Huge Hail Storm - Blacktown - Seven Hills

BenJ · 09-12-2007, 05:24 PM

Hey all.

Just had a huge hail storm here.

I mean HUGE.

Check out this photo

The EB copped a few hits in my dash down to the Seven Hills carpark. I now have dents in the bonnet, roof and bootlid. :cry: One hit the roof so hard the interior light cover fell down. The storm lasted around 15mins and the hail just got bigger as it went.

The ED Ghia also has dents as well as a huge crack in the windscreen.

The house though is fine.

Anyone else have damage?

BenJ

EA2BA · 09-12-2007, 05:29 PM

bugger, get hold of a paintless dent removal guy to try straighten the car out.

galaxy xr8 · 09-12-2007, 05:31 PM

Ouch, that's a fair size golf ball.

Jason[98.EL] · 09-12-2007, 05:31 PM

bugger sorry to hear about the damage

is that one hail stone or is it a few rolled together

hope you have get it fixed soon

jason

EF Futura 07 · 09-12-2007, 07:32 PM

geez man, sorry to here that. house is way more important so atleast that didnt have any damage. how good was the storm on friday arvo? did you get that one?? no hail but bloody hell it poured. i work at wentworthville and normally go M4,M7,M5 to get home but it was raining so much i thought stuff that ill go woodville rd/henry lawson dr. woodville road was flooded, it had about 6 inches of water in some spots (ive only got about 90mm ground clearence lol) with the wipers flat out you could only do about 35/40k's no visability at all. took me 1.5hrs to drive 30ks lol

frd_crzer · 09-12-2007, 07:42 PM

nice size hail stone. shame about the damage caused to ur car.

Pinch · 10-12-2007, 09:14 PM

If you copped a few of those bad boys you will be making close friends with the panel shop, paintless dent removal will never get those out.

2005 Ulladulla hailstorm, $14.5K damage to a 3 month old Futura. Lumley's fixed it.

Sorry to hear that. Hailstorms suck. Good news about the house though, that's a whole pain you don't want to go through.

**Sorted** · 10-12-2007, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinch

2005 Ulladulla hailstorm, $14.5K damage to a 3 month old Futura. Lumley's fixed it.

Would of been cheaper for them to fix it than write it off as if they wrote it off they would of had to replace it with a brand spanking new model with same extras.

All comprehensive motor policy's have new for old in the event of a total write off for at least the first 12 months on a brand new car.

CGU have 3 years New for Old in the event of a total write off

penrith_panther · 23-12-2007, 09:14 PM

sorry to hear about it
im in the westmead parra area and i was havin a heart attack in my room when it started hailing here
and it's not like i could drive out my car 2 a shopping centre car park cause i lost my licence for 3mnths...im gonna buy one of those car covers...$20-$30 isnt a bad investment for future disaster..luckily no damage...atleast not that im aware of
tho my mum reversed into my car recently but im only gonna bother fixing it when i get my license back

[Tonko] · 23-12-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by penrith_panther

...im gonna buy one of those car covers...$20-$30 isnt a bad investment for future disaster..

Are you saying that a crappy, cheap car cover will somehow 'protect' your car from fist-sized hailstones?

BenJ · 23-12-2007, 10:25 PM

Mate, the hail stones were that big that a cover wouldn't have offered much protection.

BenJ

penrith_panther · 23-12-2007, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [Tonko]

Are you saying that a crappy, cheap car cover will somehow 'protect' your car from fist-sized hailstones?

true but it's better than no cover I guess
i need a cover anyway cause we only have 1 garage and i wont b drivin for a while
atleast not much =]