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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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My hood is pretty much one big dent now, anyone know a good way to take them out, I hear something about dry ice? my insurance company kinda copped out only gave me 225 buck, pshhh tha wont fix the ones in the quarter panels much less the hood, im depressed now
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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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Did you take the 225? you might be able to fight it and get a little more. Get several estimates and present them.

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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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well now you have a reason to get another hood. time to shop
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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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find a dent removing place, most bodyshops do it

our malibu got hailed on when someone else owned it, dents all over top hood and trunk, all but one of them came out and you cant even tell where the others were at, only reason we knew is becuase we were told
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Old Sep 6, 2005 | 07:47 PM
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Most bodyshops in my area outsouce paintless dent removal. It takes a special skillset and tools that most bodymen don't acquire.

Hail estimates are almost always LOW. They hope you cash the check and run with the money. Regardless as to whether you cashed it, you can still get more money. Take the car to a PDR shop and let them handle it. They'll deal with your insurance company.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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maybe i can help ya!
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 06:12 PM
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They only gave you 225 WTF, mine gave me $567 and that's just for the rear 1/4s (only part that's metal on a WS6)
The wife got over $2k for her Jeep
I'd be calling the insurance company and asking WTF is going on
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 02:47 AM
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Ding King which is a local chain of dent removal places charges a whopping $50 per panel on average for hail dents and dings.
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Originally Posted by trever phillips
maybe i can help ya!
Are you the guy that helped out Ben? If you are, i saw your work.. Nice!
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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I've seen shops do paintless dent repair for $50-$60 a panel. I think you should have enough to get it done.
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 06:27 PM
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no shop dose hail for 50- starts at $75 1 to 12 dents in for dime size and thats farmers insurance price list so... camaro hood and quarters your insurance comp was not fair w you get an est from a good shop cause if a shop cant get all of them out w pdr they have paint in if its not over the value of the car and ive seen 50 dollor jobs yuk! paint in
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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We just got a check for $1650 from our insurance for what looks like minor damage to us on my wife's 2002 Grand Prix. We are just going to use like $400-$600 for a new hood and keep the rest because somebody backed into her car with a boat and killed the hood not even 1 month after we bought it and we never fixed it. So really it all worked itself out in the end.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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Check for a Dent Wizard in your area. They do excellent work (at least the one I go to in Indy).

http://www.dentwizard.com/locationsusen

Locations for MINNESOTA, USA

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EDEN PRAIRIE DENT WIZARD RETAIL STORE 952-944-8886 9053 FLYING CLOUD DR.

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ST. PAUL LEXUS OF MAPLEWOOD 651-483-6111 3000 HIGHWAY 61 NORTH

Locations listed below are available for hail damage repair following a hail storm
MONTICELLO MONTICELLO AUTO BODY 763 295 4122 213 SANDBERG RD.
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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you should your going to want a word w your insurance person that are not very nice but its not to late to get more money not unless its pretty minor but im picky to and im sure w all are
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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could have whats he drive
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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i had hail damage on my car less than two months after i got it, took it to the body shop, paid them my $100 deductible. two weeks later all of the dints were removed 90% of the car had been repainted. i even got a brand new grand am as a rental car. i can not remember the final cost but would imaging that it was around 2-3k not including the rental, since there were dints in almost all the panels. it has been almost 4 years later and you can not tell the car has been painted.

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