5037$$ in hail damage
08-20-2011, 10:19 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by DeereGeff
Definately give the paintless dent repair guys a shot at it. I had a similar experience with my truck, also at about 4800 miles. The damage was around $6000 on my truck. I needed a new Retrax and hood, but every other panel including the roof, they were able to pop the dents out without any paint work. The hail was big enough here last year, it busted out windshields. I am a real believer in the paintless dent repair as I have had two trucks in the last 4 years with over $5000 in damage each.
08-20-2011, 10:23 PM
#12
I hear you, the Aluminum hoods don't hold up well to the hail and mine had too many dents as well. It was cheaper to buy a new hood than pop the dents. If you replace the hood, don't forget about the emission decals on the underside of the hood.
08-20-2011, 10:25 PM
#13
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Originally Posted by Mgizler
The majority of the dents will be paintless dent removal. But they said the hood was to far gone to fix. I'm sick about it. I'm already thinking about trading
08-20-2011, 10:26 PM
#14
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Originally Posted by DeereGeff
I hear you, the Aluminum hoods don't hold up well to the hail and mine had too many dents as well. It was cheaper to buy a new hood than pop the dents. If you replace the hood, don't forget about the emission decals on the underside of the hood.
08-20-2011, 11:45 PM
#15
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My brothers 06 screw got hit f'd the hood really bad and shattered his third brake light but not a scratch on the roof lol
08-21-2011, 01:38 AM
#17
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Originally Posted by 97SlowWhite
5k for roof? the body shop will fill it up in bondo thats ill i know.. unless they cut the roof off which i doubt,, gl
08-21-2011, 01:38 AM
#18
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Originally Posted by 97SlowWhite
5k for roof? the body shop will fill it up in bondo thats ill i know.. unless they cut the roof off which i doubt,, gl
08-21-2011, 07:37 AM
#19
in the house
That sucks, man. Hail is one of those things you just can't hardly predict.
Back in '92 we had a hailstorm of Biblical proportions here where I live, three of my cars had no garage to protect them and just got fawked, my Audi had its TRIM KNOCKED OFF the doors, for God's sake! My RX7 and Chevy pickup were totaled, I bought back the Mazda, put in a new windshield and drove it around for a few years and by golly, MOST of the dents eventually came out, at least to a certain degree. A few weeks of good old 100+ degree Kansas sun worked wonders....lol!
Good luck with your repairs, hope it is as 'good as new' when completed.
Back in '92 we had a hailstorm of Biblical proportions here where I live, three of my cars had no garage to protect them and just got fawked, my Audi had its TRIM KNOCKED OFF the doors, for God's sake! My RX7 and Chevy pickup were totaled, I bought back the Mazda, put in a new windshield and drove it around for a few years and by golly, MOST of the dents eventually came out, at least to a certain degree. A few weeks of good old 100+ degree Kansas sun worked wonders....lol!
Good luck with your repairs, hope it is as 'good as new' when completed.
08-21-2011, 08:31 AM
#20
Sweet baby jesus...