Will hail repair show up on Carfax?
A comprehensive insurance claim can appear on a vehicle history report, because insurers and repair facilities report claim activity. What paintless dent repair avoids is the separate, permanent record of refinished panels that a repaint leaves on the car itself.
Two different records
The first is the claim history — what your insurer reports about the incident. The second is the physical evidence on the vehicle: paint thickness readings, overspray, tape lines, colour that does not quite match across a panel edge. A buyer or a dealer can find the second one on the lot with a fifty-dollar gauge, whether or not the first one shows up in a report.
What PDR changes
Because no panel is refinished, there is nothing on the car to find. The paint is the paint it left the factory with, and the readings match across every panel. That is the part of the car's history you actually control by choosing the repair method.
What to keep
Keep the repair documentation and the written warranty. A documented paintless repair with a transferable warranty is an argument in your favour at resale, not something to hide.
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What we do
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