Pony07

Replace both windows? Really? They've got labor to remove them in the estimate and a "urethane kit" for $20 but I don't see any amounts for new glass. They can't just scrape the old off? I'll have to ask the body man about that. New glass could probably add at least 1500 to the bill.

I'm trying to decide what to do, if this is the crossroads where I should sell or stay with it. I have a 2007 V6 Pony that was in top condition until a few weeks ago. We had a huge hailstorm here in MS and my redfire baby is now full of dents and dimples. No windows were broken though. So I filed an insurance claim. Total damage is $5,800. They put in for a brand new hood, drivers mirror, and roof panel and PDR on the trunk, door, and quarters. When I looked at the labor description, they have to remove nearly everything from the headlights to the tail lights including the front and rear glass. I assume the roof is going to have to be a cut-and-weld job. This sounds like a pretty extensive job. They cut me a check. So, I was thinking - should I really do it or should I keep the check and sell the car as-is. I need to find out what the trade value is on a hail-dented car. How much less than normal value could I get? According to the online car guides (Kelly, NADA, Edmunds) the value of a "rough" condition vehicle is over 6,000. But is it that simple, or will they start from rough and deduct the repair cost? If I do the repair, is it going to show up on future carfax reports? Is this going to penalize my future value after the repair? So if I fix it and then go to sell it, would I get less? I really don't know which way is better at this point. Other than the dents, this car is great and even has a factory bumper-to-bumper warranty with 6 more months left. I have never had a hail-dented car before, nor one that needed such an extensive repair. I'm looking for any opinions or ideas or from any other experiences. Bruce

wow.....did you create that certificate-looking frame or did they print it like that? Are they generally pretty cool about looking this stuff up for a customer?

Does Ford put a sticker anywhere or a listing of all the equipment on a car, like GM does? If you're familiar with GM they put this sticker on every vehicle called "Service Parts Identification" and it has every code - so for example if you were doing a repair and you needed to know what the axle ratio was you'd look on the sticker for the code. GM's been doing that since about 1985 or so. I wonder if there's such a listing for these Fords and a way to decipher what the codes mean?

Wow....thank you very much!

Is it possible to look up the build date for a 2007 car already built? I did not order mine - I bought from dealer inventory so I'm curious when it was built. It would have been sometime around April/May. Also, is it possible to get a pdf of the sticker? VIN is 1ZVFT80N575350911 I know its getting late, as in now that the Dealer (Zimmerman) sold it to me just a couple days ago its going to get purged from the system soon, so I'm hoping the sticker & date info can be retrieved before its gone for good.