Well I went out drinking tonight with the wife and get kind of toasty. We come home and notice the there's a storm on the way. Well we come in and it starts raining and hailing(small hail). It stops hailing after a couple a minutes so I think notheing about it. We go to bed and I wake up at about 2am and have a sick feeling that there's something wrong with my car. I get dressed and walk out the door to go to my friends house where the car is parked to check on it. I get out the door and turn my cell phone back on and it beeps at me telling me I have voice mail. It's my friend. He called to say that the storm was pretty bad on his end of the town. I was like **** not again. I called him and he said that it was golf ball sized hail the was coming down like it was shot out of a gun. He preceeded to tell me that my wind shield was cracked and that my hood was dented. He also said his car was worse. He said that his hatch on his 240sx, one of his mirors, and quater glass were all busted. He said his roommates lancer got the brunt of it though. He said the back glass got busted, hood got dented, while driving back in the rain he sucked up water through his intake and into his engine. They think the engine might be toast. Any way I was wondering what the cost of a new hood and windshield would be for a 90 TII? I was just thinking that somebody may have had to replace these items before and not that the forum was a collision center that gives damage quotes. Thanks for any help. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/angry.png

Damn, that's rough...sorry to hear it. We had a bad hail storm here a little while back (there's a thread in Gen D about it somewhere) with some golf-ball sized hail. Lucky for me, my car was in a garage, but some of my friends' cars got fucked up. :(

I think just about every car in the nieghborhood got fucked up. When I drove into the nieghborhood to check out the damage, it looked like a war zone. There were tree branches and huge puddles of water everywhere. It was just plain ugly. My friend said that he even had some of his house windows broken.

Sorry to hear about that. That sucks. You can try http://www.victoriabritish.com/ for the hood. I'm not too sure if they sell the front windshield though.

That gives you a reason to get a carbon fiber or fiber glass hood!!!

I was thinking about that. Just one question though. I know they're light and all but are really all that sturdy? Can they withstand hail?

I think I need a Vosko style hail proof hood and windshield.LOL j/k https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR

You'll have a hard time finding body panels that will withstand Texas sized hail. That **** is scary.



I have to replace my windsheild also, the cheapest quote I received for a brand new one was $185, they come to your house or work and install it onsite. For $65 they would come out and install one you purchased. I've thought about getting one from the junk yard and having them install it, but in the long run I think it's going to be better to get a brand new one.

you can get aftermarket TII hoods, no scoop, but Im guessing your

scoop is fine. About $200-250.

Mazda OEM TII hood is like $700 I believe.



$185-$200 is about right for a windshield.

it'd be pretty hard for water to ruin an engine, unless you drive into a lake or something. It probably just shorted out his ignition.

Rob my scoop is fucked. My hood looks like a little kid was playing the drums on it with a ballpean hammer.



His intake is pretty low and if you've ever seen abilene puddles then you'll know why it caused a problem with his motor. Abilene puddles are like lakes because there isn't a drainage system in this town. He also had a turbo kit on his car and the oil feed line which has a rubber hose portion to it(poor design IMO) melted on the cat and leaked out alot of oil and started an oil fire in his engine bay. This was a really bad night.

damn im glad i live in florida with no snow or hail

if money is tight you could try to get a used TII hood compleate with

scoop. Or get the aftermarket one, it weighs more but its cheap, and it will probably be easier to find a good used scoop as hoods get dented easily.



You could get one of those CF hoods from FC3s, I think they are like $400-$500 with scoop.

yea instead hurricanes throw it into other states so it can get hailed and snowed on there.



kevin.

Money isn't the problem. Stuff like this is why I'm glad the wife insisted I have full coverage insurance. Hopefully the insurance won't total it. Hopefully they'll spring for a new hood too.

I would rather lay out $700 out of pocket then have my insurance go up for nearly 4 years for a inexpensive claim. What kind of deductible do you have anyhow?

Rob I don't think this is going to be an inexspensive calim. The guy who blew his motor has over $6000.00 in body damage from this storm. If you saw the damage you would see why we've opted to file a claim. I originally just wanted to buy a new hood and light covers in a couple of months after I pay off the credit cards but the wife was like there's no way you'll be able to fix all that damage from out of pocket.

I was talking about your claim, not your friends claim. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



if you paid out of pocket you could probably get the car fixed for under

$1000, not sure how much you pay for insurance, or how much they will raise

you, but if they raise your insurance lets say $500, multiply that by 40 months and it can add up.

When I smashed up my NSX, my agent told me a claim was a claim. No matter what the dollar amount it would affect ym insurance the same. I got my moneys worth though, over $40,000 in damage. If you're gonna do it, do it right... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif



I would agree with Rob, if you don't need to make a claim, don't. It sucks, paying for insurance and not using it when something happens. In the long run it is likely going to be a better option for you on a low dollar amount claim.

a long time ago I used my "zero deductible glass coverage" to cover a

windshield. When it was time to renew my insurance I was shopping around,

and wasnt getting the cheapest rate, it was for a claim on my insurance, being puzzled as I never had a accident, I asked what it was for, and the OTHER insurance companies all told me the same thing, "we cant give you the best rate because you had a windshield claim last year"



A ******* $200 windshield cost me alot more in the long run, now I deny the glass coverage, I dropped it on my Lexus, I didnt even realize I had it on there, it was $98 a year, a new windsield is $185, so why the **** should I bother with it? In the event of a accident glass is covered.

Rob I just went and saw the insurance guys today. The cost of all the repairs was just over 2k. This is with them forgeting to put down for the damage to my front fenders and light covers. I don't have 2k to spend right now. I wish I did but I don't. If I did I would deffinately pay for this myself.



I see what you're talking about with the claims. They usually don't count too much against you when you're not at fault. I think I just going to have to suck it up and take the hit on this one with my insurance company.

That really sucks man..

sorry to hear it, I know sometimes money isnt easy to come by,

we all have been there. You can try trimming the fat on that insurance claim

by looking for ways to make it cheaper, like the CF hood with the scoop ( you

could paint it, I would ), those headlight covers are cheap and can easily be found used and are available aftermarket by the way.





Have you considered paintless dent removal? I just had it done

on my GFs car, she had dings in every panel, I paid $125 and

the guy did a GREAT job, I paid shop cost of course, but he did

4 doors, a fender, and both quarter panels.



The process of PDR was developed for hail damage initially.

According to the insurance company, they usually try that method first(if they think it will work)and go for replacement parts last. I guess the guy who proccessed my claim felt that PDR wasn't good enough and decided to give me replacemant price. I'm almost sure that the fenders can have PDR to get them fixed. Right now I just want my car fixed. Ever since the Haltech install everything has been breaking. I guess this is my year to break stuff.