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Small sent after hit by rock

sumoman203 | 2026-02-18 14:46 | 11 views

Yesterday while driving, I heard a noise of my car being hit by a small object / rock. I did not notice any damage straight away, but today when looking at the car in the sunshine I noticed this small dent with the paint being chipped. Any advice on how to repair this?

Comments (15)
Acceptable-Oil-7045 2026-02-18 14:59

Find a shop that does paintless dent repair (pdr)

CYB3RTRUNK 2026-02-18 15:06

This is going to be tough because it's right on the frame. I am no expert though, hopefully PDR can work.

6ontinder511irl 2026-02-18 15:18

I had PDR done on a body seam on a BMW with 35 y/o paint and it came out flawless. It really depends on who you get. At least make sure they’ve worked on Teslas before.

SwayingTreeGT 2026-02-18 16:10

I had a palm sized imprint on an old car right on the windshield pillar, about the same area. A paintless dent repair tech was able to take it out 100%. I don’t know what kind of magic he performed but it was completely gone.

arithmetike 2026-02-18 16:21

This is a difficult repair because it is on the windshield pillar and it is on a body line. You may want to talk to a few PDR places to see what they think.

Adorable-Boat8632 2026-02-18 16:26

They can just remove the interior plastic pillar and fix it from there

sumoman203 2026-02-18 18:42

But the paint is damaged...?

sumoman203 2026-02-18 18:42

Will that work with the paint being damaged?

arithmetike 2026-02-18 18:52

Well, PDR won’t fix the paint damage. There is always the chance more paint will be damaged during the PDR.

GaijinFoot 2026-02-18 19:18

They can touch it up

Upset_Possession_405 2026-02-18 20:28

$2000+ in my area.

Always_working_hardd 2026-02-18 21:18

I have a similar dent on the same place, but also got a windshield crack at the same time.

ComprehensiveLink457 2026-02-19 02:23

You need to sue that rock!!!!

SuddenBackground6127 2026-02-21 02:39

Believe it or not. Totaled.

sumoman203 2026-02-21 07:24

I choose to not believe haha 😜

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