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Offline Alexk20

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Help!!!!!!
« on: 20 July 2016, 19:26 »
Just had a lovely bit of heavy hail, and now the roof and bonnet have a new effect on them any idea what the best thing is to do. Insurance or pay myself

http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/Stu77896/slideshow/
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Offline kalimon

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: 20 July 2016, 19:51 »
Just looks like water from your pictures.
My eyes are sh!te though to be fair :sad:
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Offline Alexk20

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: 20 July 2016, 20:01 »
Yeah I know really hard to get a good picture roof and bonnet covered in 5p sized dents very annoying!!
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Offline JoeGTI

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: 20 July 2016, 20:04 »
Wow, hailstones in July, WTF?!

I've seen that happen before and you are going to need a good PDR (Paintless dent removal) guy to sort it out. A good one should be able to fix it 100% but it will be time consuming... is the roof / bonnet literally covered in them?
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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: 20 July 2016, 20:16 »
There was a huge hail storm at the port of Emden in July 2013, when all of the first MK7 GTDs and GTIs were just starting to come through - there were thousands or wrecked VWs sat dockside awaiting their lift to the UK and Scandinavian ports.
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Offline Alexk20

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: 20 July 2016, 20:18 »
Yeah literally covered in them about every 6" can't believe it my neighbours car is terrible!!
This is it after one hour
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah27/Stu77896/image_zpsdroloi2j.jpeg
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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: 20 July 2016, 20:33 »
If I were you, i'd get a quote for repair from a dent removal specialist. If it's significantly more than the excess on your insurance policy and you've got protected no claims then i'd be going through the insurance. Your insurance will probably go up a little, but not much as it wasn't caused by a driving accident.
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Offline Bungleaio

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: 20 July 2016, 20:36 »
There was a storm local to me at the end of june a few years ago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0nrucoNXLo

It's quite a regular phenomenon apparently, there are teams of dent repairers that move around to wherever has had a storm.

If it's happened to you then it will have happened to your neighbours so I would just go through your insurance company, they won't penalise you too much other than losing your excess.
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Offline Alexk20

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Re: Help!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: 20 July 2016, 20:46 »
Think I will end up going through the insurance, our no claims are protected so not the end of the world crazy weather was 30oC and bright sunshine 10 mins before!!
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Offline JoeGTI

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« Reply #9 on: 20 July 2016, 20:51 »
That's mental... I'd always associate hail with freezing conditions not the 25-30 degree sun we've had the last week.
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