Hail Solutions has been repairing hail damage in the Kansas City metro since 2007. If your vehicle was caught in a Lenexa storm, we handle everything from the initial inspection through your insurance claim to picking up and returning your car — and most of our customers never pay out of pocket.
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The first thing to know is that hail damage is almost always cosmetic — your car is safe to drive, and there is no rush to make a decision today. But there are a few things worth doing now that will make the process easier later.
Take a few photos before anything else. Walk around the car and photograph the hood, roof, trunk, and both sides. Using your phone's flashlight at an angle makes the dents much easier to see in photos. These don't need to be perfect — they're for your reference and your insurer's initial review.
Before you call a body shop, it's worth knowing that paintless dent repair exists. PDR preserves your car's original factory paint, which means no repainting, no body filler, and no CARFAX repaint flag. For hail damage specifically, it's almost always the better option.
And before you call your insurance company, call us. We'll tell you whether filing a claim makes sense for your situation, give you the exact script for what to say when you do call, and handle every step after that. The inspection is free and the advice is honest — even if the answer is "this isn't worth filing for."
Read the complete guide: What to do after hail hits your car →
The total repair cost depends on how many dents your vehicle has and whether it has aluminum body panels, which require a different technique. Here's what the ranges usually look like.
Most Hail Solutions customers pay nothing out of pocket. Comprehensive insurance covers the repair minus your deductible, and deductible assistance is available on qualifying claims. The more relevant question for most people isn't what the repair costs — it's whether their claim will be handled correctly so insurance covers the full amount. That's what we spend most of our time on.
Hail claims fall under comprehensive coverage, which is almost always treated as no-fault. In most cases, filing doesn't affect your premium — but the specifics vary by carrier, and we can walk you through your situation.
Read the full answer →First estimates routinely miss 20 to 40 percent of dents. That's the normal way the process works — not an adversarial one. We document every dent under LED lighting and submit a supplement in the format your insurer already uses.
How supplements work →No. Missouri and Kansas both have anti-steering laws that protect your right to choose your own repair facility. Your insurer can suggest, but they cannot require.
Know your rights →Most people have never looked at their car for hail damage before a storm hits. Here's what to look for and what the different severity levels mean for your repair and your claim.
Dime to nickel in size. Hard to see in direct sunlight, but obvious under the LED line boards we use during inspection. This is the most common kind of damage after a typical Kansas City storm, and it's almost always worth filing a comprehensive claim for.
Nickel to quarter sized. Visible without special lighting. The hood, roof, and trunk take the worst of it. You may also see paint cracking along sharp body lines, which is worth photographing for the claim.
Quarter sized and larger. Some insurers may flag this as a potential total loss based on their first estimate. We've restored vehicles at this severity level that other shops were prepared to write off — if your insurer suggests totaling the car, call us for a second opinion before you accept anything.
Not sure what you're looking at? Send us a few photos — we'll tell you within the hour. No charge, no obligation.
This is the most common question we hear after a storm. The answer depends on two things: how severe the damage is, and what your comprehensive deductible is. This tool gives you a straight recommendation in about thirty seconds — no signup, no email, no phone number required.
This is an estimate, not a formal quote. Repair costs vary by vehicle and damage pattern. Your insurer has the final say on coverage — but this gives you a realistic starting point.
The process from "I have hail damage" to "my car is back" usually takes two to four weeks. Here's what each step looks like and how much of your time each one takes.
By phone or through the website. We ask about your vehicle, your insurance carrier, and when the storm hit. This takes about three minutes.
Either at your location or at our Olathe shop. We use LED line boards to map every dent, panel by panel, and write the estimate in CCC ONE format — the system your insurer already uses.
We give you a word-for-word script to read when you call your carrier. This is the only phone call you need to make.
We meet with the adjuster, submit the supplement documentation when the first estimate comes in low (it usually does), and negotiate the repair amount. This is where most of our work happens.
Free anywhere in the Kansas City metro. We come to your house, your office, or your dealer lot. If your policy covers a rental, we help coordinate that too.
Brian and the team work every panel by hand. Factory paint preserved. No body filler, no repainting. Repair takes one to three days for most vehicles.
Clean, inspected, and looking like the storm never happened. Lifetime warranty on our work, in writing.
Hail Solutions is a paintless dent repair shop in Olathe, Kansas, owned and operated by Brian Wilson. Brian has been doing PDR work since 2002 and has personally repaired more than five thousand hail-damaged vehicles — sedans, trucks, SUVs, luxury cars, aluminum-body F-150s and Teslas, and commercial fleet vehicles.
