Dang that sux ! Makes you want to build a Garage or Car port .
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My Badlands was destroyed by hail.
Wow, I'm so glad the day we had a hail storm I pulled into the garage. I would push for replacement parts siting the value of the car right now would drop drastically with that much Bondo you'd never be able to trade it in for what it's worth.
Yup, this! I’ve had it done twice. No paint, just PDR, and my Escape has an aluminum hood as well. These guys (or gals) are amazing.
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Wow, wishing you all the best in the repairs. Hail is a constant fear here in season, yet I’ve never had anything so extreme.
I dropped my motorcycle while going too fast on a turn and it flipped several times down the road...nobody got hit or anything. Had full coverage insurance. Honda dealership replace just about every side/rear/front panel, front tire rim, handle bars/mirrors like literally over half the bike got brand new color matched part from OEM original factory parts. Nothing was painted or repaired, they just threw new parts on it. Keep in mind the bike just suffered extreme scratches from it tumbling on the road. I was still able to ride the bike to the dealership after the wreck it was still intact.
Might be worth it for the dealership to see how they are going to repair it. They may take the easy route and just get new color matched parts from the Ford factory. If not then you can take it to the specialized shops for dent repair.
Might be worth it for the dealership to see how they are going to repair it. They may take the easy route and just get new color matched parts from the Ford factory. If not then you can take it to the specialized shops for dent repair.
Sorry this happened. I had $4000 in damage to my 99 Ranger years ago when it had to sit out in a hail storm because of no garage, the roof and hood had to be replaced and the windshield, etc.
More recently was the hail storm of 2016, thank goodness our vehicles were in the garage, but hail came through our roof and into the house and garage. Many of my neighbors vehicles were totaled unfortunately. Worst hail storm in my 40+ years of living in Texas.
More recently was the hail storm of 2016, thank goodness our vehicles were in the garage, but hail came through our roof and into the house and garage. Many of my neighbors vehicles were totaled unfortunately. Worst hail storm in my 40+ years of living in Texas.
Wow, that sucks. At lest no one got hurt.
As far as how it gets repaired (bondo/PDR vs new panels), ultimately it’s up to the insurance company. MANY people do not bother to read the fine print on their policies, especially when it comes to repairs and how they are handled, i.e. new vs used parts, OE vs Aftermarket, etc. Did you?
As far as how it gets repaired (bondo/PDR vs new panels), ultimately it’s up to the insurance company. MANY people do not bother to read the fine print on their policies, especially when it comes to repairs and how they are handled, i.e. new vs used parts, OE vs Aftermarket, etc. Did you?
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Ooohh Maaannn!!! Those videos tell it all! The visual of the video is bad enough but the sound is absolutely horrifying!!! Sorry that happened to you and your BS. I hope you can get it all straightened out to your satisfaction!
Ooof. I’m so sorry to hear that ? I had two payments on my BS BB when it got 15 min of hail (golf ball and slightly larger) this past june. I was heartbroken but fortunately it was all repairable via PDR. Got it back a few weeks later no worse for wear but I’ve never had that happen with a vehicle and hopefully never have it happen again.
The shop even covered my deductible because Progressive’s big wigs were on site to make sure the hail event coverage was being adequately attended to. The shop misplaced my keys and were a bit red-faced when I had to wait an extra 30 minutes cause the windshield guy had walked off with them ? so they offered to cover that for my trouble whichwas a pretty classy thing to do.
Anyways, I feel terrible for you… hope between the insurance and Ford they make it right for you.
The shop even covered my deductible because Progressive’s big wigs were on site to make sure the hail event coverage was being adequately attended to. The shop misplaced my keys and were a bit red-faced when I had to wait an extra 30 minutes cause the windshield guy had walked off with them ? so they offered to cover that for my trouble whichwas a pretty classy thing to do.
Anyways, I feel terrible for you… hope between the insurance and Ford they make it right for you.
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This happened to me less than a week after getting it. It's been back and forth in the body shop almost every month since March. I wish I would have thought of taking it to a luxury shop cause the Ford Body Shop did more damage which prolonged a complete fix. Plus waiting on parts. When they replace the roof take it to a car wash to make sure that it's not leaking. This is currently what I am dealing with.
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My Ford dealer has a good body shop. I've used it numerous times and they're top shelf.
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OP here, back with an "update".
First I brought the car to Planet Ford for an estimate, if you look at my first post, I go over those details. The serviceman never got back to me with my quote, even after I tried chasing them down. Since I was already being drug around before my car was even in the shop, I tried my luck elsewhere.
I scheduled an appointment at 1488 Collision and had to wait for the holidays to wrap up. Yesterday, their estimator basically wanted to take my keys and have me completely excluded from the process. I wanted to know a few basic things before handing over my car to them: how the repair was going to be performed, what the quote was going to be, how long it would take to get parts, etc.
Planet Ford told me some parts are on a four-month backorder. I don't want my car to sit in a lot for four months instead of being driven. Apart from being hard to look at, it's still a functioning car. They told me they don't "preorder" parts for a repair and if I wanted to use their shop, there was a good chance my car was going to sit in a lot for four months. I didn't like that answer, so I left.
Back to the drawing board. I want nothing more than my car to be fixed, but I have two asks: I don't want my car to needlessly sit in a lot for 4 months waiting on parts, it already sat for 6 months when I ordered it. Finally, I want the repairs to be done right. If the insurance isn't going to pay for the whole thing to be PDR'd and have non-repairable panels replaced, so be it, but I don't want to take my car to any shop who is going to by default say "we're going to body filler and repaint your entire car". I'm going to other shops today for second opinions.
