Every guide is grounded in real repair work at our Plano shop and technically reviewed by founder Vytas Kucinskas before it carries the reviewed label. Sources and review dates are shown on every page.
For a single dent in a flat area with intact paint, a photo quote is usually close to the final number.
Hail repair is priced from four inputs: how many dents are on each panel, how large they are, how big and awkward that panel is, and how much trim has to come off to reach the back of it.
It depends which inspection you mean. A photo review gives you a usually-verbal answer in about 30 minutes.
There is no fixed number. A single storm can leave a vehicle with a few dents or several hundred, depending on stone size, how densely the hail fell, how long it lasted, wind direction, how exposed the car was and how much…
A technician reads the dent under LED reflection lighting and judges four things: whether the paint is intact, whether the panel can be reached from behind, how much crown and tension the metal holds, and how far the metal has been stretched.…
By putting a controlled reflection on every panel. Technicians use LED line boards or matrix lighting, sweep the reflected lines across each surface, and count every place the lines bend. Horizontal panels come first, then verticals, then trim, glass and lamps.
Contact the shop that did the work, describe what you are seeing, and bring the vehicle in. The panel is re-read under reflection lighting and compared against the original job record.
Look for pairs shot at the same angle, distance and lighting, with a straight reflection crossing the panel in the after photo, and the whole panel in frame rather than a tight crop.
Ask directly and then verify on site. Six questions settle it: where the vehicle will physically be, whether the PDR technician is an employee, which operations are sublet, who honors the warranty on sublet work, whether you can see the bay where…
Inspect it under reflection lighting, not ambient light: watch a straight reflected line move across each repaired panel and look for kinks.
Hail falls under the comprehensive part of a Texas auto policy. You file the claim; a shop can help with photos, the adjuster meeting, supplements and paperwork. You choose the repairer — a carrier can recommend one but cannot require it.
No. A DentPicks written lifetime warranty covers the repair for as long as you own the vehicle and ends when the vehicle changes hands. That is standard for workmanship warranties across the trade.
Send us photos of the damage or schedule an inspection at the Plano shop — we'll tell you honestly what your vehicle needs, what it should cost, and whether a claim makes sense.
Someone from the team will get back to you. If it is urgent, call (866) 336-8767 and you will reach the Plano shop.