We're not a franchise, and we're not a storm-chasing operation that follows hail across the country. Hail Solutions has been at the same Olathe shop since 2007. When warranty work comes up — and it rarely does — you know exactly where to find us.
Lenexa is 7 miles from our shop. We run pickups and deliveries to Lenexa every week.
This is what most Hail Solutions customers come to us for — standard paintless dent repair for hail-damaged vehicles. We inspect every panel under LED line boards, document the damage in CCC ONE format so your insurer can process it quickly, coordinate the entire claim, and pick up and deliver your vehicle for free anywhere in the metro. The repair preserves your factory paint, keeps your CARFAX clean, and comes with a lifetime warranty.
Learn more about auto hail damage repair →
Aluminum body panels — F-150s, Teslas, Rivians, and most luxury European imports — require a different technique than standard steel. Most shops in the metro either don't offer aluminum repair or farm it out to a third party, which adds a week to your timeline. We do it in-house using heat-assisted PDR and the glue-pull method, with pricing clearly documented and disclosed up front.
Learn more about aluminum vehicle hail repair →
Dealer lots, rental fleets, and corporate vehicle programs get handled differently than individual claims. We offer catastrophe-team deployment for storm response, wholesale PDR pricing on multi-vehicle jobs, dealer-lot triage, and net-30 invoicing. If you manage a fleet and need a straightforward conversation about capacity, give us a call.
Learn more about commercial and fleet hail repair → Near-total-loss saves are a specialty. We've restored vehicles with more than 300 dents that insurance estimators were ready to write off. Between knowing the total-loss math for Missouri (80%) and Kansas (75%) and how to build an accurate supplement, we often save customers a vehicle they thought they'd lost.
Learn more about severe hail damage repair →Our shop is in Olathe, seven miles south of Lenexa on Kansas City Road. We've been repairing hail-damaged vehicles for Lenexa customers since we opened — it's one of our most frequent pickup routes.
We come to Falcon Valley, Canyon Creek, Four Colonies, Lackman Park, and everywhere else in the city. Whether your car is parked in a CityCenter garage, a driveway off Prairie Star Parkway, or an open lot near I-435, we pick up and deliver for free.
Repair cost depends on how many dents your vehicle has and whether it has aluminum body panels. Light damage (50 to 100 dents) generally runs $1,500 to $3,500. Moderate damage (100 to 300 dents) runs $3,500 to $8,000. Severe damage (more than 300 dents) runs $8,000 to $15,000 or more. Aluminum body panels add roughly 25% to each range because of the specialized technique required.
The bigger question for most Lenexa customers isn't the total repair cost — it's whether insurance will cover it. In most cases, comprehensive coverage pays for the full repair minus your deductible, and deductible assistance is available on qualifying claims. Many of our customers pay nothing out of pocket. Here's how the deductible math works.
Lenexa is seven miles from our Olathe shop, and it is one of our most frequent pickup routes. We pick up from driveways, office parking lots, dealer lots — anywhere in the city. Delivery back to you when the repair is finished is included and free. There is no reason to drive your vehicle to us or to arrange a rental shuttle.
Farmers and State Farm have the largest market share in Lenexa, followed by Progressive, GEICO, and American Family. We work with all of them regularly. Each carrier has its own habits around how they handle the first estimate, what they expect in a supplement, and how fast they approve the final repair amount. We've learned each one's pattern and use that knowledge to keep claims moving.
If you know your carrier and want to see exactly how we recommend filing with them, our carrier-specific guides walk through the exact script, the claims phone number, and what to expect at each step.
The full process from first contact to keys back in your hand usually takes two to four weeks. About half of that is spent waiting on insurance — the first estimate, the supplement approval, and any back-and-forth around what the carrier will pay for. The actual repair itself takes one to three shop days for most vehicles, up to a week for severe damage. During the process, you make one phone call and hand us the keys. Everything else is on us.
June 2024 brought one-inch hail across much of Lenexa. April 2025 brought significant thunderstorm winds, but without major hail. Customers are still working through those June 2024 claims — it is not unusual for a claim to take several months to settle if the first estimate came back low and required a supplement. If you haven't filed yet or your insurer underpaid the initial estimate, that is exactly the situation a supplement solves. Here is how the supplement process works.
A practical, nine-step walkthrough from the morning after the storm through the first insurance call.
Read more → InsuranceThe full picture: comprehensive vs collision, no-fault claims, supplements, total-loss thresholds, and your rights.
Read more → ComparisonPaintless dent repair preserves factory paint and keeps your CARFAX clean. Body-shop repair doesn't. For hail, the difference shows up at trade-in.
Read more → ProcessEvery step from your first call to keys back in your hand, with realistic timelines and what each step asks of you.
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