The neutral number, before the shop quotes you
PanelProof tells car owners what cosmetic damage actually costs to fix, so a quote is something you can check instead of something you have to trust.
Search "dent repair cost" and you get a wall of shops, each quoting the job they want to sell. Search the big car sites and you get oil changes and trade-in values, nothing about a curbed rim or a hail-pocked hood. That gap is the whole reason PanelProof exists.
We do not fix cars. We track what cosmetic repairs run across the United States, paintless dent repair, hail, scratches, curb rash, wheel refinishing, and rust, and turn it into estimators that price your specific damage the same way a tech would: by size, depth, panel, and count. Every estimator shows its math, and every cost figure carries the month it was last reviewed.
The goal is simple. You should be able to walk into a shop already knowing whether a quarter-size door ding is a $150 paintless pull or a $900 repaint, whether your hail is worth a claim, and whether that curb rash is a $40 kit or a $400 wheel. An informed owner gets a fair price.
We stay in the cosmetic lane on purpose. PanelProof is about what fixing a dent, scratch, or scuff costs, not about navigating a collision claim or frame damage. Spot a number that looks off? Tell us athello@panelproof.com and we will check it.