A dent that has landed on the swage line rather than the flat of the panel. That crease is what gives the panel its shape and its strength, so it has to be reshaped, not just pushed out.
Bodyline work is priced on its own merits, so there is no flat rate published here. You get a price from a photo before anything is booked.
A dent on a bodyline costs more than the same size dent on a flat panel, and it is worth knowing why. The line itself has to end up dead straight, because the eye follows it down the whole side of the car and picks up the smallest wave. That means more small pushes, more checking against the board, and more time.
Bodyline repairs are the ones that separate a decent paintless job from a rushed one. This is how ours goes.
Expect a bodyline dent to take longer than a plain door ding. Half a day is common for a bad one, and that time is what buys you a line that still looks like the factory put it there.
Because the crease is a structural shape, not just a styling detail. The metal there is stiffer and under more tension, so it fights back harder and has to be persuaded rather than pushed.
On a sound panel, no. The test is the reflection running down the line, and that is the same test we use before handing the car back.
Filler under the paint, or metal that has already been stretched by someone pushing too hard, both limit what paintless can achieve. We will look and tell you honestly what is realistic.
Usually yes on a door, so we can get a rod behind the crease. Trim comes off with the proper tools and goes back the way it came, and nothing gets drilled.
A wavy bodyline is one of the first things a trade buyer looks down the car for, and it invites a bigger price chip than the repair costs. Getting it straight while the paint is still original is the cheap version of that conversation.
