Mobile service · Greater Vancouver Area

No filler.
No paint.
No trace.

A dent is just metal bent out of true — you notice it because it breaks the reflection. Norm reads that distorted light and works the panel back to factory-straight, by hand. Your original paint never leaves the car.

20yrs
Certified experience
0mm
Filler used
100%
Factory paint kept
Actual PDR repair sequence Specialized PDR fog light casting reflected gradients across a vehicle panel
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The craft

A dent is a broken reflection.

Norm uses a specialized lighting system that casts a precise gradient shadow across the vehicle's body, mapping the exact topography of the metal. The true art of Paintless Dent Repair lies in interpreting this reflected data.

01
Map the topography

The fog light creates a smooth transition from bright reflection to shadow, exposing subtle highs and lows in the panel.

02
Interpret the distortion

By reading how that gradient bends, Norm pinpoints micro-imperfections and determines exactly where to push, pull or blend.

03
Restore the panel

Controlled corrections return the metal to its original shape while the factory finish stays intact.

Fog lighting revealing smooth shadow transitions and panel contours
Reflected gradient — light becomes surface data
How it works

Three steps, no shop visit.

No drop-off, no rental car, no waiting around a body shop. Getting a dent fixed should be the easy part of your week.

01

Send three photos

Photograph the damage from three different angles, then include the damaged panel, year, make, model and whether that panel has ever been repainted.

02

We come to you

Norm brings the shop to your driveway or office — anywhere across the Greater Vancouver Area. Carry on with your day while the work gets done.

03

Flawless finish

Factory paint preserved, zero filler, no trace left behind. The panel reads factory-straight — and so does your resale value.

What we do

Specialist work, not just a quick fix.

Every panel is different. Twenty years at factory-level precision means the right approach for daily drivers, six-figure exotics, and everything in between.

Paintless dent repair tools against a reflective vehicle panel
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Paintless Dent Repair

The craft itself. Dings, door dents, hail damage and creases worked out from behind the panel — no fillers, no repaint, no blending. The finish you paid for stays exactly where it is.

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Luxury vehicle body panel detail prepared for dent repair
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Luxury & Exotic Care

Porsche, BMW, Audi, Tesla. As a VW/Audi Master Technician, Norm knows how high-end panels are engineered — and how a wrong move shows. Delicate work, done right the first time.

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EV or hybrid vehicle detail for specialist paintless dent repair
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EV & Hybrid Specialty

Advanced high-voltage training means EV body panels and battery-adjacent structures are handled safely and precisely — work most shops simply aren't equipped to touch.

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Norm Patterson, owner and lead technician at AutoMedic
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Norm PattersonOwner / Operator
The master-tech advantage

The Mechanic & The Musician.

Norm Patterson is a Vancouver-area local, a family man, and a licensed Red Seal Technician and VW/Audi Master with nearly twenty years of certified experience. He built his career on factory-level precision and a standard of repair quality he won't compromise.

He's also a lifelong drummer. Years at the kit — studying technique, training fine motor control — gave him the exact hand-eye coordination that paintless dent repair lives and dies by. Reading the light off a panel, feeling the metal move under a tool, knowing precisely when to stop: that's where the craft happens, and it's why every job leaves factory-quality, every time.

Certification
Licensed Red Seal Technician
Marque
VW / Audi Master Technician
High-voltage
Hybrid & EV systems trained
Experience
~20 years certified
Coverage
Greater Vancouver Area · mobile
Get in touch

Send three photos. Get a quote.

Three views give Norm the clearest read of the damage. Include the panel, year, make, model and repaint history for the most accurate estimate.

Fastest way — text three photos
604.760.9566

Use three different angles and include the panel, year, make, model and whether it has been repainted.

Service area
Greater Vancouver Area — we come to you
Hours
Mon–Sat · by appointment

Get your free quote

Takes about 90 seconds. Tell us what happened and how to reach you — Norm will get back to you with a no-obligation quote.

Usually replied within the hour