[old-chevy-truck] slightly off topic but relevant--repairing hail damage
Does anyone have experience with repairing hail damage themselves as in actually doing the body work? I got blasted in Wednesday's storms. One vehicle can go through insurance; the other I need to do myself or it would be totaled due to its low value before restoration. Anyone have experience with insurance whereas once a vehicle is totaled, even if you redo it you cannot get comprehensive on it after that? Hoods can be replaced (and will need to be) but the roof in particular is a concern, and I'm not sure if there aren't other body panels that would be better to repair than to replace...that's even if they are available to replace at all. A key interest is that I've heard that the dings may pop out either on their own or intermittently under wide temperature variation (winter-summer repeated cycles). What's the best technique--body filler or body solder--given the structural issues? I gather that paintless dent repair is quite expensive--true or not? Not quite justified when the vehicle needs paint anyway? Thanks for any input, Mark N Various old GM trucks and cars Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [old-chevy-truck] slightly off topic but relevant--repairing hail damage
You might try pushing the dings up from the bottom. Might have to make tools to reach into the hard to reach places. Worth a try, just don't push too hard. Mike 50 3100 Does anyone have experience with repairing hail damage themselves as in actually doing the body work? I got blasted in Wednesday's storms. One vehicle can go through insurance; the other I need to do myself or it would be totaled due to its low value before restoration. Anyone have experience with insurance whereas once a vehicle is totaled, even if you redo it you cannot get comprehensive on it after that? Hoods can be replaced (and will need to be) but the roof in particular is a concern, and I'm not sure if there aren't other body panels that would be better to repair than to replace...that's even if they are available to replace at all. A key interest is that I've heard that the dings may pop out either on their own or intermittently under wide temperature variation (winter-summer repeated cycles). What's the best technique--body filler or body solder--given the structural issues? I gather that paintless dent repair is quite expensive--true or not? Not quite justified when the vehicle needs paint anyway? Thanks for any input, Mark N Various old GM trucks and cars [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [old-chevy-truck] slightly off topic but relevant--repairing hail damage
Believe it or not, here's some info on hail damage. Several years ago, my son's Honda Accord got beat up by hail pretty badly. It had small dents all over. I called our insurance agent. He came and looked, and told us to park the car out in the hot sun, at the next sunny day. He said that we would be surprised what happened. Sure enough, we were amazed to see that virtually every dent popped out on it's own. No body work was required at all. I was totally amazed. Mike Burns -Original Message- From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com [mailto:old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of m...@noakes.com Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 7:46 AM To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com; old_chevroletgmctrucks; Oletrucks Subject: [old-chevy-truck] slightly off topic but relevant--repairing hail damage Does anyone have experience with repairing hail damage themselves as in actually doing the body work? I got blasted in Wednesday's storms. One vehicle can go through insurance; the other I need to do myself or it would be totaled due to its low value before restoration. Anyone have experience with insurance whereas once a vehicle is totaled, even if you redo it you cannot get comprehensive on it after that? Hoods can be replaced (and will need to be) but the roof in particular is a concern, and I'm not sure if there aren't other body panels that would be better to repair than to replace...that's even if they are available to replace at all. A key interest is that I've heard that the dings may pop out either on their own or intermittently under wide temperature variation (winter-summer repeated cycles). What's the best technique--body filler or body solder--given the structural issues? I gather that paintless dent repair is quite expensive--true or not? Not quite justified when the vehicle needs paint anyway? Thanks for any input, Mark N Various old GM trucks and cars [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
