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Old 03-31-09, 11:45 AM
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Hi friends....
we had a hail storm in Dubai which made serious dents on my GS300-2007 dealer said they will replace hood and trunk lid but the main question is roof top which has lots of them...Can someone assist or give me advice what can be done and best ways to repair them here in Dubai..?? thank you for your quick feedback
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Old 03-31-09, 02:02 PM
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no paintless dent repairs?! yikes!
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Old 03-31-09, 06:53 PM
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damn man i feel what you are saying, i am out here in nyc and it hailed in brooklyn like crazyyyy sunday night. thank god my car was in the garage at the time it happened.
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Old 03-31-09, 07:28 PM
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what size hail do you have to really start worrying about?
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Old 03-31-09, 11:18 PM
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damn that sucks, yea im currently in london right now and they had a hail storm also. It wasnt so bad tho, anyways sorry so hear bout that!
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Old 03-31-09, 11:34 PM
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it was like the diameter of a nickel which i think is big enough to leave dents coming down that fast lol.
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Old 03-31-09, 11:58 PM
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I used dry ice to repair a dent on the roof of my GS350. If you want to see how to apply, just google it. You can find video clips that shows removing dent with dry ice. Dry ice is pretty cheap and can be found at any grocery stores. This will not fix all dents but will make it look much better. Make sure to wear gloves when handling dry ice. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by impasv
I used dry ice to repair a dent on the roof of my GS350. If you want to see how to apply, just google it. You can find video clips that shows removing dent with dry ice. Dry ice is pretty cheap and can be found at any grocery stores. This will not fix all dents but will make it look much better. Make sure to wear gloves when handling dry ice. Good luck!
that's touching awesome!!! I found a website while googling your idea that also shows using a hair dryer and liquid CO2 (air duster)....
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no paintless dent repairs?! yikes!
agree with yang1815, paintless dent repair is the way to go.

to OP: does dubai have this service?
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we had the same hail storm on Sunday in philly...i got caught driving in it and it sucked but no dents to the car as far as i can tell
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Originally Posted by gs350on22s
damn man i feel what you are saying, i am out here in nyc and it hailed in brooklyn like crazyyyy sunday night. thank god my car was in the garage at the time it happened.
god damn... good thing i wasn't in brooklyn on sunday!
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damn......that suck......good luck on everything.
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small hail storm in fort worth, tx also... car was in the garage but my dog freak out tho...he thought the house was being burglarize
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I had the same thing happen to me in Phoenix AZ wth my G35 sedan the first week I had it. I caled a paintless dent repair guy and he removed 36 dents for 790 dollars. Its awesome. They will find dents that you cant even see
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I had the same thing happen to me in Phoenix AZ wth my G35 sedan the first week I had it. I caled a paintless dent repair guy and he removed 36 dents for 790 dollars. Its awesome. They will find dents that you cant even see
36 DENTS?!?!?! Your G must have been cratered....
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