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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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I HATE Texas weather!! It hailed (golf ball size) like no other last night in Arlington. I went outside to check on it after it stopped hailing and I only FELT 2 dents...

But I woke up this morning to find over 50 little dents!!

Just filed a claim with insurance. Waiting to see what the damages are..
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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Man ... that's tough! When I was in Illinois last year, I had hail on my wrx. In the end, they had to change the front hood as that was aluminum, and used paintless dent remover for the rest. Very painful to see your car in that shape
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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man it's ALL over the car... even on the door panels, roof and the little roof pillars... basically everything has to be replaced or fixed except the front and rear bumper
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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damn u got stuck in that sucks hopefully u can get it covered by your insurance
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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I feel your pain ... have you brought it into a shop for an estimate? I think they counted over a hundred dents on my old car, not including the front hood. Yea, hopefully you can claim insurance.
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 09:03 AM
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wow sorry to hear. make sure you report to your insurance and take some pics They may be able to get rid of it with the paintless dent removal. I had minor stuff in the past they did and its really neat how that works. Hope all works out okay for you.
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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sorry to hear that bro...insurance is your best shot!
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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Massive hail caused some large inventory liquidations for dealers in the Chicagoland area during a summer in the mid 90's. I have had great success with paintless dent removal. Sorry for your loss.
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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that sucks....
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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Any pics you can post?
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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wow, it barley drizzled here and im like 10 miles away.
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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Dude! That sux! I would be sooo crushed if that happened to my car. But yeah, there are places that can pop out dents...I used one on my 350Z when I made a big dent in it backing out of the garage; it only cost me $50.00 to fix it.
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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were dying to see pics...
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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Hail is the worst!!! that sucks man....... *cough* custom paint *cough*.
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by is250rida
I HATE Texas weather!! It hailed (golf ball size) like no other last night in Arlington. I went outside to check on it after it stopped hailing and I only FELT 2 dents...

But I woke up this morning to find over 50 little dents!!

Just filed a claim with insurance. Waiting to see what the damages are..
Dear god, I got that same storm this morning at like 3AM in Lubbock, thank god there's no damage.
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