Hail Storm!!!
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when i brought the car to the shop and the put some lights on it they found over 200 dents total - ugh - the paintless dent repair guy can't do it all so it also had to go to the body shop after - total bill about 4,000 but it's covered by insurance w/ only a 100 dollar deductible...whew.
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every time I see the words, "hail storm" I get evil flashbacks of Canary's car! 
Hope it gets fixed. The dentless removal shops probably will be able to help.
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ok guys I need some advice...
I have no pics yet - went back to the body shop...let me give you some info:
the shop is a big collision center owned by Lancaster toyota mazda and it is huge and busy and was a shop that my insurance deals with so i expected a good job.
I got to my car and the dents are gone - it looks GREAT! - but...there are some problems...there was primer on the front windshield - they cleaned it off when i complained but how sloppy can you be? There was excess material on the edge of the door but they cleaned that up too. But before I even did anything I noticed the mileage - they drove the car 5 miles. Now I think that is pretty excessive considering there was no need to test drive it for dents - the dentless repair shop is on the same road less than an 8th of a mile away - so I look more closely and there are several rock chips in the front bumper and hood that are new. I couldn't believe it - some *** took it out and chipped it up. I have pics from right before that show they weren't there. Also I just bought the car 3 weeks ago so I admire it every day and I would definitely have noted them before. The manager was standoffish right away - when i questioned the mileage he said that's not right let's go look up the mileage at check in - when he got out the paper work - I was right. Then he said "Oh I know - these cars have to warm up we can't just take it and move it." I agreed but questioned the need to drive it versus just letting it idle to warm up...he didn't really have an answer. So I complained to my insurance company and they will send out somebody this week to look at the car and settle the issue with the shop. I've had body work done a few years back on a different car and it was perfect and professional. They even gave me a bottle of touch up paint. This "big" shop was sloppy - primer on the windshield, etc. I am furious...and i'm not letting this blow over...I take care not to be behind trucks on the highway and I know you can't prevent all but these were not there before. The manager said these are old there is rust in them - first of all there is no rust and second of all the one that is in the front PLASTIC bumper looks exactly the same - so it's rusting too?
Any advice?
I have no pics yet - went back to the body shop...let me give you some info:
the shop is a big collision center owned by Lancaster toyota mazda and it is huge and busy and was a shop that my insurance deals with so i expected a good job.
I got to my car and the dents are gone - it looks GREAT! - but...there are some problems...there was primer on the front windshield - they cleaned it off when i complained but how sloppy can you be? There was excess material on the edge of the door but they cleaned that up too. But before I even did anything I noticed the mileage - they drove the car 5 miles. Now I think that is pretty excessive considering there was no need to test drive it for dents - the dentless repair shop is on the same road less than an 8th of a mile away - so I look more closely and there are several rock chips in the front bumper and hood that are new. I couldn't believe it - some *** took it out and chipped it up. I have pics from right before that show they weren't there. Also I just bought the car 3 weeks ago so I admire it every day and I would definitely have noted them before. The manager was standoffish right away - when i questioned the mileage he said that's not right let's go look up the mileage at check in - when he got out the paper work - I was right. Then he said "Oh I know - these cars have to warm up we can't just take it and move it." I agreed but questioned the need to drive it versus just letting it idle to warm up...he didn't really have an answer. So I complained to my insurance company and they will send out somebody this week to look at the car and settle the issue with the shop. I've had body work done a few years back on a different car and it was perfect and professional. They even gave me a bottle of touch up paint. This "big" shop was sloppy - primer on the windshield, etc. I am furious...and i'm not letting this blow over...I take care not to be behind trucks on the highway and I know you can't prevent all but these were not there before. The manager said these are old there is rust in them - first of all there is no rust and second of all the one that is in the front PLASTIC bumper looks exactly the same - so it's rusting too?
Any advice?
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