Technician using a glue tab and PDR tool to lift a dent from a hail-damaged car roof at Stow Smash Repairs

Hail damage repair, without losing your factory paint.

Dents mapped panel by panel and pushed out from behind. We handle the claim, or quote it private.

Paintless dent repair on a hail-damaged panel

Hail Damage Repair

Stow Smash Repairs repairs hail damage at our Artarmon workshop, for drivers across the North Shore and Sydney. Hail rarely breaks paint, so most dents come out paintless, with your factory finish untouched. Panels where a stone cracked paint or creased an edge get conventional repair, and we mark exactly which ones. We handle the insurance claim, or give you a private number so you can compare it against your excess.

Precision LED light tunnel arches for hail inspection at Stow Smash Repairs

How We Do It

Technician scanning vehicle roof with 3D handheld digital scanner for hail mapping at Stow Smash Repairs

Blue plastic glue pulling tabs attached to silver roof dents at Stow Smash Repairs

Technician using long steel PDR roof rod through tailgate cavity at Stow Smash Repairs

Technician using nylon tap-down tool to blend high spots on a silver panel at Stow Smash Repairs

01 / 04Map every panel.

Step 01
Map every panel.
The car goes under light boards and every dent is counted and marked, panel by panel. That map is the quote, and you see it.
Step 02
Paintless first.
Roof, bonnet, boot and panels with clean dents are pushed out from behind. Factory paint stays on.
Step 03
Conventional where hail won.
Cracked paint, creased edges and stretched metal get repaired and repainted properly. Never filler over a field of dents.
Step 04
One claim, one workshop.
We photograph, write up and run the claim with your insurer. Or we hand you the private number and you choose.

After the Storm

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The car was caught in a hailstorm. What first?

Photograph the car where it sits, date stamped, before you move it. Don’t rush to the first assessment queue. Your car isn’t going anywhere, and you have time to choose who repairs it.

Painful, but paintless removal is made for this. New paint, clean dents, no repaint needed. Done properly, the car carries no repair history a paint gauge can find.

Hail damage is priced hard against you at trade-in, usually harder than the repair costs. Get our repair number before you accept a hail-adjusted valuation. Then the maths is yours.

The Hail Claim, Straight

Is it worth claiming hail damage?: A handful of dents can cost less to fix privately than your excess plus years of premium loading. A peppered roof and bonnet is a claim. That’s what your insurance is for. Hail Claim or Pay Privately →
The insurer wants to write it off but it drives fine.: Hail write-offs are a maths call on repair cost against car value, not a safety call. You can often buy the salvage back, with NSW re-registration rules attached. Get our repair number first. Insurance & Claims →
Wait times after a big storm.: After a catastrophe storm, the travelling hail teams book out for months. A local workshop keeps its own queue, and you can walk in and see your car mid-repair. Ask us for the honest current wait, and we’ll give you a date we can keep.

Common Questions

Can hail damage be fixed without repainting?

Usually, yes. Hail rarely breaks paint, so paintless removal restores the panel with the factory finish untouched. Where a hit has cracked paint or creased an edge, that panel gets conventional repair. We mark exactly which ones.

Can I use my own local repairer instead of the insurer’s hail assessment centre?

You can ask for your hail repair to be done here instead of the travelling hail team. The assessment centres exist for the insurer’s volume, not your car. Local means you can walk in and see it mid-repair.

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