Had a huge hail here in Richmond hill (Canada). Ended up having alot of small dents on my hood/roof. Everyone in the area has these on their cars. Im guessing the only way to get rid of those would be by replacing the hood. Hail was a size of a golf *****.

 

Call your insurance agent. I have heard of cars being totaled because of hail damage.

 

^^^ WTF i've never heard of that but why not try, i guess

 

I just got mine a fixed a few weeks ago and I saw the bill, cost the insurance company almost 5000 bucks to fix. yeah but the hood they told me they hardly fix it's just easier to replace.

 

Hey buddy, well im not sure just how critical it is that every single dent be spotlessly removed or not; but heres my 10 cents. On a Very Hot Day when the car has sat in the sun and is nice and warm, go out to your car and Throw COLD water on the areas that are dented. It should shock the metal and press the dents out, seeing as it has sat in the sun and heat for some time and the metal is softened up. thats what car dealerships do! lol then they sell the cars as slightly damaged vehicles. Im not even jokeing, my father used to be in the car buisness! and if it doesnt work, well.. calll the insurance agent and get yourself a nice new Hood.

 

I've also heard you put the car in the sun for awhile and put some dry ice on the dents and the should pop right out I have never try it myself so I don't know if it works or not but it you don't have the money then it's worth a try. I just chose to go through the insurance because I have a low deductible so it didn't cost me much.

 

Dry Ice?/ idk about that, just curious what that Extreme Cold would do to the paint... Id try the Cold Water first then mabey try the dry ice. Hope this helps!

 

my wife's old Corolla was totaled due to hail damage.....then again, it was only worth about $3k at the time...

 

when i first read this i thought you said you didnt have the money, i questioned myself... for ice? i LOLed

 

No money for the bodyshop but I did so I just let them fix it.

 

I'm in Richmond Hill as well ran out and put cardboard over hood winshield and sunroof. Those things were huge. Didin't really get a chance to survey the damage.

 

I don't know how long you keep the ice on the car just something I heard

 

I just got hailed on too on Friday...I'll tell you now, dryice with either not work at all (it didn't for me) or you will be out there FOREVER trying to get all the dents out.

I applied the dry ice to the permiter and the dent itself for like a minute and it did squat. It was also 90 degrees out too.

I've had better luck with the $20 dent puller kit you get at auto stores. It takes a long time waiting for the hot glue to set up, but seems to work better.

The hail that did my damage was very similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZr8jXo1Uso

 

there is paintless dent remover guys. I live in toronto and we have a guy that comes in to pull them out. He does amazing job and you can't even tell anything after. I seen a car that was all dented from hail go 100 %. I think they even advertise on Z103.5
Pm me and i could find out his nr. for you

 

Im up in Whitby (40KM east of Toronto) and we got NOOO hail, just rain.

 

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