DFW COLLISION & HAIL REPAIR COST ESTIMATOR
Answer five quick questions and get an honest repair cost range in about 30 seconds — no phone number required to see your number. Every range comes straight from the cost tables we publish on this site and write against real DFW jobs: collision work from $300 minor repairs to $18,000+ rebuilds, hail from $750 light damage to $15,000+ severe.
This free tool estimates DFW auto body repair costs from DG Collision’s published price tables — no contact info required. Typical ranges: minor dents and scratches $300–$800; bumper replacement and paint $1,000–$2,500; fender or door repair $1,500–$3,800; major collision with frame work $3,000–$10,000+; light hail $750–$1,500; a typical full-vehicle DFW hail claim $2,500–$8,000; severe hail $5,000–$15,000+. With insurance, your real out-of-pocket is capped at your deductible — often $0 on hail claims with deductible assistance.
- It’s a range, not a quote: hidden damage found at teardown moves real numbers — that’s what supplements are for, and your maximum stays your deductible on a covered claim.
- Every number is published: the tool only shows ranges from the cost tables on our collision, paint, frame and hail pages — nothing invented, nothing hidden.
- Insurance flips the math: the range decides whether to file; once you file, the deductible — not the range — is what you pay.
30 Seconds · 5 Questions
ESTIMATE YOUR REPAIR COST
What kind of damage are we pricing?
Where’s the damage?
How much of the vehicle got hit?
How bad is it?
What do the worst dents look like?
What do you drive?
Paying cash, or going through insurance?
Your estimated range
This is a planning range from our published price tables, not a quote — the free written estimate is what makes it exact. Hidden damage found at teardown is handled by insurance supplements; on a covered claim your maximum stays your deductible.
No Black Box
WHERE THESE NUMBERS COME FROM
Every range this tool shows is a row from a price table we already publish and stand behind: the collision table on our collision repair page, the refinish table on the paint page, the structural table on the frame straightening page, and the hail tiers in our DFW hail cost guide. The tool doesn’t invent numbers, apply secret multipliers, or lowball to get you in the door — it just matches your answers to the published row that fits, the same way our estimators triage a walk-in before the detailed teardown.
Why ranges instead of a number? Because two dented doors that look identical from six feet can be $1,600 apart once you know whether the inner structure caught the hit, whether the crease crossed a body line, and whether the paint is a three-stage pearl that needs blending into two adjacent panels. The written estimate — free, about 15 minutes — is where the range collapses to a number. What we can promise at the range stage: honest tables, the same for everyone, published where you can check them.
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WHAT MOVES YOUR NUMBER UP OR DOWN
Up: hidden damage behind the panel (absorbers, brackets, sensors), structural involvement you can’t see from outside, three-stage and tinted-clearcoat paints that require blending adjacent panels, aluminum panels on 2015+ trucks, and ADAS sensors that need recalibration after body work. None of that is a surprise cost trick — on an insurance claim it’s handled by a supplement your shop files with photos, and your deductible stays your maximum.
Down: damage that looks dramatic but stayed cosmetic (scuffs transfer paint that compounds right off), dents with intact paint that qualify for PDR instead of paint work, and aftermarket-OEM parts on older vehicles where they’re the smart-money call. It’s also why “my neighbor paid half that” and “the dealer quoted double” can both be true — the details decide.
And the number that matters most: if you’re insured, the estimate range mostly answers one question — is this comfortably above your deductible? If yes, the claim usually wins, your out-of-pocket caps at the deductible, and on hail we typically absorb even that. If the range straddles your deductible, get the free written estimate before filing anything — that’s exactly the decision it exists for.
The Work Behind The Tables
WHAT THESE RANGES BUY
A real rear-end repair from our Lewisville floor — the kind of job the mid-table collision rows price. Drag the slider.
Before
After
Rear-End Collision — Tailgate & Panel
Crushed rear repaired, refinished and color-matched — a typical mid-table collision job
Estimator Questions