tony.r123 Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Hi just wonderedif anbody else was unlucky enough to have had tier Zed damaged in last Thursday's freak hail storm in the Burbage/Hinckley area? Mines a totalmess Quote
M13KYF Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 sorry to read this Tony. Can the bumps be knocked out by a dent guy or is it a right off Quote
Iwantone Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Here's a few pics of the storm's effects. http://www.tortoisetrustforum.org/viewt ... f=3&t=8191 Steve Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Tony, as per my PM, yours is the 4th Zed that has been affected by the weather last week, I hope you manage to get it sorted with minimum fuss… Quote
Commander Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Here's a few pics of the storm's effects. http://www.tortoisetrustforum.org/viewt ... f=3&t=8191 Steve That's crazy! Sorry about the damage, hope you get it sorted ok Quote
Craig782 Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 All the best for getting it sorted for those guys affected Please be rest assured once all the chaos calms down paintless hail repair teams will be setting up all over the place inside body shops etc and this damage will be covered by your comprehensive insurance Hail damage happens all over the world we are just not used to it here, so it will take a little longer to get sorted in the first place but there are plenty of hail repair specialists that are involved in sorting this out that travel the world repairing this damage to cars. Anyone needing help or advise please feel free to give me a call Quote
KyleR Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 I hope everyones cars gets sorted, it seems insurance companies are not making an act of god big deal out of it and simply paying up as they should, however, annoyingly all those affected will have a higher premium next year due to making a claim, which is kind of ridiculous due to the nature of the claim. Quote
Keyser Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 Feel for anyone caught in that! Good luck getting it sorted Quote
R35LEE Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 Jesus, I have never seen anything like this in the UK before Quote
Iwantone Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 From what I've seen in the pics and been told by pm, i reckon that you could have been easily killed if struck by one of those irregularly shaped hailstones. Having looked at the lady's car, is it the opinion of the experts here that the hailstone dent specialists could get the panels straight again? Steve Quote
KyleR Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 From what I've seen in the pics and been told by pm, i reckon that you could have been easily killed if struck by one of those irregularly shaped hailstones. Having looked at the lady's car, is it the opinion of the experts here that the hailstone dent specialists could get the panels straight again? Steve I'm not an expert, but non of the dents i've seen have been too bad, there's just 100's of them. Don't dent repairers charge like £30 a dent? So £3k+ to get it fixed, although i'm sure they'd give you a greatly reduced price due to the circumstances. Quote
JetSet Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 I'm actually amazed that no one was seriously injured in this! Pete Quote
rabbitstew Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 That is mental. I would be be livid if my car ended up looking like that. Quote
p40ulw Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 All the best for getting it sorted for those guys affected Please be rest assured once all the chaos calms down paintless hail repair teams will be setting up all over the place inside body shops etc and this damage will be covered by your comprehensive insurance Hail damage happens all over the world we are just not used to it here, so it will take a little longer to get sorted in the first place but there are plenty of hail repair specialists that are involved in sorting this out that travel the world repairing this damage to cars. Anyone needing help or advise please feel free to give me a call wow thats good to know! i will keep that piece of info stored for the future! Quote
DaddyCee Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 That is mental. I would be be livid if my car ended up looking like that. ^ totally agree. Quote
Iwantone Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 The car in the photo has now been officially "written off" so there will not be any work for the Dent Removal Man there..... Steve Quote
tony.r123 Posted July 8, 2012 Author Posted July 8, 2012 Hi Guy's, thanx for all the support, i've just been told that they are going to repair my Zed, it seems that the insurance companies have indeed used there contacts. The body shop that i was instucted to take my car to have had two teams of dent specialists shipped in from Portugal/Germany. Just hope the resulst are good, as my car was imaculate pre-storm Quote
bmg Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 unbelievable, glad everyones ok. the uk weather is so so bad, i need to find out who i can complain to about it Quote
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