My BRZ just got hailed on =( Help!!

[Moshpit37]

Roof is steel, but extremely thin steel. Hood is aluminum.

Tapped from my Note 2

[meow_mix]

Originally Posted by Linseal

This happened to my FR-S last month. Is all fixed up now. Got a new hood, roof, and trunk. Cost the insurance company $6300. Good luck with everything.

You have a breakdown of how much it all cost, specifically the roof?

Damn, less than I thought it would cost. Did you have any damage anywhere else? Pretty much every metal panel is dented on my car, the door/window trim pieces got cracked and busted, and I think it chipped my headlight a little. Didn't damage the spoiler or front bumper though, the two things I wanted to get rid of, lol.

[meow_mix]

Originally Posted by v33vo

We should both have a BRZ cellulite contest =P I don't know who you got lined up to do bodywork but I'm taking mine to Mike at Myer's. They known for doing great work and he's expensive and insurance companies don't really like him (you get what you pay for)

No, I haven't taken it anywhere yet. Where is that at? Above all I want it done right. I expect the car to come back to me and not be able to tell anything happened. I'll probably have a body kit painted and put on at the same time too, lol.

[Linseal]

Originally Posted by meow_mix

You have a breakdown of how much it all cost, specifically the roof?

Damn, less than I thought it would cost. Did you have any damage anywhere else? Pretty much every metal panel is dented on my car, the door/window trim pieces got cracked and busted, and I think it chipped my headlight a little. Didn't damage the spoiler or front bumper though, the two things I wanted to get rid of, lol.

I believe the roof was like $358, cheaper than I thought it would be. They had to replace the weather stripping on the doors too. All the other panels they did paintless dent repair. I can post a pic of the breakdown tomorrow morning.

[meow_mix]

Originally Posted by Linseal

I believe the roof was like $358, cheaper than I thought it would be. They had to replace the weather stripping on the doors too. All the other panels they did paintless dent repair. I can post a pic of the breakdown tomorrow morning.

Damn, guess that isn't very close to the dry carbon fiber roof. lol

A man can dream.

[Bristecom]

Wow, that's terrible. My Eclipse has been thru several fairly large hailstorms the past 8 years and I've never seen any dents on it. Do they just not make cars as strong as they used to or have I still not experienced bad enough hail? I mean... that's a serious consideration for me as my car will often be outside. I'll have to constantly worry about it being covered before a storm.

[Linseal]

Originally Posted by meow_mix

Damn, guess that isn't very close to the dry carbon fiber roof. lol

A man can dream.

Yeah here's the breakdown. You can definitely replace the hood with a carbon fiber one :P

[SubaSteve]

I say keep the dents and call it the golf ball brz.

[Mikem53]

I feel for you.. That totally sucks..
I used to live in Texas.. Had a hail storm come thru that turned
My white Honda civic at the time into what looked like a golf ball..
I heard you can leave the car in the sun.. Then use some dry ice and some dents will pop back out.. I never tried it.. But hopefully they can do the paintless repair on it.. Good luck...

[zc06_kisstherain]

dammm..that looks really bad. hope your insurance can cover everything

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by v33vo

Friday night after visiting a friend, on my way home I felt a couple pieces of hail drop on my car. Quickly after that I tried driving to find an overpass but as soon as I moved 10ft hail of biblical proportion came down on my car. I couldn't do much but sit and listen to my car being destroyed by the hail for the next 10 minutes.

To me the car is essentially beat to hell, this is the first car that I've bought new, I drove beaters back then and only have liability insurance. This car has full coverage and I was wondering if any one here can offer me some tips to how to deal with the insurance company on this. Would this be considered totaled? I'd like to have it fixed but from what I heard from a friend, hail on a car's history is no bueno.

Alot of the damage could probably be fixed with paintless dent removal but there are spots like on the hood where the hail came down so hard it cracked the paint as you can see in the video.

I've already filed my claim online, so where do I go from here?

video of the damage, you might have to turn up the quality a bit to really see the extent of the hail damage

geeeeez! what a f***kin' mess! "paper thin" mil thickness japanese recycled steel is your problem! they are an island nation,and are forced to import any and all iron from any source,melt it all down,to make sheet steel.it's all "recycled" and the "molecular" strength of the steel is compromised. this was the main reason why japanese cars rusted out so easily many years ago. today with the introduction of chemical sealants from the factory,most of that issue has gone away,however the compromised molecular strength of the sheet steel they use remains.as far as i know,they do not make their own steel it is all recycled from compromised iron.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by v33vo

Friday night after visiting a friend, on my way home I felt a couple pieces of hail drop on my car. Quickly after that I tried driving to find an overpass but as soon as I moved 10ft hail of biblical proportion came down on my car. I couldn't do much but sit and listen to my car being destroyed by the hail for the next 10 minutes.

To me the car is essentially beat to hell, this is the first car that I've bought new, I drove beaters back then and only have liability insurance. This car has full coverage and I was wondering if any one here can offer me some tips to how to deal with the insurance company on this. Would this be considered totaled? I'd like to have it fixed but from what I heard from a friend, hail on a car's history is no bueno.

Alot of the damage could probably be fixed with paintless dent removal but there are spots like on the hood where the hail came down so hard it cracked the paint as you can see in the video.

I've already filed my claim online, so where do I go from here?

video of the damage, you might have to turn up the quality a bit to really see the extent of the hail damage

Originally Posted by schtebie

Ouch, I know that pain.

Find the best PDR guy you can - provided there's no paint damage, they should be able to get it back to new.

at $135.00 per dent,hope he's got total coverage!.just sayin' geeeez! what a tough break!.

[schtebie]

Originally Posted by jmaryt

at $135.00 per dent,hope he's got total coverage!.just sayin' geeeez! what a tough break!.

Definitely rough. My last car was a Nissan Cube with way too many flat surfaces. It sat out in a hailstorm and ended up with more than 1,000 dents.

Luckily I only had to pay my deductible - the damage was well over $2k.

[marky]

OMOUCH that sucks we get tiny hails here in san diego sometimes that dont do any damage to the car but now seeing this i will have to make a raft just in case