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FlamingRectumSyndrome · 05-24-2014, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Chattanooga FR-S

He was just making fun of the spelling mistake, not questioning the definition of a hail storm. The devil's in the details...

And the O.P.'s from France, so he might have also cut him some slack...

Sarlacc · 05-25-2014, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FlamingRectumSyndrome

And the O.P.'s from France, so he might have also cut him some slack...

Hey, I already apologized. I'll do it again, too: I am sorry.
And I did not notice that OP is a fellow European. We should stick together and stuff.

Frozen_skidmark · 05-26-2014, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tobin

Could you cover the car in flannel comforters or something?

Yup. I have thrown a couple unzipped sleeping bags over a car with a couple bungies. It saved it from just under golf ball sized hail. there were lots of other cars that got damaged. Long story short, I had 4 vehicles.. couldn't drive or get them all inside. Saved me an insurance claim, thats what counts!

Tromatic · 05-26-2014, 12:48 AM

Hmm. The windows here have to meet whatever the current ANSI (or whatever) standard for auto glass is. Wonder if it's different glass for different markets?

P86RAVES · 05-26-2014, 12:00 PM

We had a hail storm come through about 3 weeks after I bought my car.

The roof and hood did fare the worst damage (aluminum and thin metal). The trunk did get dinged up rather nicely and a spot or two on the rear quarter panels.

All in all, the rear glass held up just fine.

Turbo95eg6 · 05-26-2014, 12:20 PM

Do you always randomly tap on things OP?

dnieves · 05-26-2014, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by P86RAVES

We had a hail storm come through about 3 weeks after I bought my car.

The roof and hood did fare the worst damage (aluminum and thin metal). The trunk did get dinged up rather nicely and a spot or two on the rear quarter panels.

All in all, the rear glass held up just fine.

How was it repaired? Paintless Dent Removal?

Harvey · 05-26-2014, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

Do you always randomly tap on things OP?

Yes I do... also like to kick wheels for some reason. Any how, there was a hail storm (ok, ok for the typo) a few months ago and most cars except German were damaged, I didn't yet have the GT86 at that time. I was just wondering what experience there was...

dnieves · 05-26-2014, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Harvey

Yes I do... also like to kick wheels for some reason. Any how, there was a hail storm (ok, ok for the typo) a few months ago and most cars except German were damaged, I didn't yet have the GT86 at that time. I was just wondering what experience there was...

German cars are impervious to chunks of ice falling from the sky? How is that? Isn't every modern car (unless it's a aluminum/carbon fiber supercar)built like a beer can to save gas and costs on raw materials?

Tromatic · 05-27-2014, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dnieves

German cars are impervious to chunks of ice falling from the sky? How is that? Isn't every modern car (unless it's a aluminum/carbon fiber supercar)built like a beer can to save gas and costs on raw materials?

They do know how to build a vehicle.

TM · 05-28-2014, 10:58 AM

There are a bunch of FR-S out there with hail damage:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14579
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21056
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31448
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31826

Could be easily prevented by following this DIY:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37565

ashtray · 05-28-2014, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Harvey

Yes I do... also like to kick wheels for some reason. Any how, there was a hail storm (ok, ok for the typo) a few months ago and most cars except German were damaged, I didn't yet have the GT86 at that time. I was just wondering what experience there was...

Hail storm is racist.

phobos512 · 05-28-2014, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tromatic

They do know how to build a vehicle.

All they know how to do is extract profit from gullible Americans who don't know any better (I say that as a former Benz owner).

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...gineering.html

http://dougdemuro.jalopnik.com/germa...mer-1572026115

I think personally, if I know hail is coming, I'm going to run up the road to my office and park my car in the parking garage. All I need is 5 minutes warning to do so.

P86RAVES · 05-30-2014, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by dnieves

How was it repaired? Paintless Dent Removal?

I pick it up from the body shop today, but they did use paintless dent removal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnieves

German cars are impervious to chunks of ice falling from the sky? How is that? Isn't every modern car (unless it's a aluminum/carbon fiber supercar)built like a beer can to save gas and costs on raw materials?

German's do cut cost in some places. My E46's window switches were made in Mexico, for example.

But they are particular about some things. Here's BMW's paint process:
https://www.bmwusfactory.com/manufac...ss/paint-shop/

They may use a better quality metal for their sheet metal, all I know is he's called the stig.

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05-26-2014, 12:48 AM	#18
Tromatic Banned Join Date: May 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,232 Thanks: 61 Thanked 1,728 Times in 786 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hmm. The windows here have to meet whatever the current ANSI (or whatever) standard for auto glass is. Wonder if it's different glass for different markets?

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P86RAVES Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 08 WRB WRX STi / NA Miata Location: United States Posts: 174 Thanks: 165 Thanked 64 Times in 47 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	We had a hail storm come through about 3 weeks after I bought my car. The roof and hood did fare the worst damage (aluminum and thin metal). The trunk did get dinged up rather nicely and a spot or two on the rear quarter panels. All in all, the rear glass held up just fine.

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Turbo95eg6 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Drives: 2014 BRZ SWP LTD Location: The 503 Posts: 2,174 Thanks: 331 Thanked 2,266 Times in 858 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Do you always randomly tap on things OP?

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