Aluminum and Hail
#1
Aluminum and Hail
They don't play well together. My 3 month old '16 XF got caught up in a significant hail storm in VA last month. About 300 dents, golf ball sized. Yea, Allstate doing a very good job working with me on this, but what I learned is that aluminum is mostly not repairable (vs steel which has "memory" and can be returned to its original condition sometimes). Hood, top, sunroof, truck, all doors, rear quarter panels all being replaced. Some parts backordered from UK. The interesting part of this $35K process is that there are few body shops in FL (where I live) who can deal with aluminum. JagUSA has a good website to find them. I do worry about structural integrity, squeeks and other noises when they get done.
The following users liked this post:
BCJAG (10-18-2016)
#3
#4
#5
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
FS[Western US]: Parting out 1997 XK8 convertible
BobRoy
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade or Buy Classifieds
49
09-18-2016 10:48 AM
FS[Western US]: XJ6 XJ6C Rear Valence Panel- NEW, Never Used
XJsc-guy
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade or Buy Classifieds
0
04-05-2016 10:11 AM
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)