undamaged panel.
This is how a PDR tech sees a dent. A reflection board throws straight lines across the panel, and a dent bends them. Drag the slider, the same board, the same panel, before and after the repair.
Straight reflection lines mean the metal is back to its original plane. No crown, no ring, no trace. A real Dent Time repair, read under the line board.
What looks like a small surface ding sits in front of a precisely engineered structure. A PDR technician works blind, navigating every brace, bracket, and impact beam to restore the panel without a trace.
Drag to reveal the bracing. Every brace and beam is something the technician reads and works around to reach the dent from behind.
Watch: why dent repair cost differs. Straight from Myke at Dent Time.
A door ding that needs a second pass wasn't done correctly the first time. We assess, work carefully, and inspect under proper lighting before you see it.
Push a dent too far and the metal passes the original plane and becomes a high spot. You can push a low spot up. You can't push a high spot back down the same way. Correcting a crown takes a different approach, and isn't always possible.
The margin between a perfect result and a crown is measured in millimeters of tool pressure. Myke has been reading how metal responds since 1991. That experience is what produces a result you can't find.
The factory paint is never touched. Nothing is reported.
Checked under raking light before the keys go back.
The price reflects the precision required, not just the size. A ding on a body line is harder than a ding in open metal. Your exact quote is free and comes back in minutes after you text a photo. You approve the number before a tool touches the car.
A clean parking-lot ding massaged out with the factory paint untouched. Same-day, 1–2 hours.
More than one ding on a door or fender, worked together for an even, flawless result.
A ding on a body line or crease needs precision access. Harder to do right, and we do it right.
Every price depends on the ding's location, depth, and the access behind the panel. A ding on a body line or panel edge takes more skill and time than one in open metal. Same size, different skill requirement. Most repairs also come in two finish levels, so the result fits your vehicle and your budget.
Complete satisfaction or no charge applied. Factory finish. No Carfax record. Inspected under raking light before you see it.
The shop is in Escondido, and we serve door ding repair throughout San Diego and the surrounding North County and coastal communities. Text a photo from anywhere in the county and we'll tell you the closest option and a real quote.
Straight-on and 45° in natural light. A real technician reviews them and responds with an honest assessment and quote. The ding you have now is the easiest version of this problem.