Good Luck. That was a big hail ball.
Hail Storm
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Racer
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From: Dayton OH
Hail Storm
Had a pretty severe hail storm this morning... (the hand is from the news channel, not mine 
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The vette was out in it since I don't have the luxury of a garage at my apartment complex. Going to go check on it in a few minutes... wish me luck.
) The vette was out in it since I don't have the luxury of a garage at my apartment complex. Going to go check on it in a few minutes... wish me luck.
Racer
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From: Kearney NE
Originally Posted by jmliles
Had a pretty severe hail storm this morning... (the hand is from the news channel, not mine )
The vette was out in it since I don't have the luxury of a garage at my apartment complex. Going to go check on it in a few minutes... wish me luck.
) The vette was out in it since I don't have the luxury of a garage at my apartment complex. Going to go check on it in a few minutes... wish me luck.
Le Mans Master
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From: Delray Beach FL
You should be OK. Fiberglass doesn't dent. I had a Camaro that went through a hail storm with that size hail in Orlando '92....it looked like a golf ball. All the dealers had specials on dented cars...except plastic or fiberglass cars.
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Safety Car
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From: Austin, Texas
Good for you. I'm happy you had no damage.
We had a pretty good hail (golf ball sized) storm here Friday night as well. Both of my daughters cars, in the driveway, were slightly
damaged. I wondered how the Vette would have faired. Sounds like it would have been OK.
Glad I didn't have to find out though.
We had a pretty good hail (golf ball sized) storm here Friday night as well. Both of my daughters cars, in the driveway, were slightly
damaged. I wondered how the Vette would have faired. Sounds like it would have been OK.
Glad I didn't have to find out though.
Le Mans Master
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From: DSM IA & Lake of the Ozarks
You should be fine. Fiberglass will crack but it will take a lot more than hail to do it. Also, hail will never chip your paint, so you should have no concerns there either.
I've looked at thousands of hail dmaged cars and never seen one Corvette in the bunch.
I saw an Acura NSX (all aluminum) once in Texas hit by 2" + hail. OMG!
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I've looked at thousands of hail dmaged cars and never seen one Corvette in the bunch.
I saw an Acura NSX (all aluminum) once in Texas hit by 2" + hail. OMG!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Silver Spring MD
Originally Posted by Biggus Blockus
You should be fine. Fiberglass will crack but it will take a lot more than hail to do it. Also, hail will never chip your paint, so you should have no concerns there either.
I've looked at thousands of hail dmaged cars and never seen one Corvette in the bunch.
I saw an Acura NSX (all aluminum) once in Texas hit by 2" + hail. OMG! .
I've looked at thousands of hail dmaged cars and never seen one Corvette in the bunch.
I saw an Acura NSX (all aluminum) once in Texas hit by 2" + hail. OMG!
.Ouch, 2"... I'd love to see that car haha!
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Racer
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From: Dayton OH
Originally Posted by Biggus Blockus
Also, hail will never chip your paint, so you should have no concerns there either.
