FML... HAIL.

[Lost]

So I'm on a trip and my daughter texts me this pic.
Should I have Ford replace it or safelite?

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[66sprint6]

Daaaamn that blows. Hate to see it!

Matt

 

[Litenin75]

I would have them tarp it up and inspect it when you get home. From the size of the hail on the ground, that may not be it and you don't want to spend money if it's going to insurance anyway.

 

[JohnD]

Would expect some body damage from hail that size as well.

 

[Jay159866]

Would expect some body damage from hail that size as well.

That was my first thought. Hail big enough to break the window has to of damaged the body.

@OP GL!

 

[Stripler]

30 minutes after I bought a brand new 2005 GTO in San Antonio, I drove into an epic hail storm. This was before the age of smartphones, etc, so I had no idea what was coming.

Cars around me had their windshields smashed as chunks of ice fell from the sky. Traffic was completely stopped on the highway, so I drove off road across a grassy median to a service road and found a bridge to take cover. A few other people there were like, "whoa, is that the new GTO?" I had literally just driven off the lot minutes earlier. When I got home, I went over every inch of my car and there wasn't a single dent, ding, or crack in the paint.

So it is "possible" you don't have any other damage. Not likely, but it is possible.

 

[TNcoupe]

Its god trying to tell you that you should've gotten the performance pack if you were gonna get a manual Mustang. Just kidding, that definitely sucks. I would clean it and inspect it really well for body damage.

 

[Lost]

Well got the car in a lighted garage, and to my line of thinking, it looks totaled. Looks like someone took a bat to EVERY DAMN PANEL. The roof looks the worst, especially it took hits on the creases. The A pillars. Everywhere.

So what can I expect form the insurance? It's way beyond paintless dent removal, I'm sure. It was tennis ball size hail.

 

[Monopoly]

crazy!!! we got hail as well but it was about the size of small gumballs. Our other cars were ok no dents. Luckily my car is parked inside a garage. Sorry to hear man!!

 

[Litenin75]

Well got the car in a lighted garage, and to my line of thinking, it looks totaled. Looks like someone took a bat to EVERY DAMN PANEL. The roof looks the worst, especially it took hits on the creases. The A pillars. Everywhere.

So what can I expect form the insurance? It's way beyond paintless dent removal, I'm sure. It was tennis ball size hail.

I dealt with this several years ago on a Raptor. Every panel that could be dented was. You need to get in contact with your insurance ASAP, because they will be flooded with calls. Use whatever shop they approve near you, as long as you approve as well. That way if the repairs aren't to your liking you can fight it through the insurance since they recommended the shop. I had the insurance company find a shop near my parents house, 7 hours away, so that I could get the repairs done fast. The in town wait was 3+ months due to the sheer volume of damage in the area.

Edit: It was $12k+ in repairs, all OE parts and it was perfect. Thankfully it's just paint, just request they repaint the entire car, even if they don't replace the panel.

 

[obgod3]

We got hail last week in Colorado that was larger than golf balls, millions in damage, cars running around downtown Denver these days look like they have been shot up by a 50 cal. Dealers the last year have been installing canopies over lots to protect new rides.

 

[VinnAY]

Ya if it broke the glass you've got very serious body damage.

 

[PJR202]

Well got the car in a lighted garage, and to my line of thinking, it looks totaled. Looks like someone took a bat to EVERY DAMN PANEL. The roof looks the worst, especially it took hits on the creases. The A pillars. Everywhere.

So what can I expect form the insurance? It's way beyond paintless dent removal, I'm sure. It was tennis ball size hail.

Doubt it's totaled. I had a car with hundreds of dents from hail, plus smashed rear glass. Literally even the inch wide chrome trim was dented. New trunk lid, new roof, new hood and one new fender, and full paint job. Only $5,500 bucks.

And it was a couple years old Hyundai Sonata. Was worth maybe 12k at the time.

 

[awmustang]

Well got the car in a lighted garage, and to my line of thinking, it looks totaled. Looks like someone took a bat to EVERY DAMN PANEL. The roof looks the worst, especially it took hits on the creases. The A pillars. Everywhere.

So what can I expect form the insurance? It's way beyond paintless dent removal, I'm sure. It was tennis ball size hail.

Is there any water damage to the interior?

 

[Lost]

Yeah, rear seats were soaked.

It will likely get fixed. New hood and trunk i bet. The roof concerns me. Wont get it in to a shop for 2 weeks . Ican get the v6 trunk now!

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