This is a review from last year for the Pro PDR solutions LED light.
The video is showing an earlier version we purchased with 4 strips. On a tip from Jeremy Neppl we bought two of the new version and had 1 green and 1 orange LED strip added in.
The green strip together with a white one are what we use most all the time now.
The orange gets no love from us at all, and we tend to forget its there.
Each strip has its own switch so you can try different combos.
You can run 2 strips at a time and the battery consumption will equal 1 of the old fluorescent style lights with 1 bulb. (Around 30 watts.)
There's been some confusion about these lights and running multiple strips like a line board as taught by Myke Toledo and others.
You can only look at one strip at a time, and running more than two or three strips will suck your batteries down fast.
LED lights are more like a hybrid of a shadow light and sprayed fog. You get the best of both lights here. The bottoms show well and pushing clean is made easier since the pushes really pop. How you position it is key.
There is an advantage to having the strips far apart. This can mimic having two lights, one high, one lower. Pro PDR offers the fathead light which really takes advantage of this.
Less Eye Fatigue
Though you can't see it, fluorescent tubes oscillate or cycle light from one end of tube to the other. Some say this is harmful to the eyes. I'm no scientist, but we do notice less eye fatigue after a day of heavy work with the LED's.
My only gripe with these lights is going back to the old fluorescent lights is no fun at all. It makes us wonder how we ever used them.
I now only recommend LED lights for this reason.
If you're like me and have multiple stands, Bill and the team at PRO PDR can set you up with a retro-fitting for your stand.
The heads are very lightweight which is nice when booming out over a roof.
[Video update] Since we shot this, the slight curve is no worse than new and does not affect its use at all.
Lights for PDR training are one of the most expensive items you'll need to get started.
Watch the video on how to build this practice PDR light for as little as $70 in materials. All parts available from your local big box hardware store.
Watch this video to save some of your hard earned money for paintless dent removal tools.
I'll show you where to get the parts and how to build it.
PDR Training DIY Light
Click the link to watch the free video about PDR Lights.
Removing taillights for paintless dent removal access on quarter panels was once easy. Pull back some trim, loosen four nuts and its out.
The biggest challenge then was Nissan's nasty, gummy black butyl sealant, which held those lamps in better than a crusty barnacle on a boat hull.
In the early 2000's however, Honda changed their design. Now if you want tail lamps out, you will first have to remove the rear bumper.
Many PDR techs cursed Honda for making our jobs more difficult, but the car maker had good reason. Adding a bracket to the tail lamp assembly makes for a tighter fit, better looking lines and fewer rattles.
It also put the bumper cover in its proper place in the world of car design.
Cosmetic cover. Eye candy fascia to hide the sturdy underbelly of impact resistance and uni-body structure.
Other automakers have followed suit, as you can see by the ultra large covers now resting on the rump's of late model Toyota's, Mazda's and Lexus.
Large booty beauty aside, as a dent technician, you still need those rear lamps out.
How do you get them off?
Watch the videos to see exactly how to remove a 2006 Acura TL rear bumper. The same basic technique will work with many Honda products.
Click the images below to watch video in two parts
Have you ever worked a car with a dent in the roof, trunk, or hood
that is so big, it holds water?
Then you know what I'm talking about when I say
"Bird Bath Dent". You know, the kind where you have to pump the water
out before you can work it?
They can happen on the sides too, these we just call
"craters".
This kind of dent is so deep and stretched, there's almost
no hope of fixing them with paintless dent repair.
Until now.
If you're like me, you've fought these babies too many
times.
Is there a technique which will help you fix them with PDR?
Do you have to glue an ice cream stick to it?
Not any more.
Go watch the video and see what I mean.
Deep Dents Video
Oh yeah, I'm also going to tell you about a "must have" tool
for working on doors.
deeply yours,
Tim
Is paintless dent repair a form of art?
Must you be an artist to fix dents without painting?
When you see what TJ and Bakhodir from Uzbekistan have done, you might say yes.
Watch the video to find out how a process becomes art.
