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on May 25, an awful storm rocked the Mid-West. as the storm blew in over a small town of Bellbrook, Ohio, my car was at the high school, as i was there for a school meeting. As the participants of the meeting we taking shelter, my car was the last thing on my mind as safety was the first priority. At 7:23PM, the storm ripped over the school, knocking out the power and reserves, looking out windows on the way to the safe spot, it was impossible to see more than 10 feet outside as the clouds dumped crazy amounts of water in relatively short time period combined with 60-70 mph winds. Once the storm died down, and everyone was able to go home and take shelter before the next wave, i ran out to check my car for damage, as did everyone else due to the reports of hail. at least 10 cars in the parking lot had their back windows completely smashed out. mine however... was a differnet story.
here's the after math.. (look at your own risk)


a close look at some of the hole


back floor


driver floor


back seat


ice and glass up to the front seat


it warped the glass slightly around the holes and there for, had to give at other sections



a general shot of the back window


by the time i got home, the window was shattered


it warped the glass around the holes so it had to give in other places



the biggest hole missing from my back window





probably the best shot of the damage.. :'-(


here's a general idea of how far everything went inside the car. i even found glass up on my dash
there's multiple dents on my roof and hood and 2 on the driver door. miraculously, my sunroof and all other windows and perfectly intact without a scratch somehow.

Holy crap that's horrible! I'm sorry to see.

no dents??

fixed



the OP mentioned dents on the roof, hood and doors.


i hope your insurance company will cover the repair.

you need those 3m vinyl covers that goes on the window for shattered proof....so all that window glass won't come off....i sure hope your insurance if full coverage. sorry to see that.

3m Safety & Security Film

I'm surprised the glass can be "punched out" like that. Crazy.

As others said, I hope you're reimbursed.

OMG that totally sucks man! hopefully insurance will cover it and you get something out of it.

Wow.......... ......................................................... o.0
Best of luck to you.

If anyone out there is parting out and would be willing to give up their hatch door, id would be much appreciated
as for my current one, aside from the window, the electronic clips for the defroster and such are broken (tried working on them in the winter... bad idead ) and something inside rattles. So if the shop isn't able to replace just the window, the whole hatch would door would obviously be the next option.
So if anyone close to Ohio is willing to give up their hatch, id love you forever!!
thank you so much guys!!

-T

Oh wow, poor Celica. Hope you get her fixed up soon. Good luck!