How to tell if hail broke the paint on your car

It is hail, and it is one or two panels. What is not clear is whether the paint held. That decides whether this stays paintless or needs some painting. The cracks, if any, can be hair-fine at the bottom of a dent.

What kind of repair does it need?

Paintless dent removal where the paint held. Conventional repair and painting on any panel where it did not.

Class of work Dent removal where the paint held, refinishing where it broke.

Two trades on one car. Dents with good paint are priced by count and access. Panels with broken paint are priced as paint work. This size of damage is not a write-off question.

What to do next

You do not have to work this out yourself. Ask a paintless specialist whether they assess hail for free. At this size a write-off is not the question. The question is how many dents come out without paint.

Sources

  1. EZ Tech PDRrepairerChoose PDR: intact paint, shallow deformation, safe access, no torn metal

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