We get it. The idea of an insurance claim can be scary. We all have it but most of us don’t really understand how the claims process works. Let alone, what the different types of coverages mean. We will focus on automotive claims as that is our expertise. Also, although we accept all major insurance, we don’t work directly on behalf of any insurance companies so please consult your agent and/or adjuster if you have any specific questions not answered here.
This is one of the most common questions we are asked with regards to hail repairs. Once dropped off at the repair facility a normal hail repair that goes through an insurance claim will take between 5-8 days to repair. This is obviously an estimate.
With used vehicle prices sky-rocketing and no end in sight, we are all looking for ways to save money on a purchase. While searching for a car online and you see a great deal on a new or used vehicle; the only problem is, it’s listed that it has existing hail damage. How does this happen? Should you buy it? How much would it cost to repair it yourself? How much does hail damage devalue a vehicle?
There is no possible way to prevent hail damage unless your car is in a garage or shelter, and you don’t ever drive it. Then you can ensure you don’t get damage to your vehicle.
[Read more…]Yes – hail damage on a car is repairable, unless it has done structural damage to the car.
Hail damage is often hard to see on a car. Depending on the size of the damage it can be tricky to actually know how much you actually have.
[Read more…]Hail damage will usually not show up on a Carfax report since it is rarely structural in nature and most hail damage repair specialists are not required to report to Carfax.
Carfax is a reporting system set up to prevent customers from buying cars that unknowingly had a fraudulent or undocumented past. It’s a great tool if you are going to look for a used car, but not everything shows up on a Carfax report, and not everyone is mandated to report damages to Carfax.
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