Hail Damage. Getting car back today

bena1701 · 09-21-2015, 08:43 AM

Back in early August, my car got pretty beat up with hail in Boston (as you can see in the attached photos). I've never seen such huge hail in my life...

5 weeks ago I dropped off my car at a BMW Collision Repair Center. Damage was just about $10K (Amica covered everything with no hassle, great insurance company). A new hood, trunk lid, and almost complete repaint. All BMW original paint, and the paint work was done in a brand new 6 month old state of the art paint booth. Lifetime warranty on the whole repair and paintwork from BMW.

Can't wait to pick up the car later today. I'll post back later with pictures of the finished product. Fingers crossed...

theDELO · 09-21-2015, 08:51 AM

My hood took a beating during that storm too, luckily got it under a tree to limit damage to any other panels!

Welcome to NBA Jam · 09-21-2015, 09:30 AM

I'm glad that it wasn't totaled. To me there's nothing worse than hail damage that totals a car - it still drives perfectly, everything works great, but it just looks unsightly....and that's enough to deem a car a loss!

bena1701 · 09-21-2015, 09:41 AM

Agreed. I've put a lot of money into preventative maintenance and making the car perfect too, so if it had been totaled that would have been really lousy. Walking around Boston now you can still see a ton of cars that look like they were made from hammered metal.

piker28 · 09-21-2015, 10:55 AM

Man every time it hails I always panic about this stuff. Good news that they did not total it.

09-21-2015, 08:43 AM	#1
bena1701 Enlisted Member 14 Rep 45 Posts Drives: 06 330XI 6MT Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	Hail Damage. Getting car back today Back in early August, my car got pretty beat up with hail in Boston (as you can see in the attached photos). I've never seen such huge hail in my life... 5 weeks ago I dropped off my car at a BMW Collision Repair Center. Damage was just about $10K (Amica covered everything with no hassle, great insurance company). A new hood, trunk lid, and almost complete repaint. All BMW original paint, and the paint work was done in a brand new 6 month old state of the art paint booth. Lifetime warranty on the whole repair and paintwork from BMW. Can't wait to pick up the car later today. I'll post back later with pictures of the finished product. Fingers crossed... Attached Images
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09-21-2015, 08:51 AM	#2
theDELO Enlisted Member 3 Rep 49 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: May 2015 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0)	My hood took a beating during that storm too, luckily got it under a tree to limit damage to any other panels!
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09-21-2015, 09:30 AM	#3
Welcome to NBA Jam Is it the shoes!? 3884 Rep 5,112 Posts Drives: (Sold) 2011 E92 335i ZMP 6MT Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: USA iTrader: (1)	I'm glad that it wasn't totaled. To me there's nothing worse than hail damage that totals a car - it still drives perfectly, everything works great, but it just looks unsightly....and that's enough to deem a car a loss!
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09-21-2015, 09:41 AM	#4
bena1701 Enlisted Member 14 Rep 45 Posts Drives: 06 330XI 6MT Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	Agreed. I've put a lot of money into preventative maintenance and making the car perfect too, so if it had been totaled that would have been really lousy. Walking around Boston now you can still see a ton of cars that look like they were made from hammered metal.
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09-21-2015, 10:55 AM	#5
piker28 Private First Class 15 Rep 123 Posts Drives: bmw 335xi Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: new jersey iTrader: (2)	Man every time it hails I always panic about this stuff. Good news that they did not total it.
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