Miata Mailing List: August 1995, Message #13
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   From: Steve An 
Subject: Re: Paintless dent remover shops in Mass
   Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 10:27:35 -0400

I highly recommend Doctor Dent (or something like that) at Beaconwood
Motors, in Watertown, 617-923-1050, the owner Al Cath is a great guy, he
knows me well, eventhough I have not owned a Bimmer since '84. They took
about 30 dents out
of my friend's BMW for $400+, I was amazed. This has got to be the single most
tedious process with the best result that I have seen in anything automotively
related.

Please ignore the claim below about drilling etc (Clueless ain't just a
movie :->)... sorry, it is just plain wrong. Paintless dent removal really
means no painting, bondo, drilling etc. is required, they literally and
gently roll the dent out until it's smooth, like I said, it is mind
bogglingly tedious.

About the Miata hater thread, why do people care so much what others think? to
paraphrase R.P. Feynmann.

        - Steve.

At 8:57 AM 8/1/95, Drew Lindberg wrote:
>>Paintless dent remover shops in Mass
>>Does anybody know if there are any ?
>
>Sorry, don't know about ding removers in Mass,
>but I would warn anyone that does it what they do:
>they drill a small hole in the center of the dent,
>put in some fancy contraption and pull out the
>dent.  Be careful if the dent is in your door,
>because the drilling process leaves flakes of
>un-galvanized steel inside your door which
>(for those of us who do not live in deserts)
>_will_ rust.  It'll take a few years to show,
>but who of us is planning on retiring our Miatas?
>
>fyi...
>
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