First door ding......

Where on the body is the ding? Paintless dent repair guys are pretty good nowadays & should be able to take care of it if its not on a body line...

I've had my 09 for a year now and there is no ding anywhere. Knocking on wood every were. I don't give people a chance to ding me. I park out as far as possible and walk the extra 100 feet. I don't park next to anyone, If that's the only place, I just come back later or tomorrow. I feel sorry, but dings are preventable. And you just have to live and learn. People just don't care about your Mustang. My advise, Get it fixed and then do not park any were it can happen again. Or, Have more dings.

Yes the paintless dent repair is nuts. I watched it on my parents Vette.

They have this tool that shines lines of light across the paint, and the lines get distorted where the dent is. They go with special tools with different heads and rub the back of the panel until the lines are straight again.

Pretty slick!!! not to expensive!!!

Yes, venting is good, it helps you get over it. I have actually read a study that stated that using profanities helps you to overcome pain better/easier/quicker. I always preached to my kids, stay away from the Mustang, don't play by the Mustang, walk your bike when you're next to the Mustang, etc, etc, etc. Then on a winter day, pulled the truck into the garage, stepped out, my foot had slush on the bottom of it, my leg slipped forward and proceded to push the door into the Mustang. Pow, major door ding.... I was so pissed, I wanted to scream Mother F***er at the top of my lungs! But in a way it was kind of funny, all of the preaching I do with my kids and I'm the one who did the damage. Take this bit of advice and you'll save yourself a lot of worries/headaches/pains, "It's not a REAL problem, if it can be fixed with money."

That does suck, but as mentioned before, it can be mostly avoided if your careful enough, BUT it's not 100%! As long as it didn't chip or crack the paint, paintless dent repair is the way to go

Out of the three dings/dents mine had in it's first two+ years, two were definitely avoidable! The first one was when I was looking at the driver side view mirror not to run over my ramps and tools and totally forgot my dad's Miata was parked where my Stang usually sits. Thinking that there was no car there I never checked the passenger side mirror until...*bump* That left a couple big paint chips on the bumper and put two creases in the quarter panel! The second instance wasn't my fault at all... I was sitting in the right lane on the highway in bumper to bumper traffic when I hear a loud thud on the passenger side of the car! I asked my son, in the back seat, if he heard it and he said yes, so I knew I wasn't just hearing things... I looked behind me and the car wasn't close enough to have been the one to hit me. I pulled over to the side of the road, got out and saw there were two nickel sized deep dents on the quarter panel... This was along side a stretch of woods and I suspect that kids must have thrown something and my Stang was the unfortunate victim. I saw nobody when I looked in that direction. Hopped back in the car steaming mad So now the passenger side quarter panel is really messed up The third was when I was traveling down the interstate and a piece of plywood was kicked up by a pickup truck in front of me (didn't come off the truck). I saw it tumbling through the air and I slowed down (couldn't move over as there was traffic to my right and to the other side was the jersey wall on a bridge), but it wasn't enough and it caught the front lip of the hood
All in all, no matter how careful you are, there are other circumstances that can arise and ruin your day and your Stang's appearance if you take it out for a drive. As mentioned before, it's not a "real" problem and money can fix it!

I have used the same PDR guy for the past 12 years (he used to work for Dent Wizard)...paintless dent repair is the way to go...they can even remove dents from a body line (a good PDR guy can do it)...check with your local dealer to see who they use and believe me they use them all the time (especially on trade-ins)...heck I had to get a few shallow dents removed from my "new" Stang...either happened at the factory or while sitting on the dealer's lot.

I had the black primer done under the VB and it looks really nice. At certain angles, the Alloy and VB just blend in and can't even tell my car has stripes! The exact stealthy look I was going for, but had no idea how it would look until it was finished As far as the rest of your "plan" for total repaint goes...be careful talking too much

That sucks man! But your car's still gorgeous!

Oh yeah nice ding dude. Sorry tho. I see a car in the neighbor hood that has one door painted and it looks like crappola.

I have no idea if paintless dent repair could fix that, but auto body will be good as new! Matching the paint is touch and go as said before.
Yes, Alloy stripes. Certain angles/light they are easily seen and others barely seen at all
Can't tell the hood is two tone and can barely tell the door stripe is there

Hood

Side stripe

bluecar said:

I'm going auto body. Body shop said dent doctor not an option. It's thru one of State Farm's Select Repair Shops. They guarantee satisfaction (uh huh). It was supposedly finished Monday but the door was 'wavin at me' so I sent it back. I'm crossing my fingers.

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Good luck with that and never settle

Awesome! Glad it worked out for you

bluecar, looks like they did a great job...though I will say that my PDR guy would have easily removed that one (especially after having seen the pic)...I' ve seen a lot worse...bottom line is that you're happy and that's all that counts.