Man, I hate to hear that happened to you! State Farm should be good to cover your damage...they've always been good to me when I've needed them. Kind of like a good neighbor. 
Hailstorms & Ridgelines Don't Mix
Picked my new RTL /moonroof Thursday in the Dallas, TX area and started home Saturday after visiting relatives for 2 days. Got to Amarillo Saturday late afternoon and without going into the whole story, watched from a restaurant as hail the size of quaters and some as large as half dollars beat up my brand new Amazon Green RL.
It was sickening to say the least. Not a thing I could do but watch. After the hail it rained like crazy so just went back in and ate shrimp - my wife just kind of sat there and said nothing. She really, really likes the RL too.
It did a job on the drivers side all the way down from one end to the other and of course the hood and top not really deep, no knocked off paint just enough that when you look down the side or across the hood it is just dimpled so nicely it looks like it came from the factory that way.
Will take it to the insurance company tomorrow - State Farm - I'm wondering how much of a fight this will be. There were a couple of toronados in the area as well but didn't get close to those so I guess I shouldn't be whining like a little kid but man - I finally got exactly what I wanted at the price I wanted to pay ($500 over factory invoice - $30,376 and no adds) and now this.
On top of that I had waxed the whole front and RainX'ed the windows cuz I knew I would run into bugs - stop gap measure until I get the clear bra on.
It was sickening to say the least. Not a thing I could do but watch. After the hail it rained like crazy so just went back in and ate shrimp - my wife just kind of sat there and said nothing. She really, really likes the RL too.
It did a job on the drivers side all the way down from one end to the other and of course the hood and top not really deep, no knocked off paint just enough that when you look down the side or across the hood it is just dimpled so nicely it looks like it came from the factory that way.
Will take it to the insurance company tomorrow - State Farm - I'm wondering how much of a fight this will be. There were a couple of toronados in the area as well but didn't get close to those so I guess I shouldn't be whining like a little kid but man - I finally got exactly what I wanted at the price I wanted to pay ($500 over factory invoice - $30,376 and no adds) and now this.
On top of that I had waxed the whole front and RainX'ed the windows cuz I knew I would run into bugs - stop gap measure until I get the clear bra on.
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I had my CR-V for 3 weeks when a 100 year hail storm did $7000 damage to it.
I would have then replace the entire hood. Re-skin the metal where possible and have them remove the windows to paint or you will never be happy with it.
2004 Element
2006 Ridgeline
I would have then replace the entire hood. Re-skin the metal where possible and have them remove the windows to paint or you will never be happy with it.
2004 Element
2006 Ridgeline
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