ding repair in honolulu

General Discussion
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Can anyone recommend a ding repair shop in the Honolulu area? I know there are lots of them, I’m just looking for reasonable price/quality work.

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I dont know about town but in Kailua I take my boards to Kimo’s if its something like a blown FCS plug that I cant fix, but he also does all types of repairs.

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Bra, what did you do to your board? is it something that you cannot fix yourself? I dont mean to be condescending, I have taken a few bards to get fixed by “Professionals” but that was a long time ago. Depending on what it is I would be happy to help you fix it yourself, in fact I have materails to donate, if you wanted to try to do it “yourself,” but if you are really concerned about the cosmetic part then just take it to a good shop and they will sub it out to someone they trust. I know they are more expensive then many others but I usually send people who want a really good job done to planet surf, they have been around for a long time and they are more concerned about their reputation than most shops that I have seen repairs come out of. Again, I fix all my own boards with few exceptions, of you wanna do it yourself I would be more than happy to spend an afternoon helping you out.

Joe~

just PM me

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I would fix it myself, but its a blown fcs plug and I don’t have the tools to do that anymore. Thanks for your suggestions on places to take my board.

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my friends all have had good luck at Blue Planet… the Naish shop in Kailua does good work as well…

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In Honolulu you can use Hawaiian Rush and Blue Planet Surf. The best guy with good prices and a fast turn around time is Charlie Wong in Kailua. Email me if you want his number.

Aloha

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Take it to kimo green on sand island. It’s the closest to your house. Might as well get a full retro fit red -x system too and won’t have to worry about it again

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Take it to Jay Rush in Kakaako. He does the best color match ding repair I have seen in a long time.

596-0580

Places like Surf Garage, South Shore, and Clips take their high end boards there when they get dinged in transit from California, so they can still sell them at $1300+. Jesus.

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thanks for all the advice!

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I called Edge Boardworks about a snapped tufflite and the guy told me that it wasn’t worth it for a ‘professional’ job and that I should do it myself and save the money for a new board.

I liked the honesty, but then he EXPLAINS to me how to fix the thing myself and where I can get supplies. That was above and beyond customer service. I’m just saving up for a milwaukee orbital right now so I can finish the job.

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I last took my board to the Downing Hawaii shop. They took a long time with it due to the Eddie Akau contest and my board took on a lot of water. The repair was better than expected. I just bought a round pin from them last week.