Tactical Dent Tech

In this episode of the Tactical Dent Tech Podcast, John Highley breaks down two recent advanced repairs and the bigger lessons that come from them — both on the repair side and the marketing side. First, he talks through a BMW rear quarter panel repair that multiple shops in a saturated hail market had already turned down. Then he goes into a 2011 Dodge Cummins bed rail repair where a fifth wheel trailer dropped onto both sides of the bed, creating major top rail damage that required a completely different tactical approach. Inside this episode, John covers: Why some of the best hail technicians still don't do advanced smash repairs How the BMW quarter panel repair required glue pulling, edge pliers, sharp-tip knockdown work, wet sanding, and polishing Why the Anson edge pliers were critical on the BMW edge repair How the Black Plague Super Straight tabs helped finish the upper repair cleanly The strategy behind attacking the Dodge bed rail damage from multiple directions at once Using a Porto-Pow