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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 07:57 PM
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Where i live was caught in a pretty brutal hail storm earlier resulting in several dings in all 3 cars on my drive.( scooby 5 off, golf 1 off, pug 2 off)
My question is would it be worth calling dentmasters(or similar) or would i be better off in a professional bodyshop?
Do dentmasters charge per dent ? Opinions and advice welcome. thanks
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 08:48 PM
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Insurance claim or not??
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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I've used a mobile dent man before, utterly amazed at the work. Charged me by the panel, think it was circa £30 a panel for cash.
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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My wife got caught out in Asfordby nr Melton Mowbray in our 407 estate. It got battered, must be about 100 dents everywhere. Insurance won't cover it as its an act of god.

Gutted, it's going to take hours for a dent expert to remove them all.......
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My local dent man charged me £40 to remove all the dents in my car, there were about 7 dents and in total and he was on nearly 1.5 hours, came to my work too whilst on back shift.

As stated before they can produce some amazing work and most will do a free estimate, should imagine they will be busy atm!
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MK1ITS
My wife got caught out in Asfordby nr Melton Mowbray in our 407 estate. It got battered, must be about 100 dents everywhere. Insurance won't cover it as its an act of god.

Gutted, it's going to take hours for a dent expert to remove them all.......
That seems a bit harsh. I have phoned house ins to see if covered in some way.(long shot but as its 3 cars thought it worth try) No joy tho.
Will ring car ins tomoz but would imagine would prove to costly that route.
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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pop some pics up guys,, i want to see the extent of this hail damage,.
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:22 PM
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Couldnt get the small uns to show to well on camera.
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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I work in a smart repair centre and there are some good skilled blokes, for those dents I would get a paintless dent removal, comin from a bodyshop background must other repairs it worth doing the Job correctly and going bodyshop,
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thats pants...... im gutted for you
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The hawk wrx on my street (parked a few miles away today) had 43 dents on the bonnet alone! Looking like a write off
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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by blackvenom
I work in a smart repair centre and there are some good skilled blokes, for those dents I would get a paintless dent removal, comin from a bodyshop background must other repairs it worth doing the Job correctly and going bodyshop,
Can you word it again please mate? Didnt understand last bit. cheers
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Originally Posted by MK1ITS
Insurance won't cover it as its an act of god.
Tell them you're an atheist and that whilst you don't believe in god, if they do then they should sue him, otherwise pay up.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by gpssti4
Tell them you're an atheist and that whilst you don't believe in god, if they do then they should sue him, otherwise pay up.
effin well said, has this been tried out before?, i couldnt imagine how the insurance company would answer to that.
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Red, nip down to MARC (melton accident repair centre) on Snow Hill and see if theres anything he can do, they deal with a lot of insurance claim work.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Ballyscoob
effin well said, has this been tried out before?, i couldnt imagine how the insurance company would answer to that.
When you consider that if a storm lifts you house roof off, your home insurance covers it, so why shouldn't such events be covered on car insurance!

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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 01:34 PM
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Out of all insurance scams going, an 'act of god' is the biggest! Unfortunately you'll have probably signed a document with the small print stating that acts of god are not covered.

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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by the hamster
Red, nip down to MARC (melton accident repair centre) on Snow Hill and see if theres anything he can do, they deal with a lot of insurance claim work.
Aye. Is it mr hellier? He did a bit of work for me on side years ago if it is.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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Thats the one fella, tell him Stu the aerial man sent you
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Old Jul 1, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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This was on another forum showing the storm which caused the damage.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 05:01 PM
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Dent man been today. 10 yrs worth of dents and dings repaired for the grand sum of 50 quid! Pretty decent job aswell to be fair. Result.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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That's really cheap! I rekon they'll creep back overnight

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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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Hi

Sorry to Hi J, but does anyone know of a dent remover in the Leeds/West Yorkshire area ?
Got a few dents in the bonnet and boot lid and a couple small car par dinks.

Cheers

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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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I live in Hinckley and that hail storm was unbelievable,golf ball sized hail stones,loads of property damage,house roofs wrecked,hundreds of cars damaged,I had over 50 dents on my Mazda,and 1 dent on the Scooby even though it was in the garage as the back part of the garage was perspex and that just got blasted to bits.
All cars are covered by insurance thank fully.
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Originally Posted by scooby red
Dent man been today. 10 yrs worth of dents and dings repaired for the grand sum of 50 quid! Pretty decent job aswell to be fair. Result.
Can you pm his number mate Glad you got it sorted.
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Just had a budget cost on mine at £3k. New bonnet plus other repairs plus practically a respray.

See Post 25 for photo links to bonnet and roof although vitually every panel affected https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...il-stones.html
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Originally Posted by gdavey
Just had a budget cost on mine at £3k. New bonnet plus other repairs plus practically a respray.

See Post 25 for photo links to bonnet and roof although vitually every panel affected https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...il-stones.html
Oh dear mate. Dentmaster not gonna ping them out eh!
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Originally Posted by MK1ITS
My wife got caught out in Asfordby nr Melton Mowbray in our 407 estate. It got battered, must be about 100 dents everywhere. Insurance won't cover it as its an act of god.

Gutted, it's going to take hours for a dent expert to remove them all.......
Act of god??? Are they serious what about flood damage to cars they seem to cobver that
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Old Jul 10, 2012 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Tenby
Act of god??? Are they serious what about flood damage to cars they seem to cobver that
Well it seems that they've now changed their stance as they will now cover it.......guess enough atheists complained.... lol
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Offcourse the better option is a professional bodyshop. I had experienced with a quality paint job done by a shop. I recommend you to must visit Sonny's Collision for full body work of your car. Sonny's Collision offers wide range of auto body services including collision repair, car painting, body work, dent removal, hail repair, scratch removal, , custom painting, vehicle towing and all the other kinds of damage repair services that your car may need.
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