240 gets fecked by HAIL!

Post by **Nismo_Freak** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

I counted 20 dents tonight... who knows how many more ill see in the morning. I dont have full insurance, parents said they would pay it if I went to comprehensive, and im accepting any donations to the fix the 240 fund. I dont know how im gonna ever afford to fix this damn thing. Boostn_S14 @ yahoo.com is my Paypal name if anyone wants to pitch a buck in to help.

Post by **Mayhem_J30** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

those hail balls are HUGE! (here comes dees...)

that bites man. i'm guessing the hood and trunk our trashed. look for some at junk yards..out of town of course otherwise they probably have the same problem. you'll most likely have to take it to a shop to fix the roof. unless you know someone really good at dent pullin that has a lot of time.

Post by **theTony** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

I had a car once that got pelted with hail stones that large. Very extensive damage, but I was covererd. I had a body shop do all the repair work and it was thousands of dollars in damage. Lots of glass replacement too.

Post by **240gurl** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

Damn..that is a ****ty buzz dude...

Good luck with it...thatz too bad u couldn't stick ur car in a garage to avoid the hail

Post by **sultan** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

i had hail damage on my firebird and the insurance company gave me what i paid for the car to fix the damage, which i didn't do and really wasn't that bad. leaving the car in the hot sun will take some of the dents out anyway.

Post by **theTony** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

sultan wrote:leaving the car in the hot sun will take some of the dents out anyway.

huh?

Post by **sultan** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

the sun heats the metal, which then expands and pops out the smaller dents.

Post by **theTony** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

sultan wrote:the sun heats the metal, which then expands and pops out the smaller dents.

Well who woulda thought! Kinda makes sense though, but I still would not have guessed that would actually happen.

Post by **sultan** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

i don't think it will help nismo_freak, because he has some really bad damage. It helped my firebird though, most of the dents were on the hood, which is really big, and a few months later you really couldn't tell it was dented unless you looked really close.

Post by **Cold_Zero** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

Dude,Just paint it white and write Titleist in black on the roof of your car.

Post by **alexhho** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

Nismo_Freak wrote:
I counted 20 dents tonight... who knows how many more ill see in the morning. I dont have full insurance, parents said they would pay it if I went to comprehensive, and im accepting any donations to the fix the 240 fund. I dont know how im gonna ever afford to fix this damn thing. Boostn_S14 @ yahoo.com is my Paypal name if anyone wants to pitch a buck in to help.

Nismo. Did you ever get that fixed? I was wondering if there's a way to fix the hood by oneself? Thanks.

Post by **GEO** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

he got a new car..

Post by **alexhho** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

That's good for him. I have a 97 Infinity J30, and my hood was damaged my hail recently. I was just trying to find out if there is a way that I can remove the heat-proof cover under the hood so that I can try to push the dents back out. There are some plastic buttons holding the heat sheet onto the roof, and I'm afraid to break them. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.

Post by **Nismo_Freak** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

Vengeance wrote:he got a new car..

No I didn't... I still have the dents. Insurance bought me Tein coilovers and some other bits (to hell with 9 lbs. of bondo, I'd rather have suspension). I've since replaced the hood with a carbon fibre one and I'm going to replace the decklid with a carbon fibre one as well. From there it's minor body work and a paint job.

Post by **andrave** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 pm

hell yeah. dents give it character.sorry to hear about the carbon fiber though.

240 gets fecked by HAIL!

240 gets fecked by HAIL!

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