Dent Removal in Ranburne, AL | Ledbetter's Body Shop
Dent Removal in Ranburne, AL
One question decides how a dent gets fixed and what it costs: did the paint survive?
If it did, we can often leave it alone entirely
Paintless dent repair works the panel back from behind using rods and a reflected light board, in increments small enough that you would not see them happen. Nothing is sanded, filled, or sprayed. Your factory finish, which was baked onto bare steel at a temperature no auto body shop can reproduce, stays exactly as it is. It is the fastest and least expensive route and the first thing we check for.
If the paint cracked
Then refinishing is required regardless, so the calculation changes. The metal gets worked back conventionally, a thin skim levels what is left, and the panel is primed, painted, and blended into its neighbors. Creases on a body line, damage over a brace with no access behind it, and stretched aluminum also fall outside what paintless work can do, whatever anyone promises.
We will show you which category yours is in and what each path costs before you decide anything.
Hail
Storm damage in Cleburne and Randolph counties usually means many shallow dents with intact paint, which is close to ideal for paintless work. A hail vehicle often needs a mix, though, since the roof and hood take the worst of it. One customer here brought a car in for a hood and trunk repaint and we found hail damage nobody had noticed, then repaired it at no additional charge because it was the right thing to do.
Hail also runs in narrow bands. A storm that hammers Heflin can miss Ranburne altogether, so if your neighbors are talking about damage and you are not sure whether you have any, it costs nothing to have us look. Drivers come to us for this from Fruithurst, Edwardsville, Anniston, and across the state line from Carrollton and Bremen.
Free assessment, no appointment needed. 2307 Frank Ledbetter Memorial Drive in Ranburne, or (256) 568-3423.