Mother Nature... She's a b!tch...
04-28-2012, 05:45 PM
#2
That is some hellacious hail! Good thing you got pics!
A couple years ago I flew to Oklahoma on business, rented a nice new car with only 200 miles on it. Parked it at a motel and a storm hit that night. In the AM I checked the car and it had heavy hail damage, over $6,000 worth! My insurance paid for it, but the rental company was a real PITA.
Good luck, hope the repairs go well.
A couple years ago I flew to Oklahoma on business, rented a nice new car with only 200 miles on it. Parked it at a motel and a storm hit that night. In the AM I checked the car and it had heavy hail damage, over $6,000 worth! My insurance paid for it, but the rental company was a real PITA.
Good luck, hope the repairs go well.
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04-28-2012, 10:47 PM
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I would be crying to. Its been exactly a year and day since a tornada F3 ripped through a town about 2 mile form my house. I cringe everytime some storm like these come down the road so to speak.
I feel ya, I would be crying
Maybe now is the time for body mods
I feel ya, I would be crying
Maybe now is the time for body mods
04-29-2012, 03:07 AM
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Dude I was a sleep when I was woke up by this, it was crazy......I had some chunks in my driveway that looked borderline baseball size. I went to Subway later on and every car in O'fallon that was out at that time is dented all to hell, I guess it would be a good time to be in the body shop business. Hope all goes well with your repairs.
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04-29-2012, 06:15 AM
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Yup. Just stood there watching it beat the poop outta every car we got... Lasted a good 5 minutes.. 
About 1/2 mile south of us was small stuff... You're about a mile north of us, so yeah, I'd believe the baseball size ones... Collinsville was that size as well...
Got it covered insurance wize.. but with a black car.. not sure it will ever be the same.. The aluminum hood took the worst of it... there's 1/2 dozen good dimples in the roof and 3 or 4 good ones on the trunk lid... hell even the passenger side rear fender above the wheel got hit... :cry:
Will dentless work or will it have to be real body work? Anyone got experience?
About 1/2 mile south of us was small stuff... You're about a mile north of us, so yeah, I'd believe the baseball size ones... Collinsville was that size as well...
Got it covered insurance wize.. but with a black car.. not sure it will ever be the same.. The aluminum hood took the worst of it... there's 1/2 dozen good dimples in the roof and 3 or 4 good ones on the trunk lid... hell even the passenger side rear fender above the wheel got hit... :cry:
Will dentless work or will it have to be real body work? Anyone got experience?
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04-29-2012, 08:05 AM
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I've seen dentless repair take smaller dimples out but fail to totally work with stuff like you've got... some dents remained.
My daughter was working in Maryland Heights last night when it all came through. Her car had a glass roof, emphasis on "had". The hail was so hard that it punched baseball sized holes through it. I hadn't personally seen where hail busted windshields 'till last night, not I have.
Good luck
My daughter was working in Maryland Heights last night when it all came through. Her car had a glass roof, emphasis on "had". The hail was so hard that it punched baseball sized holes through it. I hadn't personally seen where hail busted windshields 'till last night, not I have.
Good luck