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Old 10-05-2006, 09:49 AM
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Angry Holy Quarter-Sized Hail Batman!

Big storm came through last night... the F150 took heavy damage.

This was a good 90 minutes after the storm came through, I still had hail in the bed.


The passenger side got it.


Of course the hood received major damage and the roof. It is still drying off from the rain which keeps revealing more and more damage.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 09:56 AM
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Man, that sucks. I know the feeling. happened to me several years ago when I had an 02 Silverado. My insurance company told me that if I took it to a particular shop and let them do the paintless repair, they would waive the deducable. So I did, and when I got it back, it was perfect, you could not find one mark. It had heavy damage to the hood, roof and passenger side.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by bluejay432000
Man, that sucks. I know the feeling. happened to me several years ago when I had an 02 Silverado. My insurance company told me that if I took it to a particular shop and let them do the dentless repair, they would waive the deducable. So I did, and when I got it back, it was perfect, you could not find one mark. It had heavy damage to the hood, roof and passenger side.

Waive the deductible!?!?!? I hope mine does the same!
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 10:03 AM
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That sucks!
I know that feeling too.. happened to my last F150.
A dent on every panel.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 10:04 AM
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Ugg been there before! I had a 88 thunderbird get hit by golf ball size hail like a week after I got stationed at Altus AFB Oklahoma in 1993. I was 19 years old and I paid for the car by working at McDonalds and a gas station before joining the Air Force. Watching it getting hammered to bits brought me to tears. Full coverage insurance paid me like $4000 which paid off the car with some to spare. Lucky enough the steel body thunderbird had some surprises left in her. Over the hot oklahoma summer nearly every dent popped out minus one in the top corner of the windshield trim.

I hope a hot summer can pop your dings out too. I also have heard using dry ice placed on the dents will make them pop out. Best of Luck!
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 10:11 AM
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That sucks, hope your insurence takes care of it.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 10:15 AM
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Waive the deductible!?!?!? I hope mine does the same!
If it can be fixed by paintless repair, then they should be willing to waive it. saves them a ton of money.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 10:23 AM
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I had serious hail damage on my truck also. The hail was so big it busted out the 3rd brake light. One side of the plastic hood cowl was also broken. Paintless fixed a few of the problems, but the roof had to be bondoed because of all the seams. One fender was also bondoed because it was hit right on the crease. The hood was completely replaced. Almost all of the black trim on the truck was replaced. For pics, check my gallery. It was almost $4,000 in damage.

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Old 10-05-2006, 01:20 PM
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Dry ice will pull some dents out - I have seen it in action.

I also had excellent luck with Dent Wizard - a paintless dent removal company in my area. The guy that worked for them actually did the work "on the side." He did it in his driveway - in about an hour and didnt charge me full price.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 01:22 PM
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Just got back with my estimate... $3500. I'm hoping to have one of my buddies friends to the PDR stuff on the side. The good news is, I am going to get my Ram Air Hood instead of them replacing with OEM.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 05:45 PM
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The good news is, I am going to get my Ram Air Hood instead of them replacing with OEM.
That is exactly how I got this hood. $2000 from a hail storm six months ago. I did not fix the roof though. It didn't bother me, I just kept the change for other toys. Good luck with the repairs!!

 
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Old 10-05-2006, 07:02 PM
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That looks FANTASTIC... I *really* like that look.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 07:08 PM
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i would keel right over if that happened to my truck u must live out west? don get hail like that on long island.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 07:27 PM
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Mmmm I love living in SD! All we have is fire and earthquakes.
 
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Old 10-05-2006, 07:51 PM
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dude that sucks, sry about that.
 


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