Originally Posted by seely
Some good paintless dent removal guys who work on high-end exotic cars (Ferrari's are aluminum) can minimize the dent. We had a customer with a ding in his beautiful Project 1 Klein who took it to such a specialist and for about $80 had it looking as good as new.
Just because you pull out the dent doesn't mean the strength of an Aluminum frame isn't compromised. This is less true with steel...and the sheetmetal on cars is not a critical load bearing component.