Traffic accidents have light and heavy, serious point of the three compartments into two compartments, light point of the electric car handle cut a dent, the front of the big car pressed up the stone hit the car body can also be called an accident. The degree of damage is not consistent, the repair method is not the same. Accident repair method of the car surface is roughly divided into 3 categories, sheet metal painting and dent repair and replacement of paint, replacements need not be said, can repair, do not change, repair is not good before changing the best.
First of all, from the process level, sheet metal painting needs to go through a number of processes such as sanding, sheet metal, scraping gray, painting, baking, etc., regardless of the severity of the body damage or not, all need the same steps. Some serious collision is okay, but if just a small pit, you have to repaint the whole door again, otherwise there will be color difference; while the car dent repair does not need to destroy any parts of the body, just to the top of the sunken place, or to “suck” out. Do small pit small repair, big pit big repair, the key is not to destroy the original paint.
Does not mean that dent repair in the process than sheet metal to be better, in some small accidents, dent repair compared to sheet metal painting the biggest advantage lies in the original paint, because the dent repair after the paint is still the original paint, and the original paint is certainly better than the process of spray paint.
Another contrast is in terms of cost, sheet metal painting because it is regardless of the size of the dent repair, all need the same process, resulting in sheet metal painting of the starting cost will be relatively high, in Shanghai, for example, the average price of sheet metal painting on the market in the 600 or so a surface, and then some of the more serious on the price of a hundred or two hundred or so, a small accident is very expensive to fix up, a big accident repair is more cost-effective. Dent repair is the opposite, the starting price is low, the ceiling price is very high. Also in Shanghai, for example, a small dent in a good position to repair about 150 ~ 200, and some serious, the whole surface is uneven that is expensive. Our store repaired the most expensive dent is a Mercedes-Benz G63 upper beam, the entire dent has more than half of the roof length, quote 7000, this is also estimated to be the most expensive dent repair sector a pit. Of course, do not look at this pit is very expensive, in fact, we do not recommend that the owner repair, one is not perfect; two is this place even if you go to the 4s store sheet metal painting is also about three or four thousand, the value of the repair has been not much, but the owner insisted on repairing, had no choice but to repair. Finally sent the store’s best technical master repair 7 days, only to repair completed, excluding rent and labor this car’s profit is not much, mainly or a role in advertising.
Time comparison: sheet metal painting time is generally one to two days, 4s store may be a little longer, about three to four days (mainly in line). The time spent on dent repair depends on the size of the dent, time in half an hour to a few days have, the bigger the pit the more difficult to repair, the more time spent, generally about 600 dent repair time in three or four hours.
Auto dent repair and traditional sheet metal painting are coexisting or complementary, and there is no way to favor one over the other, only the scope of application is different. Smaller dents are definitely better for dent repair, while larger dents are better for sheet metal painting considering the price factor as well as the results (some serious corner dents can’t be repaired perfectly), such as the Big G mentioned above. When the dent repair and sheet metal painting price is the same or not much difference, taking into account the process and time comparison, painting there is a hidden cost, the money back and forth to pick up the car taxi, time costs and vehicle depreciation fees are invisible expenses. This comparison down, you know how to choose it!