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title: "Paintless dent repair in Columbia, MO"
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description: "Paintless dent repair in Columbia, MO: door dings, minor dents and hail damage removed without repainting, so your factory finish stays intact."
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Door dings, minor dents and hail damage worked out from behind the panel, keeping your factory paint.

## At a glance

- Insurance: The insurance-recommended repair for hail damage, door dings and minor dents.

Paintless dent repair, also called PDR or paintless dent removal, is a specialty technique for removing minor dents from the outside of your vehicle. It can save you hundreds compared with traditional body repair or replacing a panel, and it's much quicker than other methods of dent repair.

Minor dings and hail damage can happen to anyone. Our dent removal process keeps your factory finish intact. Using the most advanced tools available, we gently work dents and dings out to restore your panels to their original shape, which preserves your vehicle's value.

## What paintless dent repair is

Paintless dent repair is an affordable, non-intrusive and quick way to repair dents without touching the factory paint. It's designed for small to medium dents. We get under the vehicle's skin and gently push dented panels back into position, without scratching the vehicle or compromising its paint.

When you bring your car to Galen's for paintless dent repair, you can expect:

- a careful look at your car's exterior
- an assessment of the size, severity and location of each dent
- a seamless repair of the bumps, dents and dings
- a quality check of the finished panels

## What it's good for

Paintless dent repair works best on vehicles without paint damage. Because today's vehicles are finished with a much more flexible paint, it's the insurance-recommended repair for:

- hail damage
- minor dents and dings
- door dings
- shallow dents up to about the size of a basketball

## How it works

The idea is simple, but the work is precise. One common method uses metal rods, body picks and a special glue to push or pull each dent back into its correct position. Some dents also need "tapping" to bring down high spots and leave a smooth surface.

Before any of that, we use a range of instruments to find the exact position, size and shape of the dent. Then it takes exactly the right amount of pressure, in exactly the right place, to move the metal without damaging it. In unskilled hands the paint can split, and split paint can't be fixed without a paint job.

That's why we take pride in the time and training our technicians have put into learning this skill. When you bring your car to us for paintless dent repair, it's handled by a professional.

## Free paintless dent repair estimates

Estimates are on us. Call us or send us a few photos of the dents, and we'll tell you whether paintless dent repair is the right fix.

## Questions

### What kinds of damage can paintless dent repair fix?

Hail damage, minor dents and dings, door dings, and shallow dents up to about the size of a basketball, as long as the paint isn't damaged.

### When won't paintless dent repair work?

It's best on panels without paint damage. If the paint is cracked or split, the panel needs a paint repair.