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Dent Repair Services in Bellevue
Pick yours to see what decides the price and how long we need the car.
30 to 90 min
Door Ding RepairA parking lot dent in the flat of a door.Learn more
Longer
Crease or Body LineA dent with length, folded along a line.Learn more
1 to 4 hrs
Hood Dent RepairLarge, flat and braced underneath.Learn more
Half a day
Roof Dent RepairThe headliner usually has to come out.Learn more
Glue pull
Truck Bed Dent RepairDouble walled, so it is pulled from outside.Learn more
1 to 3 days
Hail Damage RepairMany shallow dents across the horizontals.Learn more
1 to 3 days
Motorcycle Tank DentsTanks and fenders, paint left alone.Learn more
30 to 60 min
Bumper Dent RepairA plastic corner, reshaped without paint.Learn more
Cost
Paintless Dent Repair Cost
Starting ranges for Bellevue and Seattle, what moves the price, and the two standards of repair.
Cost
How much does paintless dent repair cost?
Per-panel starting ranges from a coin-sized ding up to a dinner-plate dent, and why two dents the same size can land at different prices.
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Premium standard
When is the full correction worth paying for?
If the car is staying in your garage, you are the one who keeps finding what was left behind. This standard is built for that owner.
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Practical standard
What does a low dent repair quote really buy?
Every dent holds a set amount of work. A quote well under the others usually means a shorter job, which is sometimes right and sometimes means paying twice.
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The people behind the repair
Meet the Team
Owner Doug Hillius, in paintless dent repair since 1999, and the Bellevue crew who read every panel before a tool goes in.
Tesla & EV
Tesla And EV Dent Repair
Which panels on a Tesla, Rivian or other EV are aluminum, and why that changes the repair.
Tesla
Can a Tesla dent be fixed without repainting?
Model by model, which Tesla panels are aluminum and which are steel, and why a fender ding and a door ding are two different jobs.
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Rivian
How are Rivian dents repaired?
The R1T, R1S and new R2 pair aluminum doors, hood and liftgate with steel fenders. Includes an R2 liftgate we repaired at the shop.
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EV & aluminum
Does an aluminum body change an EV dent repair?
Aluminum has no spring-back, so it is moved on purpose, usually with heat. Which EVs are aluminum-heavy and which behave like any steel car.
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What Paintless Dent Repair Can Fix
Dings, creases, bumpers, hoods, roofs and truck beds, plus the cases where it stops working.
The basics
What is paintless dent repair, and what can it not fix?
How the metal is reshaped from behind the panel, and the four cases where paint work is the honest answer instead.
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Door dings
How long does a door ding repair take?
Most parking lot dings take 30 to 90 minutes, and the car goes home the same day still wearing its factory paint.
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Creases
Can a crease or body line dent come out?
Body lines are structural, so the metal fights the repair and needs extra passes before it settles. Why these take longer than a flat-panel ding.
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Bumpers
Can a plastic bumper dent be fixed without paint?
Dents on a bumper corner are the ones that come out, usually inside an hour. The plastic sets as the weeks pass, so earlier helps.
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Hoods
How long does a hood dent take to fix?
Usually 1 to 4 hours. The bracing under the hood decides where the tools can reach and how long the work runs.
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Roofs
Why does a roof dent take longer?
Expect half a day or longer, mostly because reaching the back of the roof skin means taking the headliner down first.
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Truck beds
Can a truck bedside dent be repaired?
Bedsides are double walled with no way to reach behind them, so the repair is worked from the outside of the panel.
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Hail Damage And Insurance Claims
How hail is priced, how long the car stays, and how a claim works with paintless repair.
Hail
How is hail damage repaired and priced?
Hail is priced on how many dents and how big, the same arithmetic an adjuster uses. Most hail cars are here between one and three days.
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Insurance
Does insurance cover paintless dent repair?
Commonly, yes. Refinishing costs the insurer more than paintless repair, and factory paint protects the car’s value, so it is usually what they want too.
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Dent Repair For Your Situation
Selling, leasing, renting or paying for someone else’s car. The right repair depends on what happens next.
Premium or Practical
Which dent repair do you actually need?
Two standards of the same paintless repair, and how to tell which one fits the plans you have for the car.
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Selling
Should you fix dents before selling a car?
Buyers zoom in on listing photos, and a paint depth gauge finds any repainted panel. Original paint protects the asking price.
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Lease return
Will a dent cost you at lease return?
Inspectors check damage against a written tolerance with a charge on each line. The goal is a panel inside it before inspection day.
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Rental cars
Should you fix a rental car dent before returning it?
Rental companies charge body shop labor and add a loss-of-use fee for each day the car sits. A paintless repair usually takes hours.
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You hit another car
Paying for a dent you put in someone else’s car?
The owner will compare that panel with the rest of the car. A full correction closes the matter and usually keeps it off a claim.
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Dent Repair By Make
How the metal and the bracing differ on BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Toyota, Ford, Chevy and motorcycles.
BMW
What decides a BMW dent repair?
The character line comes first. Many BMWs also mix aluminum doors and hoods with steel fenders, so the panel matters as much as the dent.
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Audi
Why do Audi dents need heat?
Audi’s A8, A7 and e-tron lean heavily on aluminum. Heat lets that metal move and keeps the paint flexible while it does.
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Mercedes-Benz
How are Mercedes-Benz dents repaired?
Steel in some places, aluminum hoods and fenders in others, and wide flat doors where any low spot stays visible until the work is done.
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Porsche
Can Porsche dents be repaired without paint?
The 911, Panamera and Taycan lean heavily on aluminum, which calls for heat, patience and a careful read of each panel.
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Toyota
Why are Toyota dent repairs often quick?
Most Toyota panels are steel, and steel has memory that helps the dent back, so these rank among the quickest jobs in the shop.
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Ford trucks
Is an aluminum F-150 harder to repair?
Ford moved the F-150 body to aluminum for 2015, and that changes how long each panel takes and what it costs.
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Chevy trucks
What changes on a Silverado dent?
Aluminum doors, hood and tailgate sit beside steel bedsides on the Silverado, so the panel that took the hit decides the job.
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Motorcycles
Can a motorcycle tank dent be repaired?
Harley tanks are thicker and sport bike tanks are thinner. Different metal, different repair, and sometimes the tank comes off first.
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Meet the owner
Doug Hillius, Owner
In paintless dent repair since 1999. He opened the Bellevue shop in 2004.
Cities
Paintless Dent Repair Near You
Bellevue, Seattle and the Eastside cities our Bellevue shop serves, with the drive from each.
Bellevue
Home of the shopNE 20th St in the Bel-Red corridor, about ten minutes from most of Bellevue.
Seattle
20 to 30 min over 520 or I-90Street parking is where most Seattle dents begin.
Kirkland
12 min down I-405The shortest drive to the shop from outside Bellevue.
Redmond
15 min on 520 or 148thLots of new EVs on the road, so aluminum panels and thin paint are common.
Bothell
20 min down I-405Commuter damage, picked up along the daily drive.
Issaquah
20 min on I-90 and 405Gravel, trailhead lots and towing rather than parking decks.
Renton
25 min down I-405Work trucks and daily drivers that earn their dents.
Sammamish
20 min down 228th and 520Wide driveways at home, narrow lots everywhere else.
Mercer Island
20 min over I-90Expensive paint parked in tight stalls.
Service Area
Seattle and the EastsideAll nine cities on one page, with the roads and the cars each one drives.
Every city we serve