Hail Damage!!! This Sucks!!!
04-07-06, 06:44 PM
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Hail Damage!!! This Sucks!!!
I just got home to find my Vert all beat to crap.. There was golf ball sized hail still sitting between the hood and the winshield.. I need a New Aluminum Hood, a new trunk, a new tailight, new fenders and a passenger side mirror.. I am very upset.. Just when I get the car road worthy again something like this happens. Also all my spare body parts are dented like I pissed someone off with a ballpeend hammer...
Went from a REDICUlously straight bodied car, to a car that if it had full coverage would be totaled out....
AHHHHHHHHH!!! Pics up soon.
Went from a REDICUlously straight bodied car, to a car that if it had full coverage would be totaled out....
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04-07-06, 10:45 PM
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sorry to hear that, paintless dent repair guys can do wonders on hail damage.
I bought a brand new accord in 2002 may and in early 2003 I watched it being totalled in the Mall parking lot helpless...
one of those inflatable car covers might help if ya don't have a garage.
I bought a brand new accord in 2002 may and in early 2003 I watched it being totalled in the Mall parking lot helpless...
one of those inflatable car covers might help if ya don't have a garage.
04-07-06, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by veebee
i think this also killed 8 or more people today. last i heard it was 8. in tennessee that is.
Edit: Weird, my 666th post is about death! Creeeeeepy..
04-08-06, 08:47 AM
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i have childhood friend that works at a body shop. his advice for hail damage is this
1. Heater Gun
2. Some dry ice
Heat the area that was hit with the hail. (obviously be careful not to ruin the paint) heat it up very well. One dent at a time.
When the area is hot (i mean really hot) to the touch, take your dry ice and rub it over the dent. Some of them will pop out on their own. Not all of them but some.
It sounds dumb but it works. Especially on the larger ones. Its much cheaper than the taking it to the body shop. Try it you'd be surprised.
1. Heater Gun
2. Some dry ice
Heat the area that was hit with the hail. (obviously be careful not to ruin the paint) heat it up very well. One dent at a time.
When the area is hot (i mean really hot) to the touch, take your dry ice and rub it over the dent. Some of them will pop out on their own. Not all of them but some.
It sounds dumb but it works. Especially on the larger ones. Its much cheaper than the taking it to the body shop. Try it you'd be surprised.
04-08-06, 09:18 AM
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1. Heater Gun
2. Some dry ice
2. Some dry ice
The idea is that the heated metal will expand (duh) and the depressed portion of the steel will develop tension from the expansion and then the rapid cooling by dry ice will then shrink it past the dent and therefore near the orignal shape.
The problem is you need to heat to a point where the steel is almost red in order to be effective, and at that piont the paint is fubarred and as well, the heat needs to be concentrated entriley on where the dent was, and nowhere else....
also, how is getting the appropriate paperwork for handling dryice, and then buing dryice, and trying this half assed method any cheaper then just taking it to a body shop and having everythign repaired properly in the long run?
don't get me wrong, the theory behind the method is correct, but if you have ever actualyly tried doing this, you will know it really, actually, doesn't work. (to the extent you think it will)
04-08-06, 10:38 AM
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I have some tailights here at the house for ya if you need, $25 plus shipping, not sure though if the N/A will work on a Vert but if you wan't 'em their yours.
04-08-06, 10:44 AM
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no they wont work on a vert. dang dude im sorry. how bad is the hood? can you use pos a dent or dent wizard on it? that hood'll be expencive to replace. and what about the back end? was the unibody part ok?
04-08-06, 10:51 AM
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You can use coupe lights on a vert, but you loose the key access to the trunk. Not that big a deal until the cable for the trunk pop breaks. Had a friend with this scenario. We had to go in from the top storage area. At any rate, if you decide you want to go that route, I have a pair of s4 coupe lights you can have for free. Let me know, and maybe we can talk Jacob into getting them as far as Bowling Green.
04-08-06, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by classicauto
The principle is correct, however in practice this method of expansion and shriking is actually very ineffective and clumsy
The idea is that the heated metal will expand (duh) and the depressed portion of the steel will develop tension from the expansion and then the rapid cooling by dry ice will then shrink it past the dent and therefore near the orignal shape.
The problem is you need to heat to a point where the steel is almost red in order to be effective, and at that piont the paint is fubarred and as well, the heat needs to be concentrated entriley on where the dent was, and nowhere else....
also, how is getting the appropriate paperwork for handling dryice, and then buing dryice, and trying this half assed method any cheaper then just taking it to a body shop and having everythign repaired properly in the long run?
don't get me wrong, the theory behind the method is correct, but if you have ever actualyly tried doing this, you will know it really, actually, doesn't work. (to the extent you think it will)
The idea is that the heated metal will expand (duh) and the depressed portion of the steel will develop tension from the expansion and then the rapid cooling by dry ice will then shrink it past the dent and therefore near the orignal shape.
The problem is you need to heat to a point where the steel is almost red in order to be effective, and at that piont the paint is fubarred and as well, the heat needs to be concentrated entriley on where the dent was, and nowhere else....
also, how is getting the appropriate paperwork for handling dryice, and then buing dryice, and trying this half assed method any cheaper then just taking it to a body shop and having everythign repaired properly in the long run?
don't get me wrong, the theory behind the method is correct, but if you have ever actualyly tried doing this, you will know it really, actually, doesn't work. (to the extent you think it will)
you need paper work for dryice?
geez that sucks I just go to the grocery store show id and my paperwork is then done.
that **** stinks though
04-08-06, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by classicauto
don't get me wrong, the theory behind the method is correct, but if you have ever actualyly tried doing this, you will know it really, actually, doesn't work. (to the extent you think it will)
Oh... most places dont require a liscence or a PHD for dry ice either. Maybe where your located might be a different story but its not hard to find or purchase.
