Hail Damage
 

Well it seems our beloved BRZ's really hate hail. A storm hit yesterday afternoon damage:

back glass shattered
front glass cracked
water damage on the interior
driver mirror busted
paint chipped
142 dings and dents on roof, hood, trunk, side panels (yes I counted)

So much for living in the south and warm weather.

Thank god for good insurance and an agent that live down the street from me. He seemed to think they may actually total the car.

There was another guy on here from Texas that had the same thing happen from hail. They replaced everything for him.

Get some pics up!

thats alot of damage id get it totalled out if it was me.

Here is a pic of the size of the hail that fell
 

total it and rebuy it for cheap lol

holy crap those can kill someone! now it makes me glad that a bit of snow up here isn't too bad.

Ugh man that sucks so much, what do you do after that? And is there any insurance money that plays into this?

sorry no pics at this time but yes there where 3 like the ones linked laying in my backseat and a dozen or so laying around it mixed with tons of smaller ones. Basically it looks like someone shot it with a golf ball bazooka. Now that I mention that, it resembles a gold ball as well..white and dimpled all over.

Just waiting on insurance to look at it and really glad no one was hurt.

Holy crap, that's biblical stuff right there...

That is ridiculous hail, I'd just be glad that it didn't kill me. God damn... Sucks about your car though. :brokenheart:

Wow, thats crazy...

OMG!!

damn that sucks, hope everyone is okay, I wouldnt want to be outside with balls that size coming down on me.

http://i.imgur.com/mrnByzl.png

Taken in Atlanta yesterday:
http://i.imgur.com/ANf85Tb.jpg

Sorry for your loss OP. Hope your insurance process is painless.

Meanwhile I thank the flying spaghetti monster in the sky who shits such large ice balls that I've been blessed with garages at home and work.

After Hurricane Sandy I had about 7 dents requiring a hood replacement and paint.

Total covered was about $4,500 in damage for just that... they may very well total yours if the damage is as bad as it sounds.

just wow, wow,wow

Shit, that sucks. With that much damage I'd probably hope for a total as well.

In 2009 my 2005 RSX-S was hail damaged. Virtually every body panel except for the bumpers needed replacement, though none of my glass cracked and I didn't have any interior damage. The insurance estimated $9200, so you figure the actual body shop cost would only increase from there. Ended up cashing the $9200 check and selling the car as-is for about $3k off the non-hail-damaged going rate and made money on the deal, so never got it repaired.

Wow that's insane! Hope everything is sorted out for you soon.

Dude that is not hail, that's orbital bombardment.

Wow. Hail is no joke.

awww, haiiill no

act of god! insurance covers this?

it should be covered under "natural disasters"... like floodings or a tree limb falling on your call.

that is if you opted in for the coverage.

That's not hail, that's the wrath of Ming! Holy shit.


My Civic got stolen 10 years ago and on the 30th day of a 30 day car rental a large tree fell lengthwise, front to back, onto the roof and trunk of the rental in my driveway. It surely was totaled, but I never followed up.

I did my best to recreate the scene from the first Jackass movie where they did destruction derby with the rental to see the expression on the rental agency guys face. It was great!

Anyway, using my insurance(not the rental agencies), I filed under "act of God". No deductible needed. Of course they dropped us, but we were going to leave them anyway(61 days to get paid).

It hailed a bit where I'm from the other day on my way home from work. I was PRAYING that it wouldn't damage my car. Spring can't come fast enough and neither can my savings for a winter only car...

That awkward moment when you're outside a mile from shelter and it's hailing tennis balls and hail the size of tennis balls. :eyebulge:

First and foremost, glad you're okay. It would SUCK to be caught outside in that. Second, it doesn't surprise me they had to total it but it sucks that you'll be out of an FRS for a while =/. Good luck with the insurance and stuff bro

http://global.fncstatic.com/static/m...abama_Hail.jpg
From FOX News Mississippi.....

I'm from Mississippi originally. My friend in Jackson got in touch with me the other day and also lost a car to that ungodly storm. Sun roof, tail lights, front and rear glass, water damage, dents, etc etc etc. Sorry to see one of the twins go down as well. Good luck getting all of that sorted out.

Weather is getting worse each year lol

A guy I know in southern Illinois had large hail hit his WRX when it was almost brand new back in 2003. Back then it also had an aluminum hood. He also had like 200+ dents due to the hail. Due to the damage on basically every body panel, they ended up totalling the car. Unfortunately you still end up losing money overall on depreciation and everything, unless you have an insurance company that does actual new car replacement...

Maybe you can get them to put a CF roof on it if they fix it. :)

My car was outside when part of that storm went through Atlanta, but thankfully we just had some tiny hail that didn't do anything. I was also parked under a tree and put the car cover on just in case, not that it would have done any good with hail that large.

sounds like its time for a free Rocket Bunny kit!

Kapooyah!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=qLX2t...%3DqLX2tAPy0jU

Wouldn't a hail damaged totaled car be a great opportunity for a buy back? I mean as long as some dents and hard work don't bother you I imagine you could do a lot of the work yourself for cheap and there is no structural or mechanical damage as from a typical accident.

guess i'll have to add it as a "rider" on my policy! hope we can do it here in the states. i'll check with my carrier.

where in the scripture did he say that? just curious!

Adjuster finally came out to review the damage (carnage). Replacing every panel on the car and complete repaint. Didn't total it but are cutting a check for $14k, the body shop thinks its low but will look at it today to see they will have to file a supplemental claim for me, owner is a friend. That may push over the totaling point. Would have to get over the 20K mark before it would be considered totaled.

Hopefully getting glass put in today and will at least be able to drive it while they look for parts.

most expensive part hood at $600
next surprised me with the back glass at $575

kapooyah kapooyah!

Heating element bumps the cost. The small corner windows are also more expensive than the windshield, funny how some things work.

Hope the fix goes smoothly for you.

There was a Hail storm here and I saw a Firestorm red FRS that was beat to shit on the lot here at Santa Fe Mazda Volvo, they must have fixed it and sold it? Don't they have to tell the new owner before they sell it?