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Hello folks

Remember the hailstorm in Boulder on October 1st? I thought I
had only minor damage to my car, but I took it in to get an
estimate, and NOW I have a problem. 

There are small dents all over the car, the body shop (Boulder Bump)
guy said he will have to replace the hood, and work on
just about each of the rest of the panels. This means basically 
the whole car will be repainted. Total cost: approx $3000.

There is another option, use the dent doctor. The insurance
guy recommended it, so I checked out "Precision Dent" in
Broomfield. The guy said he could fix all the dents, no problem.
This option is approx $1800.

The cost is really not a problem, my question is what is the
right thing to do.

The car is 92 Camry, so the paint job is pretty good (I think).
If I use the dent doctor, the original paint will be retained.
On the other hand, if use a body shop, I will get an almost 
totally new paint job. My car dealer's service shop said 
a new paint job is preferable to having the dents doctored.

SO, the questions are:
1. Does anyone have experience with Precision Dent (or other 
dent doctors)?
1.5 Does anyone have experience with Body shops in Boulder?
The ones I was considering were: Boudler Bump Shop, CarWorks.
2. Between having the car painted or using the dent doctor, is
one preferred over the other? Why?
3. Is the new paint job comparable quality to the factory paint?
4. Is it worth it to try to keep the factory paint?

I figure lots of people have experience from the recent (or in
the past) hailstorms. Could you please share it with me?
I can summarize the replies.

Thanks,
Madhav
mapte@advtech.uswest.com