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Old 05-05-2006, 03:16 PM
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hailed on my car last night. dimples from front to back bumpers. Getting an estimate on sunday. pics will be up later today. sucks.
Old 05-05-2006, 03:23 PM
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That blows. Sorry to hear it. Scratches and dings are painful enough....hail damage just sucks.
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Ouch...seems like hail has been a big problem lately. The last time I heard about hail for my area on the news, I promptly went out to my car and moved it to a covered parking structure in the area to wait out the storm.
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Yeah...sorry to hear that man...its been hailing like crazy the past couple days in sa...i was actually driving through the hail storm on tuesday night...luckily no damage at all, but as i was driving the hail hitting the car was loud...car was in the gargage last night so it was safe...
Old 05-05-2006, 04:11 PM
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pics don't show the extent of the damage, but here goes:

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How big was the hail? The only pic I can see anything on is the roof. Whenever it hails here, which is rare, it makes me nervous, but it's usually pretty small, and I wonder how big it'd have to be to cause damage.
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The roof pic is pretty telling. Looks like someone at a dent wizard shop is gonna be making a lot of money.
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Jeez man. Sorry to see those pics. I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy.
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like i said, the pics dont show the extent of the damage. they were pretty small hail, marble to golfball sized, but there are dozens of dents all over, even on the front wheel panels. i had trouble getting a good angle, the hood is the most telling, but it is like that the entire car.
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Damn, sorry hear about that.
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Those are some pretty bad dents..... It's been a long time since I've see any hail. I hope the repairs go well.......
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thanks guys...hope all goes well, my deductible is my header money, so it may have to wait a few weeks
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ouch and ouch
sorry about that, I can see them dimples,
I hope you don't have to pay a penny.

how big were the ice bullets ?
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Originally Posted by fuckleberry
ouch and ouch
sorry about that, I can see them dimples,
I hope you don't have to pay a penny.

how big were the ice bullets ?
size: marble to golfball
penny: $250 deductible
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Damn sorry to see those pics, looks serious... I think i would go crazy and then have a stroke at 24..
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Looks pretty bad, sorry to see what happened. Anyways are dents like that easily fixable? I had 1 small dent near the back end someone hit a golf ball and happened to land on my car and made a small dent not noticable from far away but it still annoys me to see it there since it's a new car.
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Update!!

so i got my estimate today. $5,000 to fix the car. can you believe that???
They are going to replace the hood, roof, deck and right front quarter panel. they are going to repair the doors. all my seals are dented and they are replacing them. Also, my front lower grill is going to need to be replaced. estimated 20 days in a ford focus to get it done right. they said there were so many dents, it would be cheaper for them to replace the parts instead of trying to fix them. now im thinking about a carbon hood and deck...
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oh damn....so sorry to hear that...
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