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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 09:01 AM
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Damage all over the body, but what I’m worried about is the dents to the A-pullers and back of the cab. They can’t replace them so how do they fix them?
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 09:03 AM
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Paintless dent repair? For areas they can't get behind the panel I think the drill small holes where the tools can be inserted and they rub out the panel.
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 09:16 AM
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There was a guy a week or so ago who posted that had really bad hail damage. I'll try and find the post, but I think it was gonna be totaled.

Edit: Here it is -- https://www.f150forum.com/f118/hail-damage-499335/
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Painless dent repair. Or conventional.
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Stil
Paintless dent repair? For areas they can't get behind the panel I think the drill small holes where the tools can be inserted and they rub out the panel.
A true professional will glue pull instead of drill holes.

If PDR isn't doable, conventional is the only way which is fill the dents with mud.
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 11:11 AM
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I had PDR done for some hail damage to my truck ~$2000 and my truck looks flawless. The PDR shop even worked on the wavy factory panels and got them perfect! Depending on the damage I would go PDR. Do you have any pictures?
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Originally Posted by mbullock
Painless dent repair. Or conventional.
I don’t know yet never felt with hail damage it hit all on the driver side, hood and roof. It hit all the places can’t be replaced with panels. It’s probably well over 100 dents total. I’m trying to get pics but they are impossible to see them all.
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Originally Posted by dodgehemi0
I don’t know yet never felt with hail damage it hit all on the driver side, hood and roof. It hit all the places can’t be replaced with panels. It’s probably well over 100 dents total. I’m trying to get pics but they are impossible to see them all.
No I meant that's how they will deal with it. Either pdr. Or conventional fix.
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgehemi0
I don’t know yet never felt with hail damage it hit all on the driver side, hood and roof. It hit all the places can’t be replaced with panels. It’s probably well over 100 dents total. I’m trying to get pics but they are impossible to see them all.
My truck had a couple hundred dings and they got them all with PDR
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Old Apr 29, 2021 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Baron00
There was a guy a week or so ago who posted that had really bad hail damage. I'll try and find the post, but I think it was gonna be totaled.

Edit: Here it is -- https://www.f150forum.com/f118/hail-damage-499335/
my dents are not as bad as those, some come close but don’t break the paint. What’s really bad about mine is just how many there are. There are a bunch of small ones.
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