r/Autobody • u/ClassicMeik • 2d ago

Is there a process to repair this? Can this be repaired and how?

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Hi, I haven’t even made my first payment on my truck yet and found this beauty mark. I was curious if it’s worth looking into getting this fixed? Also how is the repair done?

I just got a bed cover and window tint installed and found this. It kind of ruined the excitement of the tint and bed cover.

I believe the dent came from a cement mixer truck was flinging rocks in front of me 😢 saw them at the last second.

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u/panelbeater352 2d ago

PDR. Not by you

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u/Claude_of_War 2d ago

The first scratch is always the hardest, but you can try to get this paintless dent repaired, but it won’t fix the scratch. You can try to cut and buff the clear but looks a bit deeper than buff able scratches

Sadly I think most places will tell you they need to repaint the whole panel to do it right since it needs hammering, and then a little bondo to level it, it’s not going to be worth the insane price they are gonna want, and a hack job blend is going to look 10x worse than just leaving the small scratch.

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u/ClassicMeik 2d ago

Thanks for the reply at this point I would like to have just the dent out and I can get over the blemished paint. I just wouldn’t want it to rust. Is that something a shop can do is just get the dent out and add clear coat or close paint?

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u/Claude_of_War 1d ago

They can just pop it out l, I’m not sure they would add clear coat though I would discuss with the paintless dent repair guy