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Learn paintless dent repair online

A 51-video course taught by a working PDR technician, and the PDR eBook on running a PDR business. Learn at home, at your own pace, then come to hands-on training when you’re ready.

🎬 51 videos♾️ Lifetime access📱 Any device🛠️ Real cars, real jobs
51training videos
9modules, zero to job-ready
20+ yearsrepairing hail damage
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PDR Course Online

Everything from basic tool knowledge to panel work and hail repair, on video, structured to take you from zero to job-ready.

  • 1Introduction2 videos
  • 2Tools & equipment9 videos
  • 3Glue pulling9 videos
  • 4Pushing techniques7 videos
  • 5Panel work7 videos
  • 6Access points & windows3 videos
  • 7Roof work3 videos
  • 8Remove & replace (R&R)7 videos
  • 9Hail dent overview4 videos
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PDR Course Online

$80 + GST · one-time

$88 total, including GST

  • All 51 training videos
  • All 9 modules
  • Lifetime access, any device
  • Taught by Jimmy Deguara

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See how it’s done

Real cars, real tools, real dents. This is the work you’ll learn to do.

Black car fender with each dent circled and marked for repair
Marking and counting every dent before the repair
Hands sizing hail dents on a Dent Matrix sheet
Sizing dents with the Dent Matrix
A technician using a tool through an access point in a vehicle
Reaching tight spots
Trainers working on a car during a hands-on PDR course
Hands-on with a trainer
Technicians working on a panel in a workshop
In the workshop

🌱Complete beginnersNo experience needed.
🔨Panel beatersAdd PDR to your skills.
🚗Car enthusiastsFix your own dings.
🎯Future PDR techsGet the basics before hands-on training.

PDR eBook

Written from inside the storm. The business side of PDR: learn to quote a hail car like an insurer, deal with insurance companies and car yards, and set up your business properly.

  1. PDR introduction and history
  2. Insurance, excesses and claims
  3. Business planning and risk
  4. Business setup and operating in the storm
  5. Accounting and software
  6. Managing your client base
  7. Dent estimation and the Dent Matrix
  8. The quotation process
  9. PDR tools, and buying them well
  10. Remove and replace
  11. Glue and pull technique
  12. Leverage, access points, creases and blending

“Read it before your hands-on days, so the whole course is spent on the cars.”

The business side

PDR eBook

$49 + GST · one-time

$53.90 total, including GST

  • 12 chapters, 82 topics
  • 168 diagrams and photos
  • Hail quoting and the Dent Matrix
  • Lifetime access and updates

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Your instructor: Jimmy Deguara

A PDR technician with more than 20 years repairing hail damage across Australia, and a storm chaser who has spent decades inside the storms that cause it. Everything in the course and the eBook comes from real jobs.

The next step

1-on-1 hands-on PDR courses

When you’re ready, train on real cars with your own trainer. Fully hands-on, flexible days including weekends, and support from your trainer afterwards. You can also use our job network as an extra resource for building your business. The 6-day course is our minimum for fixing small dents and hail-damaged cars.

🔒 Course prices frozen since 2015

From $3,500 + GST

$3,850 total, including GST

3, 5, 6, 12 and 28-day courses · 6-day hail course $5,300 + GST ($5,830 total)

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Quick answers

Do I need tools to start the online course?

No. Watch first and learn what each tool does; the course and eBook explain what to buy. Starter tool sets are also available with the hands-on courses.

How long do I have access?

For life. Pay once, watch or read any time on any device. No subscriptions.

How does GST work?

GST (10%) is added to the price at checkout. The course is $80 + GST ($88 in total) and the eBook is $49 + GST ($53.90 in total).

Can I do hands-on training later?

Yes. Most people start online, then book a 1-on-1 course in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide or Canberra.

Questions? Call or text 0408 020 468.