Hail
My wife was driving her new Patriot just outside of Walsenburg when a hail storm came out of nowhere and caught her but good. I almost wish we'd have bought the white one so we could have just painted Titleist on the hood and gone on. It looked like someone took a ball peen hammer to it. Anyhow $7,000 is what it will cost the insurance company to fix it.
The day before I was driving my JK through the same area, top down, grinnin' and singin' at the top of my lungs. What if I'd been hit with that?:eek2: Has anyone out there been caught in such a storm with their JK and have some tales to tell? Does anyone know if the soft tops are golfball sized "Hail Rated":rotflmao1: ? |
We had some hail the other day and i was oslo pondering the potential damage. IMO the only thing that would be damaged is the hood and that is pretty simple to replace. Hopefully the cowel would be spared.
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back in 96 i had a geo tracker with a cheap top on them and i was cought in a hail strom dented up the hood pretty good but the top just acts like a big pillow it absorbs there impact and the jeeps top is much more stronger than the top i had on the tracker so the hood would probably be the only thing that and the cowl i would say
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unless you like the ball peen hammer/golfball edition.
I saw some insurance pictures from Indiana several years back from hail damage to a new car lot... EEK! |
we had some hail here last week - probably pea-to-marble sized, and my jk ended up doing just fine. i think merfsiu is right - the biggest concern would be the hood (and windshield).
lesson learned, though - wait until the hailstorm is over before going out to make sure the jeep is okay... hail hurts. no wonder my wife rolls her eyes so often. |
Thanks, that sure answers my question.... about my wife's eyes :rotflmao1:
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Originally Posted by seer1
(Post 125062)
My wife was driving her new Patriot just outside of Walsenburg when a hail storm came out of nowhere and caught her but good. I almost wish we'd have bought the white one so we could have just painted Titleist on the hood and gone on. It looked like someone took a ball peen hammer to it. Anyhow $7,000 is what it will cost the insurance company to fix it.
The day before I was driving my JK through the same area, top down, grinnin' and singin' at the top of my lungs. What if I'd been hit with that?:eek2: Has anyone out there been caught in such a storm with their JK and have some tales to tell? Does anyone know if the soft tops are golfball sized "Hail Rated":rotflmao1: ? |
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