so my perfect flawless Z has hail damage.

kenchan

sorry to hear. PDR should fix it. the aluminum hood is going to be a biotch to push but if the dent is small enough it should be fine.

also they wont pull it unless it's inaccessible from behind the panel. it's a lot easier to push it from behind vs pulling it. GL

UNKNOWN_370

Thanks for the advice ken.

EndyKwon

Ouch, I'm really sorry to hear that man

If theres any advice I can give you, I only have this youtube video to spare. I've been keeping it JUST IN CASE:

Compressed Air Dent Removal - YouTube

Alstann

I wouldn't attempt this on small dings caused by hail. This technique seems to work best on larger dents and whatnot, and even then, it could cause paint damage.

Let a Paintless Dent Repair guy take a look at it.

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kenchan

PDR techs (including me) laugh at that. lol

mhcoss

I had a 98 accord that got caught in golfball sized hail. AFter the storm looked like someone had taken a sledge hammer to all the body panels lol. Had to basically have an entirely new body put on the car. Thank you insurance haha

mdxj

Same thing happened to my 350, had an F4 tornado about 15 miles from my apartment and there were no garages. Z took a beating, new hood, 90% new paint and the plastic panels above the door, not sure what they are called exactly were shattered. It was around 2g in damages since they doors, hatch, roof and glass all took a beating too. The only good thing was when it was all done, car looked better then new! Good luck and hopefully it gets repaired quickly, It hurt to see the car as beat up as it was and it took nearly a month to get it repaired. Research body shops before you make a decision, it was a pain, but I went to one that was not on the insurances companies list but I knew their work was not only warranted, but they were one of the best shops in the area.

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Kenny

This thread reminds me of that BMW dealership in TX that lost a few BMWs to a hail storm..








BMW?s Smashed by Hail in Texas



sucks for your Z..




at least TX has 85 mph speed limits and an awesome governor..


LOL..

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UNKNOWN_370

My car doesn't look nowhere close to that. From 10ft away it doesn't even look damaged.

sexZness

Sorry to hear, OP!

Great thing about PWs is dents are not very apparent at first glance.

I had substantial amount of dents on my hood and across the natural lines of the hood, which I was told would've been a betch to repair with/via PDR because of the lines. Hope your hail damage isn't anywhere near the lines :/

I also had - well, still have :facepalm - a couple of dents on my roof but they're small enough that they aren't very noticeable.

GL with everything and lmk if you have any questions.

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chrischhorn

Thank goodness it wasn't worse.....did you see all those cars on the news that got completely demolished? GL with repairs.....time for a new CF hood? lol. Luckily over here in frisco we didn't get anything tonight.

sexZness

Most storms skip Plano/Allen/McKinney so I've been very fortunate this week

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chrischhorn

Well last thing i needed to end a perfect vacation was first day back to get my car hailed on......Hawaii only helps make certain things better..... hail damage destroying my car is not one of them.....lol

UNKNOWN_370

.You I'm in the GP-arlington-mansfield area and storms always run really close to me but just miss me... go figure. This time around I wasn't so fortunate. But at least my dents aren't on the creases and the dents are pretty smooth. I'm hoping they all pop out???

It hailed golfballs on my 08/altima once and it didn't get a nick. When you have fun transportation vs ur baby/project car. Expect all bad things to hit it. When I saw those 2 gencoupes smash up and I barely missed it... I knew my car would be blemished soon, somehow some way.

MURPHY'S LAW

Montez

Man I feel for you, I could see those storms form to the Northwest and take that Southwest pattern on my way home yesterday. My co workers house in G/P took a beating.......She needs a new roof and several windows.