1ute Donating Members 195 Member For: 20y 4m Location: Canberra Posted 20/01/05 12:02 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 12:02 PM Carpark at work...14:00 today...Canberra.. 20c piece sized hail.. Bonet has 10+ marks...One mark you can see withought looking...The roof has three small marks. No paint damage but you can see the dents if you look.The Ute has 4200km on it..had it about two months !My insurance excess is $450.I was going to take the car to the ute show in Feb..but...Any idea if its worth fixing? ..new bonet might be worth less than the insurance exess..I'm drinking now and it might magicly fix it's self while I sleep. I could live with the problem but I know it's there..I guess I could wait until a really BIG hail storm and have it all fixed at once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 3m 15d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 20/01/05 12:11 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 12:11 PM That sux bigtime. I doubt if a bonnet would cost less than $450 especially taking into account painting. Or you could maybe get one of those carbon fibre XR8 copy bonnets from New Gel in Fyshwick if you like that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 20/01/05 12:12 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 12:12 PM As soon as I heard it coming down I ran out and chucked it in the garage. Too scared to look for any damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximum_velocity Lemming No #5 Member 1,991 Member For: 20y 4m 9d Gender: Male Location: Endeavour Hills, Victoria Posted 20/01/05 12:13 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 12:13 PM of course its worth fixing mate. its your pride and joy driving around with dents in it just would look right. maybe on a Expensive Daewoo but certainly not a ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickz Member 3 Member For: 21y 1m 27d Posted 20/01/05 12:21 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 12:21 PM Just had my hail damaged fixed last week by one of those Paintless Dint Removal blokes. Repaired bonnet, FRHS guard, roof and bootlid. Quote was about $1250 - boss paid the $350 excess. It's a top job - you would never know it had been damaged. The other good thing was he only needed the car for 2 days. Hope this gives you a bit of an idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ute Donating Members 195 Member For: 20y 4m Location: Canberra Posted 20/01/05 12:53 PM Author Share Posted 20/01/05 12:53 PM I'll check the price at Ford and new Gel..Would I look like a wa*ker with an XR8 bonet???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 3m 16d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 20/01/05 01:05 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 01:05 PM I'll check the price at Ford and new Gel..Would I look like a wa*ker with an XR8 bonet????<{POST_SNAPBACK}>oh contrair.... xr8 bonnet is a horn bit of kit....I wouls seriously get one put on mine when it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 7m 26d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 20/01/05 11:00 PM Share Posted 20/01/05 11:00 PM Paintless dent removal is the way to go. I've had dents removed from a few of my cars and you wont even see they were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRBloke Donating Members 1,219 Member For: 21y 9m 6d Posted 21/01/05 03:43 AM Share Posted 21/01/05 03:43 AM Just had my mums car fixed, roof, bonnet, boot etc for $1000 bucks. had 15 dints in total! Dint doctor did it, no paint needed and u would never tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYOPA Team Blueprint Donating Members 312 Member For: 21y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/01/05 05:27 AM Share Posted 21/01/05 05:27 AM Mine got hit in SYd about 4 weeks ago at the airport.......I got about 70 marks all over the bonnet and roof... looks like someone took it out on the golf range and hit balls at it with a sand wedge for an hour.$3000 worth of damage... they are fixing it with dentless paint repair apparently.oooooooooooooooooooooo I feel like crying when I look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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