Daleo Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Shell was lucky to get back inside haha, hope she is ok How were your houses guys? No tile damage or anything else? Goodluck to everyone on their insurance claims and that it goes smoothly. I said that to her when she called me; we saw a woman knocked unconscious be a huge hailstone a few years ago at the East Coast Nationals at WSID which was the last time it was damaged. House looks fine; but I'll have to wait for a dry day to get up on the roof. Ok damage report new windscreen massive crack on it 2-3 massive dents on roof and quite a few smaller one same goes for bonnet and boot. Now claim insurance or get my dent repairer mate for a cashie That sucks; our repairer told me that the dents on out car are too deep for PDR this time. PDR is pretty advanced these days. My jeep grand was hit all sides a couple of years ago. They repaired it completely with PDR for less than $5k within 5 business days. The repair was fantastic and you couldn't tell it was ever damaged. There are some very skilled operators in this area; we've had great success with PDR in the past. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-N1 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Commiserations to Adrian and Dale too. Apparently the hail had a spread from Blackheath down to Springwood but I believe it rained monster hail down near us. NRMA which insure my Mum's Mazda2 and Maria's Volvo XC60 T6 are banked up arranging calls to the insured; arranging for them to bring their cars to a demountable assessment site that's local next week. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-N1 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 The Mazda suffered large hail dents due to the thin skin. There also quite a few. Quantity and severity on the Volvo amount to less in depth and less in number. The skin is evidently thicker - noticeably so. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 PDR is pretty advanced these days. My jeep grand was hit all sides a couple of years ago. They repaired it completely with PDR for less than $5k within 5 business days. The repair was fantastic and you couldn't tell it was ever damaged. yeah ive seen the guy we use at work get dent out that i couldnt imagine anyone being able to fix without bogging it up an re spraying so im staying hopeful until he gets the chance to go over it Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Two of the more serious dents one on the pillar and one cracked windscreen Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-N1 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Setting up the rfs stall for Springwood Foundation Day today, other guys had neighbours with smashed house windows/skylights and car windscreens Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I spoke to my dent remover an showed him the pics. He basically said be prepared to strip out any parts of the car you want. So im not a haopy camper so far today Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-N1 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Fark. How many days (estimated)? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Well im going through insurance now and have to get 2 quotes then they will let me know the decision Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-N1 Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Welcome to Faulconbridge folks! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daleo Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I spoke to my dent remover an showed him the pics. He basically said be prepared to strip out any parts of the car you want. So im not a haopy camper so far today Awwww, that sucks. Waiting to hear the verdict with ours... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Awwww, that sucks. Waiting to hear the verdict with ours... yeah pretty much i just hope they don't write the car off ill be so upset Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7496445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just got my first quote. Its 7600 plus adjustments an the cars insured for 11k. Got one more to go i just hope the assessor is in a good mood an decides they will fix it instead of writing it off Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7498419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie_Delivered_R32_GTR Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just got my first quote. Its 7600 plus adjustments an the cars insured for 11k. Got one more to go i just hope the assessor is in a good mood an decides they will fix it instead of writing it off With those numbers I think they will fix it. In the old days 60% of value, written off. Now days 75%-80% and they still fix it. Bob. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7498425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for those re assuring words bob i need them lol i feel like im clasping onto straws Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7498472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daleo Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I'm still waiting to hear what Shannon's is going to do with our Mazda... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7500499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cav33r Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 What do you reckon they will say dale? I still have to get one more quote an see what happens. Has anyone ever fought a insurance company in regards to writing a car off due to hail? Because by the look ofthe first quote im going to be right on the boarder line of being written off. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7500532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anfanee Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 they will write off the car. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7500534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trex Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Could always buy it back? Not sure on how that process works though Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7500546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTofuS-T Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Could always buy it back? Not sure on how that process works though Will need to be repaired and blue slipped to get off written off register I believe?? I had a car written off and paid out 3500 but only cost 400 to buy it back... Might be worth it depending on repair costs. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/454699-hail-friggin-mess/page/2/#findComment-7500550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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