i’ve got my first big job thanks to a buddy of mine. Traditional auto body however I did use some PDR tricks mainly glue pulling. Zero training, all YouTube I know it’s far from perfect but I’m feeling pretty good about it. Didn’t make much effort since I bought a bunch of tools with it to help.

So first off, how much would you body guys charge to fix this clean the dent up, light fill, and repaint. PDR guys- I’m guessing this one’s a pretty tough. I would think trying to get some tension on that knocked down the high spots and crowns. And try and pull as much as you can before beginning to push and knocked down. From a scale from one to 10 how hard would this one be?

today I challenge my self to create a dent over a brace so I can practice with the whale tail.

made a push rod for less than 20 bucks. And when I put some bins in it and try to push out this fender. Hopefully it’s strong enough we’ll see.

I haven't been on here in a while because life has really been kicking me to the ground pretty much daily. I had some health conditions come up that forced me out of my last job a while back and I while trying to deal with recovering from a surgery and a bad fall that left me with longstanding injuries my wife decided it would be better for her if she dumped me and tried to take me for every penny possible on her way out so I have been just struggling to survive financially, physically, and mentally. I've lost just about everything I spent my entire life building in a very short period. A friend of mine knows I am trying to learn this trade and let me work on his truck. He backed into a power pole and did severe damage to his box side. He didn't want to put much money into it and I agreed to work on it rather cheap. Even though I didn't charge much beyond materials used this is my first job. He needed the truck back after a few hours I didn't have time to work on it more than I did. If I had a few more hours with it I could have done a little more but I don't think it turned out too bad considering his investment was minimal. I see a lot of vehicles in my area with damage like this and I think there could be a niche doing jobs like this where you get them back to about 90% at a fee that works for both parties. Maybe I am wrong about that but I am sure some people would be enticed by lower price point. The last two pics are after I worked on it.