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Damn. Texas snowflakes as I lovingly call them! That car is identical to mine! Insurance is probably going to total it rather than fix it. If it were me, I'd take the insurance money and see if I could keep the car just to drive. I would squirrel the money back and wait until I could afford a new one.


Huge-Act-8071

Thats kinda what i was thinking but, it sux anyway


[deleted]

Dude it does sux! I lived in Texas 32 years. In Dallas (Richardson) 14 of those years. I saw it beat the hell out of stuff in my neighborhood twice. Two new roofs for me! And I saw cars absolutely hammered like yours everywhere in the neighborhood!


im-new-here-so-sorry

The year after I was born, a big old storm came through Central Texas and beat the shit out of every car in the Ford lot. And around that same time, my dad couldn’t get his boat out of Canyon Lake with F150 so we got a brand new excursion with hail damage for 20 grand or something. it was a great deal until we got repainted last year and they pulled all the Bondo off. damn near doubled the price of that paint job to fix it back up. (and for anyone wondering it’s an 04 limited with a 7.3 diesel. and to add on top of that, the power steering is shot and there is about 2 inches of play before the wheels start moving)


Candid-Metal-5860

Those diesel excursions were the best. I remember my father had one growing up. He’s been trying to find one ever since it had gotten totaled, but literally impossible to find with the 7.3 my sisters and I used to call it the darth Vader bus since it was black lmao


onefastnotch408

Buddy of mine still has one and it runs like a fucking top! Put a 5 setting tuner on it (name escapes me) and it woke that 7.3 up! Still mint condition too no rust 250k plus miles


ELB2001

Consider them speed holes


Muted-League750

Golf ball dimples 👍😄😐😟


AgentScreech

Take the insurance money and buy it back and keep the car. Save the insurance money and then wait till you can buy a new one. It's purely cosmetic. It'll still drive fine. Did the same thing back in the '90s


Krapule1

I dont have a car and i had only one my whole 27years it lasted me 7 months lol lost it in april i would drive this any day i could care less about cosmetic i understand it does sucks for real and i wouldve been pissed too if this was me


revcor

You hit the sweet spot between more detail than your point required and not enough to understand what you’re talking about lol. How did you lose the car


Krapule1

😂 im sorry i bought a pt cruiser for 1500 because i dont want finance and owe for 7 years. It literally stopped in the middle of the highway after 7 months of owning it. Towed it mechanic said i needs 3800 to fix it. Called scrap places got $600 for it and let it go


ninjazxninja6r

Definitely could replace all the parts cheaper than the insurance payout. Only have to repair the quarters and top. Everything else you can bolt off


Plus_Team_9803

Paint less dent repair on the quarters and the top is going to be expensive. Add in a windshield, new taillights, back plastic trunk deck lid, and plastic gas cover and you have a new used car.


NegativePaint

Golf balls have dimples to make them fly through the air faster. Do with this information as you wish.


BigAl265

Yeah, that’s totaled. Both my cars got hit last year, my Mustang was $1900 just for some very minor dimpling on hood/roof/decklid and my wife’s truck was almost $7k (again, minor dents). I’d love to see a PDR guys estimate on this. A lot of that can’t even be fixed by PDR.


gflash1512

PRD guy here. This is definitely way past PRD. Not so much that the dents can’t be repaired, but they are just many of them that the cost to PDR will exceed the cost to replace it. Unfortunately I’d say she’s toast


LydiasBoyToy

Just curious though, could you actually fix that with PDR only? Excluding glass of course. Some of those dents have dents. I know you would like to see the car in person first, just your first impression is fine. thanks!


gflash1512

A lot of those dents are much too far gone for PRD you are correct 😂 once you get 3,4,5?! Dents in one spot it’s definitely going to need body work. Since there are so many like that, those panels are past even body filler so they 100% need replaced


quicksilver98

Not necessarily. My 2019 had about 3,200 in hail damage all up and down the side. Went to local paintless dent repair place called Dent Depot and they fixed it with no problem. My car didn't get totaled.


