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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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ok guys well this snow we just got here was about 3 feet or so. well i never got a chance to pull my car out of the portable garage. and well my nightmare began. the garage collapsed on top of my car. well today my dad and i finally got it un buried and got it moved so i could see the damage. well i need both quarters and a windshield. i wont drive my car like this even though i could drive it. i just cant im sure some of you understand that lol. well here are a few pics to show why im sad now. my Gf would say i treat this car better than her sometimes lol. well that might be true sometimes kinda. it dont look that bad, but its bad to me. hope my insurance covers this
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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how long it take you to get everything off?
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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Ouch.

Those canvas garage covers are great in the summer, but death traps in the winter. Guess you won't be using one next year!
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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Thats shitty dude! Did you have full coverage insurance? If you have comprehensive, that would fall under natural damage and comprehensive will cover it. If you have liability only then they wont cover the damage.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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Oh dude I feel for ya!!! Tryin to keep the car nice and clean and dry and it bites ya in the ***. That sucks
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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could've been a whole lot worse man, be thankful! that does suck though.

windshield shouldnt be more then $150 with a warranty. quarters, i guess you can just bondo them. it's really not that bad.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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could've been a whole lot worse man, be thankful! that does suck though.

windshield shouldnt be more then $150 with a warranty. quarters, i guess you can just bondo them. it's really not that bad.

Cant bondo that deep of a dent, we'll you shouldnt anyways.

That sucks man, hopefully everything works out in your favor in the end.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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god damn id cry if that happened! even tho my car is Far far far away from being a show car. gl on finding out if insurance covers it man
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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That sucks but you don't need new quarters at all. If they can be gotten to from the inside they will hammer and dolly them and straight them out then smooth and paint.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fergymoto
That sucks but you don't need new quarters at all. If they can be gotten to from the inside they will hammer and dolly them and straight them out then smooth and paint.

This.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28Camaro30Ann
Thats shitty dude! Did you have full coverage insurance? If you have comprehensive, that would fall under natural damage and comprehensive will cover it. If you have liability only then they wont cover the damage.

yeh i have full coverage, so hopefully it is covered. yeh trust me i know my car aint no show car, but it was still nice. i mean it has the normal scratches and stuff, but no real dents. no damage at all, until now. i mean i daily drive it, but not anymore. i cant and wont drive my car looking like that. i drive it everyday except when it snows and there is salt on the roads. but dang i hope i get this fixed before spring. thanks for all the support guys. o yeh and it took roughly 3 hours to get it all out and into my driveway.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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If you have full coverage then you are set man. It is covered under you comprehensive and all you have to do is pay your deductible. Sad thing is...you still have that deductible which in most cases is $500.00. Someone slashed my tires not too long ago and my insurance was gonna cover that. I found a deal that was better than the 500 deductible though so I decided not to claim it. Your good man, GL on the repairs and I wanna see pics when its all patched up!
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28Camaro30Ann
If you have full coverage then you are set man. It is covered under you comprehensive and all you have to do is pay your deductible. Sad thing is...you still have that deductible which in most cases is $500.00. Someone slashed my tires not too long ago and my insurance was gonna cover that. I found a deal that was better than the 500 deductible though so I decided not to claim it. Your good man, GL on the repairs and I wanna see pics when its all patched up!

yeh idk if im going to do it through insurance or not. there is a guy on here that said he will do body work for me and get his glass guy to get me a windshield and all put in. so i am talking to him to see what can be done. thanks for the support though. im not a very happy person right now for obvious reasons. and to make it worse were supposed to get another 1 1/2 feet of snow on top of the 3 feet we just got. good thing the car is outside now and will just have snow on it lol
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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lol I hear ya...I just use a car cover....lol
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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That sucks man. I hope everything works out for you.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 97lt1camaro
Cant bondo that deep of a dent, we'll you shouldnt anyways.

That sucks man, hopefully everything works out in your favor in the end.
On the passenger side you can get in there with a body hammer from the inside and straighten that dent out pretty decently, then a thin coat of bondo on top of that. On the drivers side, you cant get to that area from the inside, but you can get a PDR guy to pop it out for you. I had to have a PDR guy fix an area on my drivers side, it was about that deep. He got it pretty straight, and then a thing layer of bondo on top and it fixed it right up.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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Check this out. may help you out....
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/vi...-dryer-127450/
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by triche
Check this out. may help you out....
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/vi...-dryer-127450/
That link was nice I got to try that on the dent on my car.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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I don't think that dent removing technique will work for his deep quarter panel dents.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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Do you need new hatch glass I can't tell from the pic if it's busted. If you do I have a blue Formula hatch with good glass you can have, I just need to check and see if the defroster plugs are intact. I'm near Baltimore, PM me.

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