SnailSlowDelSol

I have found an 08 Honda Fit with 120k miles on it for $5k around my neck of the woods. The only issue with it is that it seems to have a fair amount of hail damage to the roof and a small amount to the hood.

My question to you is, have you dealt with hail damage before? Are these dent removal tools you see at AutoZone and Amazon.com any good?

It's a manual and I really enjoyed driving it and can see it being a nice addition. I haven't dealt with buying a hail damaged car before, so any tips or advice before I accidentally make a mistake?

Thanks guys!

claymore

SOME hail damage isn't that hard to remove on large flat surfaces but ones on small surfaces like roof posts can be difficult without re-painting. Some bodyshops and come to the car guys can do it.

kp

You can replace with hood to get rid of those dents, it would be cheap and if you get one from the wreckers you may even find one the same colour.

As to the roof, it's just cosmetic right? If it doesn't bother you to look at then you're good to go, just leave it as-is. Alternatively you can likely have the roof fixed and painted (if necessary) and they won't have to paint the whole car as there isn't any concern of blending with other panels.