Ed - I have a 2003 GT that's already been hammered with hail and repaired. I'm in Dallas and in April we had a doozy. Unfortunately, my GT, with only 3,200 miles, was in harms way at the time. It was hammered bad with dents on every panel except the drivers door. My first reaction was that I would have to trade it in, cause I couldn't live with a repaired car. My insurance co, Allstate, is apparently known for lowball estimates so that you don't take the money and then don't do the repair. The game is that the body shop has to negotiate with them to adjust up to the *real* cost to fix the car. Bottom line is they gave me a check for $2,600. So ... I had no choice but to get it fixed, and see what it looked like.
I took it to a BMW dealer for repair (my neighbor is the GM) that is known for great paint work. But ... the entire fix was done with paintless dent repair ... not one speck of new paint was put on the car. The was cost was ... guess what ... $2,600. The repair is virtually undetectable unless you know, and know what to look for in PDR. I've decided I can live with it, and not the loss to trade it in on a new one.
Good luck in Chicago land!!
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