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Do it before you hand the keys back, not after.
Rental companies bill damage at body shop rates and add loss of use for every day the car is off the road, which is where the number really climbs. Paintless repair is usually a fraction of that and takes hours instead of days. The one thing that matters is doing it before you return the car.
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Rental companies bill damage at body shop rates and add loss of use for every day the car is off the road, which is where the number really climbs. Paintless repair is usually a fraction of that and takes hours instead of days. The one thing that matters is doing it before you return the car.
The panel is one line on their invoice. The other line is every day the car cannot be rented while it sits in a body shop. A repair measured in hours does not generate that charge at all.
Once damage is logged at check-in you are negotiating against their estimate rather than presenting your own. The leverage is entirely in doing it first.
Plenty of credit cards carry rental damage cover, and plenty of people pay out of pocket without checking. We will give you the repair figure so you can make that call with a real number in front of you.
It is the only constraint that matters here. Send it with the photos and we will tell you honestly whether we can make it rather than finding out halfway.
Yes, and it is almost always well under what the rental company would charge. They bill at body shop rates and add loss of use for every day the car is off the road, which paintless repair largely avoids because it takes hours rather than days.
They charge the body shop repair cost plus loss of use per day plus, on many contracts, an administrative fee and a diminished value claim. That stack is why a small dent can produce a surprisingly large bill.
Most are same day. A door ding is 30 to 90 minutes. Send photos with your return date and we will tell you straight away whether the timing works.
There is nothing to notice. Nothing is filled, sanded or repainted, so the factory finish is the same finish that was on the car when you collected it.