Hail Damage - GGGRRRRRR

[*MAD DOG*]

Has anyone else ever had hail damage before? Or does someone on YW work in a body shop and can give me suggestions on how to get this fixed properly. Obviously insurance is footing the bill.

[bobselectric]

Originally Posted by *MAD DOG*

Has anyone else ever had hail damage before? Or does someone on YW work in a body shop and can give me suggestions on how to get this fixed properly. Obviously insurance is footing the bill.

A body man told me once that fixing hail damage was easy- just wait till the car cools after driving it and blow into the tailpipe really hard.


Oh and make sure you roll the windows up first!

:bigg rin:

[*MAD DOG*]

Originally Posted by bobselectric

A body man told me once that fixing hail damage was easy- just wait till the car cools after driving it and blow into the tailpipe really hard.


Oh and make sure you roll the windows up first!

:bigg rin:

Thanks for the lol Bob. I needed it. :)

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by *MAD DOG*

Has anyone else ever had hail damage before? Or does someone on YW work in a body shop and can give me suggestions on how to get this fixed properly. Obviously insurance is footing the bill.

Sorry about your situation.

I work at an Acura dealer and last year we got a hail storm that lasted about 1 minute but was enough to make every car on the lot look like the surface of a golf ball. Yup, all of those new luxury cars. The dealer simply hired paint-less dent removers who came on site (even outside on the lot) and removed all of those 10's of thousands of dents (painful process). Since they were new cars, they had to be perfect, and they were. The cost is very high, but should be covered under insurance if you have comprehensive (minus deductible).

Good luck.

[rob323]

Mad Dog, if you have the choice of the repairer, then definately talk to some of the paintless dent repairers. One of my special babies got badly damaged in a hail storm up here and all of the panel shops I spoke to wanted to cut the roof off and weld a new one in. To me that is a certain recipe for rust down the track so I avoided them. I ended up finding a really good paintless dent removal guy and the work he did was simply magic. I know where the dents were and I can't find any signs of them now. And he was cheaper than the panel shops (which didn't really worry me as the car was insured with Shannons).

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by rob323

Mad Dog, if you have the choice of the repairer, then definately talk to some of the paintless dent repairers. One of my special babies got badly damaged in a hail storm up here and all of the panel shops I spoke to wanted to cut the roof off and weld a new one in. To me that is a certain recipe for rust down the track so I avoided them. I ended up finding a really good paintless dent removal guy and the work he did was simply magic. I know where the dents were and I can't find any signs of them now. And he was cheaper than the panel shops (which didn't really worry me as the car was insured with Shannons).

Cut the roof off? Are they crazy?!

All that needs to be done for the roof is removing the headliner and popping out the dents like any other.

The hardest dents to remove are those on the side pillars but can still be done. Part of the problem is the side airbag assemblies are embedded here but professionals can do it properly. Plus, it's the most solid part of any panel.

[rob323]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Cut the roof off? Are they crazy?!

Nope but they are selfish. Why pay a dent removal guy to do it when they can give their apprentices something to practice on.