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Re: paintless dent removal

To: BA-AUTOX@autox.team.net, PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM
Subject: Re: paintless dent removal
From: "Craig Haggart, SSRL Accelerator Ops Group"
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 16:08:57 -0700 (PDT)
   > Brad Treece no longer works [at DentPro].  Anyone know 
   > where he is...? 

Funny you should ask!  I just had Brad pull several dents on my 
Miata two weeks ago.  His outfit is called Dent Performance, and 
his phone number is 408-227-8031 (cell = 408-210-6922).  

Brad came to my house in his truck full of tools, removed a large 
dent in the rear panel plus several small "door dings," and 
charged a total of $200.  That's a lot cheaper than a body shop, 
although I have to say that he certainly did well financially 
considering that it took him little more than an hour.  If I could 
make about $200 per hour all day every day, I'd sure be one happy 
camper!  Well, it's true that I'm already a happy camper, so I 
guess I'd be an ECSTATIC camper.  Anyway, Brad did good work, and 
regardless of how much he charged, it was still lots cheaper than 
any other option except doing nothing. 

The large dent was caused by a friend's exuberant (and heavy) dog 
hitting my car with the side of his body after jumping over a 
short fence, which is why there was no paint damage.  The panel 
just got shoved in.  Brad popped it out from inside the trunk, 
which formed a couple of dimples.  He then worked those out.  I 
probably would have needed to go to a body shop if there had been 
paint damage, and a body shop would have repainted the entire 
panel before handing me a bill for about three times the amount 
Brad charged. 

Oh, I didn't bother to ask my insurance agent if they'd cover it 
because I have a high deductible. 

Hope this helps! 

--
-Craig Haggart
 haggart@slac.stanford.edu
 Sunnyvale, California
 '96 Miata M Edition

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