Hail Damage Repair in Round Lake Beach, IL

Lake County storms arrive in narrow bands. One subdivision gets hammered while the next road over stays dry, which means claims here are handled individually rather than by a catastrophe team, and the documentation your auto body shop produces carries real weight.

Counting it properly

Hail settlements are calculated by panel and by dent count, so an eyeball estimate in a driveway is not enough. We put the vehicle under controlled light and mark every impact. Roofs and hoods take the worst of it and are also the easiest to underestimate from the ground, so those get counted carefully. Aluminum hoods are noted separately, since they behave and cost differently.

Two ways to fix it

Where the ice dented metal but left the paint intact, paintless dent repair works the panel back from behind with rods and reflected light. No filler, no primer, no color. Your original factory finish stays original, which is the outcome worth having and the cheaper one.

Where the clear cracked, the dent landed on a body line, or the metal is stretched past working, the panel gets repaired conventionally or replaced and refinished. Most hail cars need a mixture, and the ratio is what moves the number.

About the parking lot operations

After a storm, traveling crews appear, take the insurance check, and leave the county. We have been on Rollins Road since 1991 and every repair carries our free lifetime warranty. If something is wrong in three years, you know where the shop is.

Do not wait: claims have deadlines and an unrepaired dent on cracked paint invites corrosion through an Illinois winter.

Call (847) 740-3234 for a free assessment.