A Range Rover presents the largest flat aluminum surfaces of anything we regularly see. That combination — broad, flat, and soft — is why hail reads so badly on them and why the repair takes patience.
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All-aluminum body. Range Rover moved to aluminum-intensive construction well before most of the market, and aluminum has to be worked differently than steel — smaller moves, careful heat, no expectation that the panel will help you by springing back. There is very little margin for a push that goes too far.
Broad, flat surfaces. The hood and roof are close to planar across a large area. Flat panels telegraph every imperfection: a dent reads as a dark spot from thirty feet, and so does an over-corrected repair. These panels have to be finished to the reflection, sighted along their full length, not judged by touch.
Adhesive-bonded and riveted joints. Aluminum structures are bonded and riveted rather than spot-welded throughout. Bonded seams mean there are places a tool simply cannot get behind, so more of the work shifts to glue pulling from the outside — slower, and it requires knowing which pull tabs and adhesives are safe on the factory finish.
Panel replacement is a serious job. On a bonded aluminum body, replacing a panel is not the routine operation it is on a steel car. That raises the value of repairing what is there.
A Range Rover rear quarter through our shop. Some damage is past PDR and needs conventional repair and refinish — we do both here.
For hail with the paint still intact, paintless dent repair is the right call: the factory finish stays on the car, there is no color to match on a metallic or a satin finish, and the vehicle is not tied up in a booth for weeks.
When the damage is past that — stretched metal, cracked paint, collision damage to a quarter panel — it goes the conventional route, and that happens in the same building with the same warranty. The photo above is one of those. We would rather tell you a panel needs refinishing than push metal that will not come back and hand you a ripple.
Evaluations are free and need no appointment during shop hours. We will sight the panels and tell you honestly which are PDR candidates and which are not. A fully scoped written hail estimate is $500, credited back when you repair with us — and not charged at all if you are leaving the vehicle for the repair.
All carriers accepted, and in Texas the choice of shop is yours regardless of what your insurer suggests. Everything we do carries a lifetime warranty on workmanship for as long as you own the vehicle. Full detail on our straight-answers page.
1101 Ohio Dr #111, Plano, TX 75093 — off the George Bush Turnpike at Preston. Monday to Friday 9 to 6, Saturday 10 to 1.
Walk-in evaluations are free, and most take less than 15 minutes. Call ahead if you want, but you do not have to.
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