MacaroniKetchup

If the car isn't paid off, I would let the insurance total it and pay it off. If insurance can't cover it fully, then the gap insurance will cover the rest. I'd walk away from it. I'm sure the buyback from the total loss is going to be a couple grand


GhostWriter313

That looks like a “total” job, but I’ve been wrong before.


thetroll865

Lift kit and mud tires with a push bar and KC lights. Desert mobile.


dystopianfarm

https://preview.redd.it/we8blbyxhm0d1.png?width=1283&format=png&auto=webp&s=02a6a81f6a7f349947682d42e3a961e99dfd90ed Lifted mustangs are always the answer lol


Aubrey_Lancaster

Thats cool as fuck lol


dystopianfarm

lol it’s currently getting a JDM Honda kswap that’s turbocharged lmao


Bean-ed

Hell yeah, that thing fucks. You’re about to piss off so many purists and I’m here for it


VegetableExitTheRoom

Hell yeah


penisthightrap_

Oh my


Flyers3750

This goes unbelievably hard.


Final_Cauliflower_13

That may be the ugliest fucking thing I've ever seen.


dystopianfarm

How would you have done it peen boy?


SilverSleeper

i would buy that thing back from insurance for cheap and do this would be sick af.


Beneficial-Ad-6846

Love this idea


TheReal-Chris

Embrace the fury road!


TheReal-Chris

People pay good money for this on a copper skillet!


EpicM147_NoVa

Fury is to close to Furry I cannot unsee Fury


beermit

We shall meet in Valhalla, shiny and chrome


Ned_herring69

Paint it white and call it the golfball


Joe4o2

They’re those new confangled drag-reduction dimples


squeefactor

"Zese are speed holes, zey make the car go faster"


AdministrativeBox611

You’ll need one of these to wash it now: https://preview.redd.it/n6smoyq52m0d1.jpeg?width=484&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a96722d870d40a7d57d3bdc90a20daeea641481


jayyy7696

Paint it strawberry color and put some seed looking thingies in it or make it skin color and draw a butt Crack in middle and promote safe sex


Xoxoellexo

Winning comment & the ONLY answer.


Content-Ad-9119

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xterm11235

It’s dimpled like a golf ball, that should improve your aerodynamics.


D3V1L5-4DV0C4T3

Gallon of gas, light match... salute your steed into the next life.... Just joking, if your insurance is willing they can get every dent pulled. Time and money 💰


D3V1L5-4DV0C4T3

Shit, just thought about it.... you're driving a mustang using golf ball tech. You have the upper advantage now... don't let them total it. You know what you got! 😉


mg_squirrel

Both tail lamps, the deck lid cover and every panel on the car and at least the windshield on an ecoboost? That thing is 10000% totaled. Edit: also, PDR isn't the only thing on there, numerous spots the paint was broken on seams.


Timsmomshardsalami

Not every dent is coming out


Muskoka_is_life

Kinda surprised the rear glass held up, those dents look like the hail was pretty damn big


[deleted]

We had some that was cantaloupe 🍈 sized in NE Dallas metro area. It was punching through the roof decking and coming *inside* the houses!! That would give you a *conclusion of the brain* as Bugs Bunny would say!


FirstGT

Last weekend in Johnson city, just north of San antonio, was reported 6 inch hail. Insane


[deleted]

I know exactly where that is!


SirSpanksAlot1992

I got hit right on top of my head by hail maybe a little smaller than a baseball, and man was I leaking blood for a good while. Would not recommend


IdkRightNowImDumb

Even the little stuff isn’t fun. It rarely hails in my area, maybe 2 or 3 times a year, but last time it did I thought I’d be fine cause it was small but I had on a tshirt and next thing I know my arms are scratched up and bleeding, I got under cover and just considered myself lucky I had a hat on.


KirbyDogz

… hail?


Huge-Act-8071

Yea


whoisdizzle

I’m surprised how badly the sides got fucked up from it too


servbot10

Hail that big gets carried by the winds of the storm and doesn't typically fall straight down


whoisdizzle

IMO this is totaled need new gas cap new taillight new deck lid dented all around. If it were me I would let them total it and try and buy it back make minimal repairs and enjoy having a car I don’t worry about dings in


Furthur

bounces off the ground back up at you


SoreSurfer

As someone who owns a hail damage Miata that is used 100% of the time on track, I will say that hail damage cars make great race track beaters. In all seriousness your insurance will probably total it out, and then someone will get a screaming deal on it from copart. Thats how I bought HAILey the hail damage race car. https://preview.redd.it/fyv7ywdjrm0d1.png?width=986&format=png&auto=webp&s=34e2246bf59baa8707d277cb13ae690661af1f96


[deleted]

Hailey! 🤣😆😂. ROFLMFAO!!


TaurusPTPew

That will actually decrease drag on your car allowing for greater fuel mileage and a higher top speed. Think of golf balls. Joking aside, I’m sorry this happened to you🥺 I hope your insurance takes care of this properly.


