Every guide is grounded in real repair work at our Plano shop and technically reviewed by founder Vytas Kucinskas before it carries the reviewed label. Sources and review dates are shown on every page.
Legitimate exclusions fall into four groups: new damage that happened after the repair, pre-existing conditions such as prior filler or cracked paint, work another party performs on the same panel, and agreed limits documented before the job started.
Yes. DentPicks runs one shop, in Plano, and covers the rest of the metroplex with complimentary pickup and delivery on insurance-approved hail claims — the vehicle is collected from a home, workplace or apartment lot and returned the same way.
Both ends of the trip should produce the same record: date, time and location, a photographed odometer and fuel or charge level, a full walk-around of every panel, all glass and all four wheels, interior shots, and signatures from both people present.…
Paintless dent repair itself creates no vehicle-history record, because nothing about it generates a reportable event.
Yes. Reporting a hail loss is a phone call, app entry or web form, and none of it requires you to be with the vehicle.
Usually yes, if the hail damage is real. Your lease makes you responsible for the vehicle's condition, and the lessor's excess damage charge is generally priced at dealer retail rates, so a comprehensive claim often costs less than the bill you would…
Neither is automatically better. A skilled mobile technician handles door dings, small creases and easily accessed panels well, and saves you a trip.
Confirm the storm date first, using NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports and the NWS Fort Worth office, then photograph the vehicle and report the loss to your insurer.
Ask four things: who is actually paying, for how many days, whether it is a rental, a loaner or pickup-and-delivery, and whether any of it is being billed to the claim.
Send photos, report the claim to your insurer, then book the inspection — either drive down US-75 to the Plano shop, about 15 minutes from both cities, or schedule complimentary pickup, which applies on insurance-approved hail claims.
Compare on method, lighting and capacity rather than distance, since every option in East Dallas County is within about twenty-five minutes.
No and yes. Hail is a comprehensive loss with no fault assigned, so one hail claim is generally not a surcharge event the way an at-fault collision claim can be.
Send us photos of the damage or schedule an inspection at the Plano shop — we'll tell you honestly what your vehicle needs, what it should cost, and whether a claim makes sense.
Someone from the team will get back to you. If it is urgent, call (866) 336-8767 and you will reach the Plano shop.
