Hail damage- less than a 1000 miles. PDR or Hood replace?

[WhiteLightningnshitshadow]

Came back from (a frankly crap) vacation to some mild hail damage on my brand new truck. Looking at the cameras, it might have been around golf ball sized.

I really only see damage on the hood and could feel some bumps on the roof, but wouldn't really care about something I can't see like that. It looks like there's about 40-50 dents on the hood. This is outside the scope of PDR right? I should be looking at a takeoff hood on ebay?

First time dealing with hail. Looks like a hood runs about a grand after shipping. I assume this is something I can install myself, but anything to watch out for? Is there "adjustment" required for takeoff hoods being fit to other vehicles? I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of hoods in my color that were on Ebay being as Space white had a limited run.

Thanks in advance.

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[SWFLGuy]

I would absolutely check with a PDR guy before jumping to conclusions. I had damage from hurricane Ian and PDR got it out on my roof, but my hood got a tree branch on it so it was a bigger job.

 

[towpro]

we had a ford escape with only a couple thoursand miles on it recieve hail damage roof/hood/side several years ago. I recall the bill was pushing over 70% of what we paid. They had a team work on it for 5 days straight between pulling door panels, head liners, etc. looked perfect, and when we went to sell it nothing showed on Carfax. That same storm took whole car lots near us where 100% were totaled.

 

[WhiteLightningnshitshadow]

we had a ford escape with only a couple thoursand miles on it recieve hail damage roof/hood/side several years ago. I recall the bill was pushing over 70% of what we paid. They had a team work on it for 5 days straight between pulling door panels, head liners, etc. looked perfect, and when we went to sell it nothing showed on Carfax. That same storm took whole car lots near us where 100% were totaled.

So basically looked new? I guess my concern is the dents on the very top of the front quarter panels where the sheet metal is almost formed to an edge. Now that the rain has cleared and I've had a chance to look at the whole thing, I just said screw it and opened up a claim.

I mean a new hood is a grand, fixing the couple other small dents elsewhere would probably be another grand. May as well pay the 2k deductible.

Also, is an area that had a dent popped likely to have paint failure? I know painting aluminum is sketch even on the best of environments. I'm wondering if small cracks in the paint or delaminations from the aluminum could invite flaking later.

 

[powerboatr]

what does your insurance say?
surely that many dents will exceed your deductible.
let insurance fix it or replace hood.
i had a small grandmother (not mine, hit my truck) induced dent on the trucks passenger door right at the internal strength bar.
estimates were over 600 to fix it . one said its cheaper to replace the door?
i spent 45 for a dent puller and pulled i bet 90% out and only me knows where the remainder is

that many hood dents...IMO let insurance handle the fix that what we pay for
plus it lets you get some return on HIIGH rates


oops we answered same time

 

[WhiteLightningnshitshadow]

what does your insurance say?
surely that many dents will exceed your deductible.
let insurance fix it or replace hood.
i had a small grandmother (not mine, hit my truck) induced dent on the trucks passenger door right at the internal strength bar.
estimates were over 600 to fix it . one said its cheaper to replace the door?
i spent 45 for a dent puller and pulled i bet 90% out and only me knows where the remainder is

that many hood dents...IMO let insurance handle the fix that what we pay for
plus it lets you get some return on HIIGH rates


oops we answered same time

Yeah I was afraid of rates going up (first claim EVER-15+ yrs) but it seems that rates don't increase for hail I guess. I put the claim in just a little while ago and have an apt to get an est on Tues. I just want it close to new. If a new hood is only like 8-1000$, seems like a good option on its own. I wouldn't mind learning to pull small dents, but it's the real small dents that I wonder about.

 

[diambo4life]

My truck was hailed on and so was my wife's Jeep about 3 weeks ago here in good ol Oklahoma. Both 2022s. They were both fixed by PDR and are spot/dentless. We had golf to tennis ball sized hail. The F150 actually fared much better than my wife's Jeep. Her Jeep was 2x as much to fix even though the vehicles were parked right next to each other during the event. I filed an insurance claim and a local guy was paying people's deductibles up to a grand and offering free car rental during the repair. I was amazed by the outcome. Anyway, I was $0 out of pocket and it shocked me the vehicles were returned to their original condition. It's quite amazing. Definitely, have Insurance look at it. As someone stated, claims due to mother nature do not affect your premiums.

 

[Bryan Simon]

My 21 had the snot kicked out of it last March.
parked right in between my 98k1500 and the kid’s Taurus.

Beat the crap out the hood and roof.
EVERY panel except the tailgate nailed pretty well too.

A couple of little dings on the Chevy and a couple more on the Taurus
Nearly $9k damage on the f150.
New roof, hood, windshield and ceramic tint. Over six weeks in the hospital.
Body shop for the big stuff, PDR joint for the panels not replaced.
Overall, pretty happy with the results.

Must be noted that the new Ford hood did not line up properly and had to be raised at the rear. I spent about two weeks deciding if it bothered me or not.
Yep, it bothered me.

 

[sbi]

We had a major hail storm in MA back in August 2015, it ripped through a wide and long stretch of land. Caused damage to all 3 vehicles and the house. (as well as thousands of cars and houses). Two vehicles were newer, one was 10 years old. Insurance fixed the two newer vehicles (they pop the dent out, nothing was replaced) and also covered $55K repairs to the house (new roof, new siding, new gutters...crazy, but it also turned our house from the ugliest on the street to the prettiest one ?).

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