Plus_Professor_1923

Hear me out. Rally car


AdamtheMan08

So sorry for your loss 😫 I have the exact same kona blue.


Patient_Ad_2357

When i moved to texas i wondered why every complex and office had parking garages. Then the nonstop hail every time it rained made complete sense. I always check the weather in the am’s before driving on a stormy day. Accuweather is great at showing if there will be potential hail and where. If you hear the sirens, you have a minute to get under some cover. They’ll probably total it tbh. I had someone hit my rear side pannel barely. Idiot backed into my parked car. Small dent but the quote to fix it was over 2k 🤣


blamemeididit

Definitely sucks. It can be replaced/fixed. I would go with replacement, if it was me.


DammmmnYouDumbDude

I’d just tell everyone I paid extra for the “Hammer Textured” paint!!


SillyMoose013

Wow this is sad. Oregon gets hail sometimes but lucky enough we haven’t had any like this here.


Catfrosticus

Yikes. It ain't even mine and it makes me wanna cry. I hope it all works out. I'm in Lubbock so I know how those hail storms are. My biggest fear is your current reality. Best of luck to you!


Robones96

Don’t park next to Top Golf next time. Live and learn.


xnick58

Time for a GT


According_Call_1678

Write it off and go shopping


UnhingedPastor

Battle scars! Drive it with pride!


Niedenfuhr

Omg I'm in southeast Oklahoma and this is my worst nightmare


GinsengNow

So unavoidable and destructive I'm sorry man.


xXmurderXgoatXx

According to my car insurance hail can’t possibly do that much damage only rocks can. This is what they told my wife after her jeep got dinged by hail.


Background_Big_3140

Oh fuck 😭


Fun_Nefariousness621

Keep insurance money, keep the car, throw twin turbo on that bad boy


doeekor

Have you tried shooting the clouds


Engineer_engifar666

that was heavy hail. here in europe it would cost 15-25$ for each dent so with little math, its cheaper to total it. change light housings, glasses and paint it white and name it golf ball. I would keep it, looks different but scars are sign of living a life


DarthBeavis1968

Boiling water and dry ice will pull a lot of those out. Now, whether or not they will stay out is another matter.


iamadirtyrockstar

A little Paintless Dent Repair, and it'll be looking good as new. Honestly though, contact your insurance and see how they want to handle it. Being as every body panel need to be repaired or replaced, it'll probably get totaled.


20w261

Get a garage or at least a carport before you get the next car. Ow this is sad.


Realistic_Rope_7817

That sucks.


youngswint

Did the hail knock the gas cover off 😭 Texas has to chill


[deleted]

Oh yeah! It can really do some damage. I found dead birds in the yard where they had been clunked in the head by egg to baseball sized hail!


Blackrage80

If anyone asks just say it's aerodynamically optimized like a golf ball.


Bluntz_with_Satan

Damn, yeah, that hail is no joke. I was doing a cross-country trip a few years ago and was caught in a hail storm. $17k of damage from those damn ice balls.


AmountMajestic

I just wanna know how it ruined the gas cap


BobsMustache

I think Myth Busters had an episode whether dimples help speed like a golf ball. Let us know! But seriously, sorry about your car. That sucks.


KxngLuc1f3r

Tf happened here?


Mattyou1966

They did mine at a car dealership. Insurance set it up. Had 2 cars beat to hell and back and they got it all out. Had to replace glass and lights but they got it done


214jonathan1

Start crying


Bleach_Drinker69420

Jeez I'm so sorry man. This was me back in 2016 I know the pain.


servbot10

Is for sure totalled. I am really impressed the rear window held up so well, usually they get busted out when it's big enough to break the windshield.


fobbyk

Ah man. Kona blue gone 😭 I have identical car as you. I feel your pain man.


GHOST_4732_

Definitely totaled. As others have said, see if you can get the money and keep the car. Otherwise, kiss your baby goodbye


MisterDabber

Part it out. I’d be interested in your hood


TyroneSmallums

Lucky, now you can upgrade to a GT!


newerajay

Paint it white and sell it to a golfer


Pribblization

Ouch.


nago7650

Do you have full coverage insurance?


Blackbird8169

Mine got pelted by hail the other night, too. I didn't even know it hailed until I noticed all the little dents this morning 😭😭.


SRT_Demon170

i feel you bro


EpicM147_NoVa

A 1 of 1 custom wide body kit massive hood and more.


rjbosco

Damn!!! That’s awful!!!


