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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 08:48 AM
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wow, much condolences
it should be able to fixed good as new...hopefully your INS co will do the right thing and get it fixed without hassle, raising rates, etc.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by knlg,Apr 23 2005, 11:25 AM
So sorry man. The same thing happened to my brother's one week old RSX-S last year. There were over a hundred dents all over the car. He had some sort of repair performed where the panels are removed and "rolled" through a machine to remove the dents. I am not sure if that is exactly what is done, but, a few days later he got the car back and NOT ONE DENT COULD BE FOUND. He is in the Washington DC suburbs, so, you obviously wnt be taking your S there, but I will ask him for the shop contact info and pass it along to you. Maybe they could help you find something out your way.
that would be great! please send info about the technique used at your earliest convenience. i really appreciate it!
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by hpark,Apr 23 2005, 11:48 AM
wow, much condolences
it should be able to fixed good as new...hopefully your INS co will do the right thing and get it fixed without hassle, raising rates, etc.
thanks, that gives me hope. lots o' dime sized dings -- about 50 or so. the claim falls under comp -- act of God. rates will not be effected.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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My accord was stuck out in a hail storm with dings on the roof, hood & truck. After the paintless dent removal the car looked prefect. Could not tell at all. It was only a couple hundred bucks to fix the whole car. After the hail storm came through our area there were a bunch of temporary dent removal shops set up all over town.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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tough one - sorry for your damage.

Any way for you to post pics of the car after the beating from the hail?

Hail storms today in the wash DC area - I saw video - looked like golf balls droppoing fromt he sky - this predicament is a nightmare like situation

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Old Apr 24, 2005 | 06:31 AM
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Same happened to me after 6 months. Around 100 on hood and 100 on trunk, including some on the front and rear fenders. Took two guys all day to do it ($2k of work, insured), but it came out perfect. They were cool and let me watch during my lunch break. It's a painfully slow process using lights shined against flexible reflectors so they can get every light angle.

They actually massage each dent by tapping them with tools under the lights. I was cringing the whole time, thinking they would mar the paint somehow. I was skeptical and spent the next week trying to find mistakes on different types of days, but couldn't find any.

I think the name of the company was Dent Masters.
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Old Apr 24, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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We had a really bad hail storm a couple years ago when I worked at a dealership...nearly 400 cars with damage. Dent Wizard came in and fixed nearly every one of them. Good luck on the aluminum hood and trunk lid. A-pillars will be a problem, too, if they have any dents. Most PDR places include a warranty of some kind on their work. hope it goes well.
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Old Apr 24, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Nate03,Apr 23 2005, 07:53 PM
Any way for you to post pics of the car after the beating from the hail?
i tried to take pics of the damage to post. rio yellow and zaino makes it hard to detect.
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Old Apr 24, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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Sorry to hear it fin, Bad weather went north and south of my town. South Mississippi sure has had a lot of hail in the past 2 months. I narrowly missed it twice, around the first of April. Hope everything is fixed to your satisfaction.
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Old Apr 24, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by THES2KWAY,Apr 24 2005, 07:50 PM
Sorry to hear it fin, Bad weather went north and south of my town. South Mississippi sure has had a lot of hail in the past 2 months. I narrowly missed it twice, around the first of April. Hope everything is fixed to your satisfaction.
thanks THES2KWAY, filing the claim first thing in AM.
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