After the Storm, We Fix the Dents!

YES! Express Hail Repair is locally owned and operated. Many of the companies in the area not local businesses — we are NOT one of those companies. 

No, we will work with you on your deductible to perform PDR /Auto Hail Repair to your vehicle or vehicles. To repair the hail damage to your vehicle or vehicles (or perform paintless dent repair), we will help to ensure that you pay out of pocket very little or nothing at all. We know that money can be an issue when having paintless dent removal performed on your vehicle. That being said, we guarantee that your out-of-pocket cost will be minimal, if not zero dollars, for the PDR we perform on your vehicle. We can discount repairs in a plethora of different ways ensuring that you pay out of pocket as little as possible.

NO. By law, where you choose to have your vehicle repaired is your decision. In fact, multiple insurance companies have had questionable practices in the past of “steering”, and some currently still do. Sadly, some insurance companies still participate in steering because it allows them to cut corners on repairs and save money. If you do choose to have your vehicle repaired at a “preferred shop”, you will be required to pay your deductible, as the preferred shops are contractually obligated to do so by the insurance companies. “Preferred vendors” of insurance companies are locked into pricing agreements by the insurance company.

Sadly, repairs completed by DRP’s or (Direct Repair Facilities) may reflect the “agreed upon pricing” between the repair shop and the insurance company. More often than not, the quality of repairs are a night-and-day difference from a Non-DRP Facility to a DRP-Facility; insurance companies are in the business of making and saving money.

Express Hail Repair is reputable and extremely qualified, the difference is, at Express Hail Repair we work for you, our valued clientele, not an insurance company! We help offset your deductible, give a lifetime warranty on all paintless dent repair work, handle the entire insurance process for you and assist with a rental car regardless of whether you have rental coverage. We have a much faster turnaround time, generally a 1-5 day turnaround on a car, truck or SUV assessed correctly during the initial assessment. We will cover your rental vehicle, pickup and delivery your vehicle, handle everything with the insurance company, saving you from paying out of pocket costs…deductibles, etc.

We ensure that the insurance company pays on all Auto Hail Repair/Comprehensive Auto PDR Claims that we handle. Usually in the insurance company’s first estimate, most vehicles are written around half-way below what they should be… sometimes even more! 

Paintless dent repair (PDR) is the most non-invasive, eco-friendly, and cost-effective method of auto hail repair available for returning your vehicle back to its factory condition after a hailstorm! We accomplish the paintless dent repair process by utilizing specialized, paintless dent removal tools, which are unique to the year, make and model of the vehicle. The process used to repair the vehicle is also dependent upon; the placement of the dents, which body panel they are on, if body lines are a factor, the difficulty of access to the hail damage or dents, the type of metal and many other factors.

We use these specialized paintless dent removal tools and techniques to massage the back of the dent, eventually causing the dent to smooth out and coaxing the metal paneling into returning it to its original, undamaged state! There is another method known as glue-pulling to remove dents, regardless, after paintless dent repair is performed, your vehicle will look brand new (or as new as it can look depending on the vehicle’s age).

Another option for auto hail repair would be body shop work, which is the worst possible method of fixing hail damage to vehicles and should only be used in extreme cases. paintless dent repair is recommended by all insurance companies if your vehicle qualifies for paintless dent repair. Taking your vehicle to a body shop will include:

1. Paying your deductible and for your own rental car
2. The use of Bondo, sanding or painting
3. Possibly having the roof cut off of your vehicle and welded back in place
4. Replacement of panels that did not need to be replaced and could have been PDR’d (not to mention problems with aftermarket parts not fitting or aligning correctly)
5. Paint matching issues
6. All of these types of repair can affect the structural integrity of your vehicle (Airbag deployment system malfunctions, impact welds/seams being done incorrectly, etc)
7. All body work repairs are reported to CARFAX and lower the resale and trade-in value of your vehicle.

You will never get a better paint job on your vehicle than the paint job your vehicle received at the factory. paintless dent repair, on the other hand, preserves your vehicle’s value, as if you never received hail damage! With paintless dent removal, there is no sanding, Bondo, paint matching issues, aftermarket parts that do not fit correctly, toxic chemicals, structural integrity issues, heating, dry ice or painting involved! If you ever choose to sell or trade in your vehicle, no one will ever know that your vehicle ever had hail damage! Paintless dent repair will not devalue your vehicle or affect the structural integrity in any way. Paintless dent repair is the absolute best method for your automotive hail damage repair needs!

NO! If the paintless dent repair cost on a panel exceeds the replacement cost of a panel, the insurance company will always go the more cost-effective or cheaper route to save themselves money. This is the reason that insurance companies may write to replace your roof, hood and decklid (or trunk) panels at replacement cost rather than paintless dent repair on your estimate. The work you choose to have done on your vehicle is your choice, and your choice alone. Be sure to ask the opinion of a paintless dent repair specialty shop before making your final decision!

 Our highly qualified and trained technicians use special tools to apply pressure to the backside of the dent, gradually pushing it outwards and elevating it to its original position. At times, a bonding tab can be placed directly in the center of the dent to pull it up. With these methods, the dent is repaired seamlessly without any evidence of repair or disturbance to the finish. The results are spectacular, and the vehicle owner no longer has to worry about replacing parts or refinishing/repainting the vehicle’s surface. In turn, the vehicle’s value never diminishes value because of the PDR repair method saving the factory parts, panels, and paint job. When possible, paintless dent repair is the most viable repair process when it comes to repairing hail damage!

The 1990’S Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) Study

In the early 1990’s, before paintless dent repair was approved as a viable method of hail damage repair for vehicles, State Farm Insurance conducted a 2-year study with various industry leaders on the process of paintless dent repair. Before the experts would co-sign that paintless dent repair was a viable option, they wanted to be sure that it caused no damage at the microscopic or structural level. More importantly, they wanted to ensure it did not jeopardize the integrity of the vehicle paneling or safety measures/devices. After the two-year study was complete, State Farm concluded that paintless dent removal is the best available option for repair of auto hail damage. Soon after, other insurance companies began to endorse PDR as the most viable repair method for hail damaged vehicles. To this day, no other method of repair is better than paintless dent removal for fixing hail damaged vehicles!

Paintless dent repair (PDR) is best used to repair damage caused by hailstorms, or similar types of dents that may occur due to an object striking the surface of the panel. This method of dent removal is recommended by all insurance companies and is the most viable option to repair hail damage, dings and dents that have not caused damage to the finish of the vehicle.