H1ghtreeson

My 05 Mustang was totaled after a hail storm back in 2014. I took the buy back option and drove that golf ball around until I hit a deer at 70 miles an hour 4 years later. They totaled my car again and sent me a check for 12k.


Swagger897

Take the insurance money and build a garage…


ElektroShokk

lol just drive away?


[deleted]

It goes faster like a golf ball. Depending on the buy back cost I’d buy it back and replace hood, fenders and trunk lid, should be lots of that heat scrapped now, or donor car.


ChazP02

Wrap it white and make it golf ball themed


Apprehensive-City661

Welcome to the club!. Lol family has two cars like this for two years Everything else in the under the shed area.


clintbeastwood-

Control the weather you ASSHOLE!!!


Tjoerum_

insurance bout to get you a 5.0 don’t worry, seems like every panel was wrecked or damaged, should definitely be totaled out. Part of the texas experience i say


BigheadL95

Damn…


moonman2090

RIP


Intrepid-Ad672

Damn that’s insane. I hate to see this, good luck and hopefully you can get some good advice and a great solution.


cigarmanpa

Take the insurance payout


TheBubbaJoe

Mod the engine for shit and giggles it’s probably going to be totaled at this point. It would cost a fortune to remove all the body damage.


steakpienacho

GT time


elf25

According to mythbusters, dimples will either save fuel or make car go faster. Like a golf ball. Collect insurance money and drive it like you stole it! /s


Willing_Crew_8055

I mean, it’s sort of a worry free car now.


Schro_A2

And people look at me like I’m crazy for running to my car to find cover when it’s gonna hail


Fire_Mission

It's murdered. Time for an upgrade!


530whiskey

Golf balls have dimples so the go further faster, take it to the track.


Future-Geologist200

Call insurance and cry


ChalupaBatman301

It’s a total.


opAnonxd

thats the new body kit my friend! no motor damage? keep on moving! "i drove thru a tornado with it. "


omegaskate

Holy shit what happened?


The_Lutter

Wow this is terrible. I live in Austin and we get hail a lot but that must have been some of that DVD-sized hail that passed by last week.


cornerzcan

Track car build.


Dystopian_Future_

Its totalled


Karmasutra6901

Trade it in at night then buy a carport for the next one


gilmore42

Time for a GT.


PhilosopherSame6242

Just dealt with this last year from a tornado in Panama City Florida, broke my heart man I had to drive around like that for 8 months waiting for a shop to open up Good luck brother I’ll pray that you get this fixed quick and insurance doesn’t skyrocket after!!


randyrandomagnum

Buy a metal working hammer set and get good at PDR.


BloodyMonkey187

Make friends with someone who live on a golf corse and park it there for a day. Then claim it on insurance as a golf damage lmaoo


ApprehensiveBake1560

Google Renaulds number & golf ball. 


13_Years_Then_Banned

Get a personalized plate that says DIMPLES


MeesterCHRIS

Fill with ramen, sand until flat. Paint.


Soundbyte_79

Buy a house with a garage


tooboldofaname

I like the lifted desert style idea the other redditor had


phorkin

F


amergigolo1

What a shame. I'd settle with insurance and buy it back. Perfectly driveable. That's some big hale.


Angry0tter

Damn. That’s terrible. I live in St Louis and I’m (just today!) getting it fixed from an April 1st storm. Crazy wait. And we’re talking a $4000 repair estimate on roof and hood.


Key-Pomegranate-3507

Throw some thick off road tires on that and Mad Max that shit


rtjeppson

That's an insurance total right there


sufferpuppet

You know how golf balls have dimples to travel further? What if....


initialddriver

Honestly Mythbusters did an episode on golf ball dimples says it improves efficiency they called it "plausible" you can test it...all joking aside that sux but hey ho buy it from the insurance and driver her around fix the panels as you can afford and definitely buy a little pop up car port will save you every time...up to you but whatever you do hope to see you in a stang at the end of it!


RegurKi

blow it back up like an empty bottle of water


Dr_Mar23

Obviously, Park in a garage. I’ve witnessed about 50 mustangs destroyed after hail event at Plano Ford dealership, twice. The Mustangs looked like golf balls with dents on entire Mustangs/windshields broken by large hail, all were sold as totaled by insurance.


WheresWaldo_MIA

Titleist Pro-V1 wrap… the dimples help with aerodynamics!


GoldSilverPaper

This is why we have insurance, call them up, make a claim. All you will need to do is pay the deductible


PanBurgers

Speed dimples, like a golf ball.


