ook i'm looking at buying a blue evox.. its brand new but only thing is it has some good hail damage on the hood, top, trunk and prob wing.. how much u think this will cost to get fixed?? do you think i should buy it with this?? i mean its a loaded gsr w/ navi, aero, sss.. currently is for 27,000.. think i should talk them down alil.. oh yeah and doesnt have two front seats.. they got stolen..

good buy? stay away?

waiting on some more pics but these two are the only pics i have of the hail damage!

 

an SSS with navi areo for 27..id see how low i could talk it...its a good deal if you had pics of how bad it was it would be easier to recommend

only thing you cant really replace is the top of the car..

 

well i've never had hail damage.. so can i take it to a shop and them fix it?? will it look good or will u always see the damage?

 

i say talk them down more....then u can easily replace with a cf hood and cf trunk. as for the roof someone will make a carbon roof pretty soon for that car =)

 

yeah the roof dosent look that bad from what i've seen..the hood is repairable..but you might spend the amount of the hood fixing it..i know accolade offers both pretty much oem evo x wings and hoods for 450 that may be something you want to look into..

but i say talk it down as low as you can and take the offer..since theres no engine damage or anything

 

Paintless Dent Removal services can work wonders on hail damage. The problems are that A) it's fairly cheap to do, and B) it doesn't work well on aluminum. Thus, if it were repairable the dealer would have had it done. Most of the panels that are beat are not fixable. Sorry, but I don't see how it's a good idea to spend ~$25K on a car that will always be a mess when you could buy a slightly used one in perfect condition for a couple grand more.

 

stay away. also have you priced seats? you will get it fixed but spend the rest of the time of ownership obssessing over whether is was fixed right or if you can see anything. 27k + body repair + seats = price of new X if not more. if they were unloading it for 20k then i would consider it. 27k with all repairs is where you should stand. consider it 6k-ish for your hard time.

 

up to 26 mpg? Riiiiight.
That hood looks bad-buy a new one rather then fix-oh, and PDR can work wonders on alum, but they charge a little more (its finickie). Have an ins agent or PDR guy go to the seller and est. it for you, then knock half that off the price (they already discounted it-so I wouldnt ask for the whole thing off....). My$0.02

 

Not worth it at all. The seats are like $2k.

 

I have a blue one as well with hail damage on the hood, roof, doors, trunk. And with paintless dent repair it was about $1,300 to fix so i am sure you will be around the same.

So 27,000 + 1,300 + (2 new seats) 1,500 = $29,800. Not to bad for a loaded GSR.

 

added more pics.. also i'm going to talk them down.. i'm thinking around 22-23k..

 

I would try and get a hail damage repair company see if they will come to teh dealer and give you a free estimate, so you know what it will cost you. I have seen some hail damage and a similar damage civic was like 5000 to fix.

 

do it! offer them 22k

 

5000 seems unreasonable for damage like that... for that type of money you can get a full on color change down to the frame /engine bay / etc

but of course thats what you should tell the dealer

 

Wow that thing got owned! Have you thought about other seats besides OEM? I would quote the stealership the OEM seat prices and see if you can find some aftermarket ones for less. I know you can get some nice Sparcos for around 700 to 1k.