Let's face it, we all love the warm weather and clean air that Florida provides, especially in Lakeland Florida and surrounding counties and towns. However, from time to time we do get some very severe weather. High wind damage, hurricanes, and occasionally hail damage. When you have received hail damage on your automobile in Lakeland Florida, it's wise to deal directly with a professional Paintless Dent Repair company, not a local body shop.
Avoid body shops when dealing with Auto Hail Damage in general. You wouldn’t take your vehicle to a Paintless Dent Repair technician if you got into a major collision, then why would you take your vehicle to a body shop, when you get minor dents and dings from a hail storm?
Paintless Dent Repair companies are more concerned with the value of your vehicle in the long run. Body shops are programmed to remove parts, replace them with aftermarket cheaper quality parts, putty over, and repaint. In the end, this will hurt the value of your vehicle. The PDR industry stands in stark contrast, completely diametrically opposed to that position.
Have you ever heard of a DRP? Well, I can guarantee you that your local body shop is aware of it. It stands for Direct Repair Shop, which means the body shop and your insurance company, have sat down, and struck a bargain together, for your repair. That's right, the body shop has sold thirty to forty percent of the actual repair costs, to get fed your work, from your insurance company. This is not in your best interest and although it is legal, it's a legal loophole. It's a loophole the insurance companies and body shops have spent billions covering up. He who holds the money rules the world. Well, at least the world when it comes to your now hail damaged car.
There is nothing more frustrating to an insurance company than to be forced to deal directly with a Paintless Dent Repair company. Why? It's about to cost them forty percent more and since PDR technicians are independent, they cant wield the power structure they have worked so hard to build. Furthermore, since you are the boss for your repair and are now getting the truth, you can force them to use whoever you want. Oh sure, they can say that they won't work with a non-iCar certified company, but they know better. They also know, it's illegal to tell you that or to steer you to any Direct Repair Shop. What's good for the goose, is good for the gander.
If you have hail damage on your vehicle give us a call.