Hail sucks!

[One Mile Up]

I live out in Colorado and this year has been a real B- - -H when it comes to the hail storms!!!

My poor truck got caught late at night in a nasty hail-storm back in May and I was extremely lucky to get it into the shop within a few weeks to get $4700 worth of hail damage removed.

After this -- I was on the lookout for a decent hail-cover for it as I live in a town-home complex and no garage to put it in (sadly! ).

I ended up with one from The Car Armor. This thing is L.E.G.I.T. ! I have been through 2-3 hail storms with it so far and it works phenomenal!

Just thought I'd post up to let others get a peek in case they were on the fence... (and NO, they are NOT cheap).


Here it is on my truck:

 

[G-Ride990]

Those guys need to fix their completely **** website too. Can't even tell what the product is from the link you sent.

Glad it works though, hail sucks!

 

[RamDiver]

Those guys need to fix their completely **** website too. Can't even tell what the product is from the link you sent.

Glad it works though, hail sucks!

Yes, navigation on that site seems to work purely by luck. I figured out a suitable cover for my truck was $530 + $200 shipping but it was quite a surprise to figure out how.

IIRC, hit the home link and then purchase. This brings up a selection menu to choose your truck. LOL

There's also a very impressive demo video where this dude hurls huge rocks at a car protected by a cover.

The video was equally difficult to launch. Yes, a hopeless website that will likely be abandoned far more than it's used to successfully purchase product.

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[G-Ride990]

Yes, navigation on that site seems to work purely by luck. I figured out a suitable cover for my truck was $530 + $200 shipping but it was quite a surprise to figure out how.

IIRC, hit the home link and then purchase. This brings up a selection menu to choose your truck. LOL

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Had to look around a bit but I found it. I think its a good idea! Had one hail storm my truck was stuck in and I was just hoping my truck would be okay, such a horrible feeling

 

[RamDiver]

Had to look around a bit but I found it. I think its a good idea! Had one hail storm my truck was stuck in and I was just hoping my truck would be okay, such a horrible feeling

Like I said, the demo video was quite awe inspiring. The guy fires softball sized rocks at the windows protected by a cover and then pulls it off to show zero impact.

A buddy parks his F150 outside and had about $6k in damages from hail about 8 years ago.

What's that in today's dollars, about $15K?

 

[G-Ride990]

What's that in today's dollars, about $15K?

Probably! Just got my insurance renewal for the year and it went up almost $300 over last year. Not happy!

 

[RamDiver]

Probably! Just got my insurance renewal for the year and it went up almost $300 over last year. Not happy!

Mine went up considerably when I upgraded from a Tundra to a Warlock.

And I'm somewhat annoyed that the insurance company that I've been with since the late 80s or early 90s, who won't give me any reductions for Sirius Guardian.

That should be worth at least the monthly subscription rate if it protects them from having to payout the value of my truck if stolen.

I'd only subscribe if it saved money on insurance.

It must be time to shop around again. I just fear that I won't be able to find the same price for house insurance because the values have rocketed up about 2.5 times what I paid 14 years ago.

And surprisingly the house insurance costs have only trickled up slightly.

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[Treburkulosis]

Had to look around a bit but I found it. I think its a good idea! Had one hail storm my truck was stuck in and I was just hoping my truck would be okay, such a horrible feeling

Mine got tore up back in early 17. It got hit hard. I had to replace the hood and I had 60 dents removed. I was shocked they didn't total it. I have made sure it stays in the garage.

 

[miketx]

My '16 Rebel got hammered by hail in May also, but I'm in north Texas. We've had numerous bad hail storms this year.....much more than normal (I've been here 35+ years). The Rebel is in the shop right now getting fixed.....$7k in damages ($1k is for the rear tonneau cover). Luckily my windshield and sunroof survived. Can't say the same for many of my neighbors....most windshields/rear hatch glass didn't survive.

 

[One Mile Up]

Just an update for those curious on the quality / longevity of the cover...

I've had to (unfortunately) use this thing multiple times since I posted this a few years ago. It's a love / hate relationship! It's big, cumbersome, and kind of a pain to store in my single car garage in way that is what I like to call QUICK DEPLOY!

I had to contact the guy that's creating these things about a few of the tie-down ropes tearing out from big / nasty storms → and he gave me his personal cell# and wanted to FaceTime / chat with me just to make sure he understood my issue / concern! SUPER stand-up guy who just wants to make sure his customers are getting their money's worth out of his creation / covers!

He got me sorted → showed me exactly what supplies I'd need to mend my cover AND the best way to do it!

I still highly, highly recommend his covers over others out there as his can take a REAL storm → and laugh.

 

[ppine]

When I lived in Colorado I got in the habit of parking under trees in the summer, especially if the truck was left for any length of time.
My wife's car sustained serious dents one night at a concert at Red Rocks.

 

[One Mile Up]

My wife's car sustained serious dents one night at a concert at Red Rocks.

Same! My wife’s car got caught in the hailstorm at Red Rocks a few years back that made national news and hospitalized some unfortunate folks!

That one REALLY sucked!!!

 

[ppine]

Wed afternoon in the Sierra at around 6,000 feet we got hit by a thunderstorm cell that sat on us for 2 hours. Worse than anything I have seen in Colorado even. Vertical downdraft winds, extreme rainfall and mothball sized hail. The rain on the tarp was so loud we could not talk over it. The lightning was all around us and the thunder cracked in a disturbing way. The wind was only 2-3 mph so the cell just sat there. Everything flooded. Roads were covered in mud. Finally the next day the fog lifted and we dried out the outfit. Highly unusual for the Sierra in August.

 

[DeepDive]

Hail is bad in many parts of Texas too.