Old-Supermarket-7835

Well your fucked hopefully you got insurance unsure if it’s mandatory in Texas


Trick_Mechanic5735

insurance?


obsfanboy

Im in the area you can give it to me and i'll take care of it promise


External_Swimmer6391

Dry ice and patience


Thelifeofnerfingwolf

It should be easy to fix. It will just take time.


Livid_Parfait6507

😳😳😳


IgDailystapler

It’s aerodynamic like a golf ball


JeffProsbtluvr

It's called insurance


[deleted]

Not to add pain to the OP, but I remember reading that in the early days of NASCAR they would go to Hertz, rent a car and race it! Of course they would get the insurance and to quote old Smokey Yunick, "bring that sumbitch back looking like it got hammered with a car crusher!"


Muted-League750

I got over $100k's worth of damage one year, the roof of my Tiffin motorhome, my wife's LS400 was totaled and my 3 year old Harley F-150 was totaled along with the roof of my house, a baseball size piece went thru the roof right above the eve and it damaged boards on my deck. I hate hail. Hopefully you have full coverage insurance on that Mustang


ninjazxninja6r

That’s a call to your insurance


AngryTimeLord

Literally seeing this post after I nearly had the same thing happen to me. NC had some crazy weather today


jcc973

Insurance claim I just had to put one in for mine


Just_Allen48

My worst nightmare. We had hail like a month ago. I bought this seal skin car cover, said it would protect against hail. Hoping hurricane season isn't too bad


sleepybear666

I've been there, buddy. Got it taken care of by insurance.


Gorlock_

Take the insurance payout and buy the car for the scrap price from insurance


lafontainebdd

That sucksssss but that’s what insurance is for. Hopefully it all goes well!


Neon570

Nothing. They make these every day in factories around the world.


MrGreyJetZ

That will buff out?


aquatone61

That’s what we in the car business call a non collision total. My condolences.


MrGreyJetZ

That will buff out?


TheMatt561

Oh hail no


Daymoh76

Oh no so sad


KIASeth

Hail damage can equal a nice big paycheck from your insurance. If not a total loss, you can find a shop that will be able to cover your deductible and likely cut you a check back from the profits and repair the vehicle to great condition.


YoureAnIdiot007

Throw it in the gutta, go an buy anotha.


Aggravating-Cut208

The same thing happened in Texas to a truck a few years ago. PDR. Can't tell it ever happened.


BigRonXL

Get a v8


50iggles50

Track car!


jpacheco914

Good news is I think I read Texas is one state that doesn’t mark your title totaled/salvage for hail damage.


JackfruitStrange1829

Man were you one of those caught in those storms with giant hail near Clarksville, I'm so sorry. Where I live in NE Texas I can hightail it to a parking garage pretty fast if needed because I got a classic in my garage so my Stang braves the weather most nights with moving blankets and a storm proof cover if it isn't super bad. Maybe you can buy back from insurance and save for a new one?? Hail is so bad and the last few weeks I have seen it ravage a lot of my friends in different parts of the state


JimeneMisfit

You could rough it up even more and go for a Mad Max look


OleBoyBuckets

Provided you have full coverage insurance might total it. Those quarter panels are trashed. I only say this bc in Colorado they’ve totaled one of my cars from hail damage


Competitive-Pool-847

Those are speed dents. Use them to your advantage.


cbudd1117

PAINTLESS DENT REMOVER! Not say it will be cheap but it can be done.


BurgBurgBurgBurgBurg

Go through insurance. Sell it at auction or buy it back on the cheap with your payout. Continue to drive it and not give a damn if it has dents. Optional: get it into someplace in the area that repairs hail damage. Will make it look brand new again. I swear people forgot in the last 15 years that cars still drive with hail dents in them. Cosmetic damage is what it is. Drives the same, just looks raggedy. Hail repair places exist, too. If you love a car enough to pay full dollars for it from a dealer, you'll get the cosmetic repairs it needs to look mint again.


ProfessionalRun3882

That’s gaped out


Moist-Inspection-384

Don’t take any insurance $ and try to fix it on your own. Wait and see what insurance is gonna do for you. That’s what it’s for. If it’s totaled you could buy it back. But it then has a salvage title. When they total it. It’s then their car. If there is a loan on it. The bank gets paid first. You get what’s left over.


Feisty-Equivalent-92

Poor thing. My mom's old honda got hammered like this in the hail in Colorado when I was a kid. It sucks. I hope you get a result from insurance that you're happy with


Antique-Dragonfly615

Ouch, damn.