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Best PDR kit? (paintless dent removal)

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I'm looking for a PDR kit and wondering what others use/like.

I have a vintage motorcycle with a small dent in the side of the tank and it would be a shame to have to strip it down and repaint it. The dent is more of a shallow crease no paint loss or cracks.

Help find a quality kit that can help me fix it.
 
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Unless you could care less about the results...don't learn on your vintage bike. PDR is an acquired skill that takes quite a bit of practice to get right. I'd want somone to do my car or bike who's been doing it for years.

If you want to learn...practice on junk cars for a year or two before trying anything you care about. Find a really good pro who's willing to teach you; or take a class. Or find some like me who has an off-road vehicle you can practice on that constantly gets dinged up, (and am not too particular about it.)
 
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I made my own by taking donor screwdrivers and finding what angles, bends and tip shapes worked best by bending and grinding them myself. It can be done with a little trial and error and some research on proper annealing on the areas you are working by grinding and heating.

Another good source for Steel, is Tension rods on Deck lids that use these for spring action. Shape and then add your handle of choice.

Once I found what worked well, I bit the bullet and transfered them over to higher end Snap-on and Matco/Witte screwdrivers.
 
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Skyline said:
Unless you could care less about the results...don't learn on your vintage bike. PDR is an acquired skill that takes quite a bit of practice to get right. I'd want somone to do my car or bike who's been doing it for years.

If you want to learn...practice on junk cars for a year or two before trying anything you care about. Find a really good pro who's willing to teach you; or take a class. Or find some like me who has an off-road vehicle you can practice on that constantly gets dinged up, (and am not too particular about it.)
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Really? Doesn't look that hard on the youtube.
 
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Really? Doesn't look that hard on the youtube.
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Oh, it's very simple to do, but very hard to do well. It takes a long time to perfect your technique to the point where you can do near invisible repairs. And poorly done, it is easy to damage paint to the point where the repair can be very visible.

We have at least one PDR pro on board here, and he may chime in. He claims he can always tell if PDR has been done. But I swear I can not tell with the work the guy I use does, and I am quite fussy about my cars. He's been in the business a long time, and the quality of his work is superb. (Unfortunately, I'm on the other side of the country, so I can't help you with a recommendation). You really need to develop a touch to do this well.

I'd just fork over the $100 or so, and have a pro fix your gas tank.
 
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My tool kit is made up from Dentdraft, Ultra Dent, A-1 Tools, and Dent Gear. There are a few varying others as well. Well over $10,000 spent on everything I carry around the country.


Doing PDR is having the ability to make the orange peel match perfectly, so a tolerance of about 1mm or less. If you know what you looking at, all autobody sins stand out horribly.

But if you're serious about fixing your own bike tank (which in it self the hardest thing to PDR), Ultra sells a motorcycle repair kit.

Good luck and please post results.
 
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