Miro Panelbeating and Spraypainting is a panel beater at 8 Goodshed Road in Upper Hutt, holding a 4.8 Google rating and reachable through its Facebook page.
The core craft is making damage vanish: panels are hammered, filled and smoothed back to shape, then repainted so the repair is invisible. Colour matching is where skill shows, because metallic and pearl paints shift with the light and an older car's paint will have faded over the years. Most shops give a written quote before starting, and on insurance jobs they deal with the assessor directly, leaving you to pay only your excess. Regulars also know to ask whether a small dent can be pushed out without repainting — quicker and cheaper when it's possible.
For a prang in the Hutt Valley, Miro on Goodshed Road is a well-rated local starting point.