Do not consider using bondo until you call for the service I am telling you about. Once your ding is fixed it is highly posible you can fix the paint issue with the oem paint pens. Imagine if the dealership had to use bondo for all the dings their cars got while waiting to get sold? Let me know if you can't find one I have the number of the company that fixes mine they might know a national company.

 

all this $8k discussion on a door ding?

damn i would kill to have a $100 for every door ding in my car.. i would be a millionaire..

 

Amazing all these wrong answers........simple solution for door dings: Check your Yellow Pages for dent removal, they go by several names like Dentmasters or Dr. Dent. They'll remove the dent in 10 minutes and the cost ranges from $65 to $85 maximum. You don't need a body shop or bondo....welcome to the 21st century! We should have a minamum age to post on DRIVER, no one under 12
Gary

 

Wow, why the attitude? Remember we are all here to help each other and provide suggestions.

 

I park far away from the store entrance at most places. You only end up walking about 30 - 45 seconds longer, and you significantly reduce the probability of parking next to someone, much less having them ding you (most people that park as far out as I do also have nice cars). Not to mention the time you spend walking is usually less than the time many people spend trying to find parking that's closer to the store. Nothing wrong with a little exercise.

Hope things work out for you. Dings suck, but they're apart of owning a car that leaves the garage on a regular basis.

 

When you read thru 1.50 pages of posts and most of them are so far off of the correct answer it's like listening to second graders discuss brain surgery. My "attitude" is if you're not sure of the answer move on to the next thread! You're not helping anyone by suggesting a member cover a small door ding with flipin bondo....
Gary

 

why is everyone talking about a ding or dent im pretty sure i read the same post and he said only a paint chip was there no ding

 

Welcome to Chicago lol

 

Similar situation happened to me this Sunday.

I was coming home on Saturday from a volunteer event at the city next over. Backed my car into my parking spot (covered) and head on to my apartment per usual. Next day, I wanted to call the moms for Mother's Day and I left my phone in my car, head on outside and what do I see? Big ole' scratch across my front bumper. No contact information left behind. Just residual paint from the vehicle and my vehicle and the scratch. Had to have been about 10 inches long, maybe 1/3 thick.

You guys think these dent-repair guys Gary mentioned could knock this out? Otherwise i'll just have to set back my plans on saving up for rims and opt for a body kit / front bumper first

 

+1

 

DENTMASTERS or one of the similar company's might be able to fix the scratch, depends how deep and is it thru to the bare metal or more of a scuff. Check the color paint they left behind maybe there's someone in your complex you can match it to....Gary

 

"She gave it to me and left"
if she handed you a 100$ for the dent/scratch, and you accepted it, done deal, you can't get anything else from her, the 100$ was agreed on by both party's, you for suggesting it, and her for handing it over, I am suprised if she did give you that $100, but if it went to Insurance or court, you're not getting a dime more, per Verbal agreement contract

 

In regard to the dent, I'd call a paintless dent removal company. Do you have pictures of the paint chip?

 

if its a small chip and no dent just get ur paint code and touch up, gonna be ur best cheapest bet..dont go priming and all..The only way to truly fix it is to strip everything on that panel or wherever it is and repaint and re clear..touch up should get u buy though...if police were not called then ur done as far as that goes..no report no luck

 

Yeah, it looked deeper at nighttime, doesn't look as bad daytime.

Here's some pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenxin/...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenxin/...n/photostream/

It's dented in at where the chip happened. What do you suggest I do?
And how much do you think this'll cost?(dent removal + chip repair)

Damage is about the size of a dime/penny.