Fixing Hail Dents with Dry Ice - Fact or Fiction?

If you're looking at your car after a storm and wondering if you can fix those hail dents with dry ice, you're definitely not alone in that boat. It's one of those "life hacks" that has been circulating on car forums and YouTube since basically the beginning of the internet. The idea sounds like a dream come true: you buy a few dollars' worth of frozen carbon dioxide, wave it over your car like a magic wand, and—poof—the metal pops back into place, saving you a thousand-dollar deductible or a massive repair bill. ...

February 3, 2026 · 7 min · Finzi Eliane