Watched a hail-dented Civic go from 40 dings to showroom smooth in 3 days, and the trick was just slowing down

Sean Cooper · 2026-09-24T00:00:03.388632+00:00

A guy at my shop in Boise spent a full day just tapping and mapping every dent with a marker before he touched a single tool, while I used to jump straight to the slide hammer. His panel came out looking factory and mine always had that wavy reflection under the shop lights. Any of you map out dents first, or am I the only one who's been rushing this for 6 years?

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