From Dented to Flawless: a 2024 Ford F-150 in Liberty, Missouri

This Iconic Silver F-150 was barely off the lot when hail found it in Liberty. The owner, who keeps the truck at a home near the historic Liberty square, watched a spring storm hammer the hood, roof, and bed before he could get it under cover. On a brand-new truck, hail damage repair that protects the factory finish wasn't optional — it was the whole point.

A 2024 F-150 means aluminum hail repair, and that's our specialty. Ford's aluminum body panels are stiffer and hold dents harder than steel, so they demand heat-assisted technique and glue-pull methods rather than standard rod work. We handle all of it in-house — no farming the truck out, no extra week. Our aluminum hail repair page shows exactly how we approach these panels.

Liberty is one of our farthest regular pickup points, about 45 minutes north of the shop, so we ran the route and grabbed it. Back in Olathe, the LED inspection found 96 dents, all documented in CCC ONE format before we coordinated the claim. Comprehensive insurance covered the repair and most customers in this spot pay only the deductible. Our hail damage insurance claim hub explains the flow.

The F-150 went from dented to flawless and back to Liberty in five days. Factory Iconic Silver paint untouched, no repaint, no CARFAX flag — critical on a truck this new. We handle hail damage repair in Liberty on a regular storm-season route. For other aluminum jobs, see how we fixed a 2015 Ford F-150 in Olathe or a 2022 Ford F-150 in Shawnee.

On a truck this new, a wrong repair would've cost him twice. A brand-new F-150 still carries nearly all its value, and a sloppy aluminum job — or a body-shop repaint — would have shown up at trade-in and on the vehicle history. Keeping the work paintless and in-house meant the factory Iconic Silver stayed original, the 96 dents came out clean, and there's nothing on record to drag down resale. He paid only the deductible, got the lifetime warranty, and drove away with a truck that looks exactly like the day he bought it. On a 2024, that's the only acceptable outcome.