coykiam

So parts of Long Island NY got hit with a hail storm last night. I am unfortunately one of the unlucky ones already. I have a huge crack on the windshield that needs replacement, dents all over my hood, roof, trunk, and some on the fender. Hopefully the body shop can restore and match the paint. I have a WDP so I'm a bit nervous. let see some of your damages...here's mine.

jimsta

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Ouch... I saw pictures all over news and facebook of the damage... totally sux, lucky that my part of queens wasn't hit.

I saw a few pictures posted with rear windows shattered.

guitarplayer16

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Sorry to hear man.

Any pics of "dents all over"?

TripnTSX

We had a hail storm in Dallas couple of months back (tennis ball size hail). Luckily my TLS was in garage, but my wifes Accord got beat up really bad.

A local Paintless Dent Repair company fixed it in about a week. The car looks normal and they charged my auto insurance about $4500 for repair.

Good luck.

coykiam

Might be hard to see and hoping Paintless Dent Removal will be able to make it look new.

Here are the damages...

The Roof
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/3...0802131026.jpg

Trunk
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/1...0802131037.jpg

Hood
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3106/...0802131047.jpg

Driver Side fender, I counted 2 tiny dents
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8...0802134447.jpg

The top of the passenger side door
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3...0802134507.jpg


Anybody else got unlucky?

P.S. I dont know why but the images shows up as links. Tried embedding them but no luck.

garrett

when you post an image make sure you use the image tags like so...

["img"] http://www.yourimage.com[/img]

ignore the " marks had to put those to show the tags.


The Roof


Trunk


Hood


Driver Side fender, I counted 2 tiny dents


The top of the passenger side door

SCS15

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Damn bro, feel bad for you. Why don't you check out pdr and get an estimate first. A lot easier than going through all that bodywork and paintwork.

Yvuru

damn man that sucks so bad, at least you arent hurt

bforbrian

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Looks like you lucked out compared to mine. I was in New Hyde Park at the worst time.
There's a thread on this in the NY/NJ section already.

Steven Bell

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We had a bad hail storm about a month ago in Kansas City. I've got a few dents that need to be fixed myself....

yinja

dude i feel you cuz ive encountered a hit n run recently and it sucksssss

flyromeo3

wait till i get pics of my brothers X5
It looks like someone took a ball point hammer and demolished the hood, fenders and roof.
Wow,...btw,..he was at stop and shop in bayside I think when this happened

coykiam

yupz, my car got raped pretty bad. I'm just hoping it will look the same when the shop is done.

omnuts

Sorry I hear about the damage hopefully you can get it fixed without any issues, GL

csmeance

Most of those dents seem fairly shallow and without creases so PDR should be able to get them out. The faster you remove dents like those the better the outcome is with PDR. My suggestion for you is to go to a PDR guy and get an estimate, call up your insurance company with it and tell them the faster it's done the better the results.

LoveMyTL-S

You might try this and do the dent removal yourself:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/501379...ith_airduster/

coykiam

I'm willing to try it but will the sudden temperature change ruin the paint? I don't want to cause more harm than good.

jhumbo

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I highly recommend finding a good Paintless Dent Repair shop. Definitely the better route than doing a bunch of body work/paint work.

Yvuru

wtf? i live around that area... im gonna go take another look at my car now

edit: nah im good.... mmmm freshly waxed paint

swoosh

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^^^ dont sprinkle salt on the wound bro....

I feel you OP....when KC was hit by the hailstorm my car was at the apartment under the port but my girls lexus is the car we were using that day (ironically) but the minute i heard "tapppp...tap tap" i was like fawk and drove the car in a covered lot near the gym....got lucky...

so i feel u and I hope your car will be fixed and like new...

aIRpeACE

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i would cry if that happens

csmeance

Wow, not cool dude. Maybe your attitude is the reason your single...

Hail damage can be a hit or a miss in terms of removal. Your damage doesn't look to bad so you should be fairly easy to remove

LoveMyTL-S

I don't think it would harm the paint. Perhaps try it in one spot and see how it goes.

coykiam

The funny thing is when it happened, we also used my fiancee's car and she was like "omg its hailing!" and I said "F***...my car is dead!!!"

It's all good, his TL's unlucky day will come...and my gf/fiancee was snugging with me when she found out. Ahhhhh the joys of not being single.

yupz, going to try it later on today. already got a can ready. Thanks for the video help.




In addition, I just saw damages on the black outside B pillars on both side. Hope it's not too hard to repair that.

umakemekissu

OP, that really sucks! but just so you know PDR aint cheap so hopefully your insurance cover it for you!
I live in Eastern MA and have had some pretty close call on hails as well, but luckily they died out and never able reach where I live.
I guess a nice car truly need a garage. Or try to reserve energy or start recyclying and the weather might be nice to you next time LOL

swoosh

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LMAO....guess all us TL owners think alike....i was shooting a video of the hail and said the same to my girl...."i know my car is in the port but def hail damage...F******"

eduardmc

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i was in long island when the hail hit and my car had plenty of damage. i was lucky that i saw a gas station to hide in until the storm passed but the damage was already done. i have about 7 big dent in the roof, about 2 in the hood, 3 on the side, 2 in trunk. My car is black and it looks pretty bad.

unlike most of you i cannot afford full coverage cause i live in the bronx and insurance is pretty high in my area. i can only afford liability which doesn't cover any of this. how much is full coverage that i cannot afford it? how does $4k every 6 month sounds to you? yeap... that's right, so please bless your insurance that you can get it so cheap in other area in NY and states.

I will repaint my car tomorrow. ROOF, HOOD, FRONT BUMBER FOR $700 in a nice body shop here in the island, this money is coming out of my packet . what can i do, i have no other choice.

i find repainting easier than to deal with dent removable shop for the roof and hood since the damage in the roof is to much and the hood with the bumper was going to be repainted either way (i have to many rock chips damage). Now is the perfect time to get it over with.

swoosh

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thats not too bad dude....

to honest even if you had insurance you would have had to pay your deductible which is like ~$500 (usually)....so 700 is not bad at all....at the same time this wont go on the carfax....so come to think about it, win win situation for you....

SCS15

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^ truth

as long as the paintwork is good its win win

coykiam

Thats what i'm hoping. Parked the car last friday and did not use it till today for work and noticed the crack getting bigger. Yikes!!! Hoping it holds up for one more day then i'll be using the woman's car. (A Nissan!! ugh...grr!!)

LoveMyTL-S

Did the canned air work?

coykiam

I didnt get to try it yet since I haven't gotten a hold of a dryer. Been busy the pass couple days.