How many dings you have?
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topnotchtouch
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I have 0 dings thanks to PDR 
The car has had 5 dings and all were successfully taken out. This is with me parking way out in the boonies wherever I park. People just still seem to find you no matter what you do.
The car has had 5 dings and all were successfully taken out. This is with me parking way out in the boonies wherever I park. People just still seem to find you no matter what you do.
ntwrkguy1
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I agree with rjstaaf.....I park waaaaay out at work (and we have an enormous parking lot) and even at the store. What's funny about work is that everyone that is really particular about their car parks way out as well, though we always leave 4 or 5 spaces between us. And yes, there's nothing better than PDR for the average door ding!
One on each door and one at the base of the C pillar on the driver's side. It is sad that we know things like this without having to go look at the car.
rjstaaf: Is PDR per ding, per size, per car? More specifically, is it the kind of thing you can do annually as maintenance or would it not be cost effective to do so? The Jeep is driven on perfect days and garaged, but the 88 Accord is the beater vehicle with the Q-Tip sized dings.
rjstaaf: Is PDR per ding, per size, per car? More specifically, is it the kind of thing you can do annually as maintenance or would it not be cost effective to do so? The Jeep is driven on perfect days and garaged, but the 88 Accord is the beater vehicle with the Q-Tip sized dings.
tkr128
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I have 0 dings! I'm actually surprised I don't have any yet! I've had it for 5 months now and park in a crowded college parking lot. I do watch where I park when I'm not at school though. Oftentimes, it means parking all the way at the end of the parking lot and walking or next to "islands".
The other cars in the house however, ugh. Let's not go there...
The other cars in the house however, ugh. Let's not go there...
tom p.
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zey said:If none, please share us some precious tips on "How to avoid dings?".
there was a very lengthy thread on this a couple of months ago with some excellent suggestions from people...don't know if I can find it.
Score: 2 cars are dent free (probably 'cause they spend too much time in the garage) and the other two are quite miserable regardless of how or where they are parked.
Dings? As in door dings from other cars? 0. I don't get dings because I don't ever park where someone could give me a ding, or if they COULD give me a ding I park so far away that nobody WOULD give me a ding. You just have to be dilligent.
Unfortunately I have a massive horrible, primer revealing scratch from some garbage in the road I hit (thanks to whoever left it there) and my back bumper needs to be replaced and painted due to...well that story is too embarassing, so let's jsut leave it at that. There's also a small dimple in my front fender that I am hopefully going to ahve pulled when I get the bumper and scratch done this spring.
F'ing body shop man...it never ends.
Unfortunately I have a massive horrible, primer revealing scratch from some garbage in the road I hit (thanks to whoever left it there) and my back bumper needs to be replaced and painted due to...well that story is too embarassing, so let's jsut leave it at that. There's also a small dimple in my front fender that I am hopefully going to ahve pulled when I get the bumper and scratch done this spring.
F'ing body shop man...it never ends.
topnotchtouch
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thinksnow said:
Usually it is per panel but, I have also seen it per ding as well. I don't think there is any rule regarding how they charge. Just go to www.dentwizard.com and use their dealer locator to find someone near you.
meGrimlock
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I have one hail dent under my driver's side mirror. 
I also have a 1/2" x 1/2" area of paint missing on my driver's door molding because somebody in a Tahoe couldn't hold on to their door when they opened it. Oh, and there is a very small dent in my hood from where a rock hit it, but it is very hard to see. My wife thinks I am hallucinating (sp?).
I also have a 1/2" x 1/2" area of paint missing on my driver's door molding because somebody in a Tahoe couldn't hold on to their door when they opened it. Oh, and there is a very small dent in my hood from where a rock hit it, but it is very hard to see. My wife thinks I am hallucinating (sp?).
I've been trying to avoid dings for 45 years. I always try to park away from other folks. Walking is good exercise for us old guys. Somehow my vehicles still get dings. I put the last one in my truck with a hose at the coin op carwash.
Love that PDR technique. (It works only with modern paints. My vehicles prior to about 1990 had to be repaired at the body shop.) The only problem with PDR is that it cannot be used for dings at the edge of a panel.
If you are really serious about avoiding parking lot dings, have hip replacement surgery. You will than qualify for parking in those spacious handicapped stalls. I had a hip replacement at the end of December and my permit is good through June.
Tom
Love that PDR technique. (It works only with modern paints. My vehicles prior to about 1990 had to be repaired at the body shop.) The only problem with PDR is that it cannot be used for dings at the edge of a panel.
If you are really serious about avoiding parking lot dings, have hip replacement surgery. You will than qualify for parking in those spacious handicapped stalls. I had a hip replacement at the end of December and my permit is good through June.
Tom
None so far but the new car is only 3 months old, it replaced a car with no rubbing strips, owned it for 5 years & only 2 dings, one from a shoppinr trolley on the front wing & one in a rear panel.
Usually park away from everyone , at a corner or next to someone with a more expensive car
Usually park away from everyone , at a corner or next to someone with a more expensive car
breakneckvtec
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0 PDR is your friend....
Heh.. loads, a couple in every panel I suppose, and that's while I follow the following advice:
- Best tip is to look for another nicely detailed and/or brand new sportscar to park next to.
- Otherwise, try to park at the edge of the lot, but avoid sitting next to a 'high traffic route' (wether it's cars or shopping carts).
- prefer parallel parking
- when no other options are possible, leave more space at the passenger side of your car than on the driver's side. There's a fair chance the car on the driver's side of your car doesn't have a passenger, while you can be pretty sure that the car on the passenger's side of your car has a driver
It's also nice for your passengers.
But since my car is a daily driver and has to visit the shopping mall's parking lot frequently I still end up with dings and scratches.
It's mostly because of the fact that parking spots over here are extremely tight and people don't respect other people's property. In fact, I witnessed one ding happening when I was sitting in the car and someone smashed the door of his company car in mine. I walked up to her and asked her about it in a friendly way, and I got the reply that I shouldn't complain since it was an old car anyway, and if I didn't like it, I shouldn't park here. Needless to say I wasn't so friendly anymore after that... :/
- Rick
- Best tip is to look for another nicely detailed and/or brand new sportscar to park next to.
- Otherwise, try to park at the edge of the lot, but avoid sitting next to a 'high traffic route' (wether it's cars or shopping carts).
- prefer parallel parking
- when no other options are possible, leave more space at the passenger side of your car than on the driver's side. There's a fair chance the car on the driver's side of your car doesn't have a passenger, while you can be pretty sure that the car on the passenger's side of your car has a driver
It's also nice for your passengers. But since my car is a daily driver and has to visit the shopping mall's parking lot frequently I still end up with dings and scratches.
It's mostly because of the fact that parking spots over here are extremely tight and people don't respect other people's property. In fact, I witnessed one ding happening when I was sitting in the car and someone smashed the door of his company car in mine. I walked up to her and asked her about it in a friendly way, and I got the reply that I shouldn't complain since it was an old car anyway, and if I didn't like it, I shouldn't park here. Needless to say I wasn't so friendly anymore after that... :/
- Rick
imported_Larry A
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I have a 2001 Kia their are dents all over it . The metal seems so thin on a Kia that if a bird takes a dump on my hood it leaver a dent.
BlueDragonZ
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(Knock on wood) After about 10 months now I don't have a ding on my Z. I always like to find an end spot so that I can have a 50% chance of not getting hit. If I do find an end spot, I always back in because I find it easier to get close to the end which leaves plenty of room for the spot next to me.