HAIL Damage !! Now what?

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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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HAIL Damage !! Now what?

2 weeks or so old and parked last night (luckily under a tree) 4:00 am last night there was this hellacious Freak HAIL storm that dumped 1.25 inch hail for 10-15 minutes (no rain during the hail. Then it rained ICE for another 15 minutes.
Long story short. The trunk is the worse off. 6-10 tiny dents, some on the roof and some on the hood. You have to look for them but they are there.
Do I have to live with these? Can they be taken out?
They are hard to photograph but I will try tomorrow.
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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Hail is the hardest one to get rid of, but a good Paintless Dent Repair shop can do wonders. Check with your dealer, the yellow pages, or go to any good body shop and they can refer you to a PDR shop.

Best thing is to get this done right away so you can find out for sure how much they can do, insteadt of worrying about it.
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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 10:26 PM
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I would check with the insurance people if they would cover it since it is damage caused by nature just like flood and other natural "accidents"

My 2 cents
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 01:38 AM
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Then the rates fo up!...
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Originally Posted by scrb09
I would check with the insurance people if they would cover it since it is damage caused by nature just like flood and other natural "accidents"

My 2 cents
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Yaesumofo
2 weeks or so old and parked last night (luckily under a tree) 4:00 am last night there was this hellacious Freak HAIL storm that dumped 1.25 inch hail for 10-15 minutes (no rain during the hail. Then it rained ICE for another 15 minutes.
Long story short. The trunk is the worse off. 6-10 tiny dents, some on the roof and some on the hood. You have to look for them but they are there.
Do I have to live with these? Can they be taken out?
They are hard to photograph but I will try tomorrow.
Yaesumofo
I would call a paintless dent repair business. In Florida we have a place called "Dent Wizard". http://www.dentwizard.com/ There are many franchises all over the US and Canada. Check out their website.
They can remove dents caused from hail without painting and guarantee their work. They have performed miracles on my cars in the past. Good Luck
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 07:35 AM
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 07:51 AM
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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Dude, you have my avatar!!
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Old Feb 20, 2005 | 08:45 AM
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I got your two weeks beat, I had mine for 6 days when it got hailed on. 1. call your insurance company 2. Have them look it over and estimate damage 3. Go to a local dentless repair shop and get it fixed.

Your rates shouldn't go up (mine didn't since the hail was a regional event)
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