First I brought the car to Planet Ford for an estimate, if you look at my first post, I go over those details. The serviceman never got back to me with my quote, even after I tried chasing them down. Since I was already being drug around before my car was even in the shop, I tried my luck elsewhere.
I scheduled an appointment at 1488 Collision and had to wait for the holidays to wrap up. Yesterday, their estimator basically wanted to take my keys and have me completely excluded from the process. I wanted to know a few basic things before handing over my car to them: how the repair was going to be performed, what the quote was going to be, how long it would take to get parts, etc.
Planet Ford told me some parts are on a four-month backorder. I don't want my car to sit in a lot for four months instead of being driven. Apart from being hard to look at, it's still a functioning car. They told me they don't "preorder" parts for a repair and if I wanted to use their shop, there was a good chance my car was going to sit in a lot for four months. I didn't like that answer, so I left.
Back to the drawing board. I want nothing more than my car to be fixed, but I have two asks: I don't want my car to needlessly sit in a lot for 4 months waiting on parts, it already sat for 6 months when I ordered it. Finally, I want the repairs to be done right. If the insurance isn't going to pay for the whole thing to be PDR'd and have non-repairable panels replaced, so be it, but I don't want to take my car to any shop who is going to by default say "we're going to body filler and repaint your entire car". I'm going to other shops today for second opinions.
I would give it to your insurance company to figure it all out , that’s what you pay them for . YOU ARE THE CUSTOMER
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Hey guys, been awhile. I wanted to follow back up and close the loop on this one.
In short, my car is fixed up and looking brand new. If I could leave some advice to anyone who was in my situation: stay calm, be patient, and talk to a couple of different shops. Even after literally every body panel on my car needed repair, everything ended up looking great and flush. Take a breath, even if you have to go the conventional repair route, your car is still going to look just great (another piece of advice is to never listen to anyone on a forum, but that's neither here nor there).
After contacting multiple shops, I went with a smaller repair shop in the Houston area on a friend's recommendation. The shop is Refined Collision and the owner, Ali, was very knowledgable on hail repair and even spotted tiny dents that I couldn't, even after I had looked at the car 10 times over.
They (and I) initially wanted to go the PDR route, but after taking the car to a PDR shop in Houston, the PDR techs weren't confident that they'd be able to get most of the dents out based on their severity, location, and quantity. Several, if not most of the dents on my car had creased from the impact and a lot were in angled places on the vehicle that would be impossible to get right again.
Thus, conventional repair and part replacement was the route we took and while I was hesitant, I'm overall very happy with the results. We both agreed that no matter what, neither of us wanted to replace the roof on a unibody (even though insurance approved the costs to do so). Thus, I gave full blessing to body-filler the hell out of the roof even if the end result wasn't going to be as perfect as the rest of the car. In the end, the roof looks phenomenal. If you have a good eye for it, you could spot that it's been worked on by the most minor reflections in the paint but I'd say it looks like I have a brand new roof.
Total repair cost: $11,500(plus $250 to retint the windshield)
Total amount of dents: indeterminable. We counted the ones on my hood and it was over 300 on that panel alone
Replaced parts: Hood, rear liftgate, driver roof rail, windshield, third brake light
Repaired parts: Literally everything else. PDR on the less-severe ones, but bondo on most of the driver's side.
Painted parts: Entire car was repainted.
Repair time: 2 months
Satisfaction: achieved
Thanks for reading
In short, my car is fixed up and looking brand new. If I could leave some advice to anyone who was in my situation: stay calm, be patient, and talk to a couple of different shops. Even after literally every body panel on my car needed repair, everything ended up looking great and flush. Take a breath, even if you have to go the conventional repair route, your car is still going to look just great (another piece of advice is to never listen to anyone on a forum, but that's neither here nor there).
After contacting multiple shops, I went with a smaller repair shop in the Houston area on a friend's recommendation. The shop is Refined Collision and the owner, Ali, was very knowledgable on hail repair and even spotted tiny dents that I couldn't, even after I had looked at the car 10 times over.
They (and I) initially wanted to go the PDR route, but after taking the car to a PDR shop in Houston, the PDR techs weren't confident that they'd be able to get most of the dents out based on their severity, location, and quantity. Several, if not most of the dents on my car had creased from the impact and a lot were in angled places on the vehicle that would be impossible to get right again.
Thus, conventional repair and part replacement was the route we took and while I was hesitant, I'm overall very happy with the results. We both agreed that no matter what, neither of us wanted to replace the roof on a unibody (even though insurance approved the costs to do so). Thus, I gave full blessing to body-filler the hell out of the roof even if the end result wasn't going to be as perfect as the rest of the car. In the end, the roof looks phenomenal. If you have a good eye for it, you could spot that it's been worked on by the most minor reflections in the paint but I'd say it looks like I have a brand new roof.
Total repair cost: $11,500(plus $250 to retint the windshield)
Total amount of dents: indeterminable. We counted the ones on my hood and it was over 300 on that panel alone
Replaced parts: Hood, rear liftgate, driver roof rail, windshield, third brake light
Repaired parts: Literally everything else. PDR on the less-severe ones, but bondo on most of the driver's side.
Painted parts: Entire car was repainted.
Repair time: 2 months
Satisfaction: achieved
Thanks for reading
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Wow thanks for sharing your story! I’m glad it all worked out in the end.
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