The Colony's choice for paintless dent & hail repair
The Colony has Lewisville Lake on two sides and the biggest parking lots in the northern metro in the middle. Grandscape alone puts thousands of cars under open sky every weekend, Austin Ranch and The Tribute fill their driveways with new leases, and the storms that cross the lake from Denton County arrive with nothing to slow them down — the city's own weather stations clocked 95 mph in May 2024. We're about 25 minutes away, and we'll handle your insurance start-to-finish.
Whether you live in Austin Ranch, The Tribute, Legends, Ridgepointe, Wynnewood Village, the streets off Main Street and Memorial Drive, or along the shore by Stewart Creek and Hidden Cove, we make it effortless. Send us a couple of photos of the damage. We come back with a written quote, schedule a convenient pickup from your home or office, drop off a clean loaner car, and handle every detail of the insurance claim. You drive the loaner while we work. When it's done, we deliver your car back to The Colony — restored to factory-perfect condition, with the original paint untouched.
Why drive past the body shops in The Colony?
There are body shops along SH-121 and Main Street that are closer to you than our Plano location — but most of them aren't paintless dent specialists. They're general-purpose collision shops that handle hail and dent work by sanding, filling, and repainting. That process kills your factory finish and shows up on Carfax as collision-grade work. And after a storm like June 2023, the pop-up tents arrive in the Grandscape-area lots; they're gone long before a warranty question comes up.
DentPicks specializes in paintless dent repair (PDR), the same technique used by manufacturers and certified luxury dealers to preserve factory paint. Read more on our PDR services page, or see exactly how we handle hail repair claims.
Carrier-specific questions are answered on our hail claims by insurer pages — for example how Progressive and GEICO hail claims move through inspection, supplement and payment in Texas.
Hail history in The Colony
On the evening of Sunday, June 11, 2023, the supercell that dropped a photo-measured 4.25-inch stone in Flower Mound crossed Lewisville Lake and put baseball-size hail on The Colony, with large hail continuing across Frisco; residents' photos from that night show hail sitting in the grass like golf balls from Austin Ranch to the lake shore. Less than a year later, on May 27, 2024, a pre-dawn line of storms hit the city with wind rather than hail: a ham-radio weather station measured a 95 mph gust at 5:45 a.m., the station at Pier 121 on Lewisville Lake recorded 83 mph three minutes later, and by 6:18 an 18-wheeler had been overturned on SH-121 and an RV flipped in a lakeside park. Wind of that strength drives debris into doors and fenders as surely as hail does.
In between, on March 14, 2024 — by HailTrace's count the busiest hail day on record in the United States — the storm that tracked toward Lewisville Lake dropped tennis-ball hail at El Dorado Parkway and FM 423 just north of the city and left The Colony inside the mapped swath, part of an evening that put golf-ball-size hail or larger on more than 51,000 North Texas properties.
If your vehicle was caught in any of those storms — or you're just now noticing dents months later — we can still help. Most insurance policies allow hail claims well after the storm date, as long as the policy was active at the time. Bring your declarations page to your free inspection and we'll confirm what's covered.
16 miles from The Colony to our Plano shop
We're located at 1915 N Central Expy #800, Plano, TX 75075, just off US-75 (Central Expressway) at the President George Bush Turnpike. From The Colony, it's about 25 minutes: the Sam Rayburn Tollway to the Dallas North Tollway, south to the Bush Turnpike and east to Central — or Plano Parkway straight across if you'd rather skip the tolls. Most customers from The Colony never make that drive themselves — we pick up and deliver. But if you want to drop in and meet Vytas in person, we welcome it.
Where we pick up around The Colony
Complimentary pickup on approved hail claims covers every address in The Colony — home, office, marina or garage. The places we're in most often:
- Austin Ranch and the SH-121 corridor — the apartment communities, offices and townhomes along the tollway.
- The Tribute — the lakefront golf neighborhoods at the north end of the city.
- Grandscape — if your car was in the lot when the storm hit, we can inspect it there and arrange pickup from your home after.
- Legends, Ridgepointe and Wynnewood Village — the established neighborhoods off Main Street and Memorial Drive.
- Stewart Creek Park, Hidden Cove and Pier 121 — the lakeside streets, marinas and campgrounds.
- Castle Hills and Lewisville addresses — served on the same terms as The Colony itself.
Whether your truck was hailed in the Grandscape lot, your SUV picked up a parking dent at Pier 121, or you're tucked into a quiet street in Ridgepointe, we make hail and dent repair effortless. Our concierge service handles pickup, claim filing, and delivery — anywhere in The Colony.
How the hail-repair process works from The Colony
Schedule a complimentary pickup from The Colony or stop by our Plano shop. We do an in-person inspection and open your insurance claim directly — no photo estimate needed for hail.
Pickup is complimentary anywhere in The Colony. We bring you a clean loaner the same day we pick up your car.
You file the claim — we'll even help you file it — then we work with the adjuster and waive your deductible up to $1,000 on approved claims. You sign one Power of Attorney form so we can deal with your adjuster directly.
Vytas and the team work each dent back from behind the panel. Factory paint stays intact.
Final QC, a mini exterior detail, then we deliver your car back to your address in The Colony. Lifetime warranty in writing.
Services we offer to customers in The Colony
- Hail damage repair — insurance-handled, $0 deductible, complimentary rental, complimentary pickup from The Colony
- Paintless dent repair — door dings, parking-lot damage, creases, body-line dents
- Lease-return inspections — fix wear-and-tear damage before your lease company finds it
- Dealer & auction prep — get cars retail-ready without body filler or repaint records
We serve the neighboring cities the same way — see our pages for Frisco, Lewisville and Little Elm.
Common questions from drivers in The Colony
Is pickup really complimentary from The Colony?
On insurance-approved hail repairs, yes — we pick up and deliver anywhere in The Colony at no charge, including home, office, marina, dealership, or airport. For door dings and other out-of-pocket PDR work, pickup is not included; those jobs are usually finished the same day at the shop, so ask us when you get your quote.
Do I get a rental car if I live in The Colony?
Yes. Every hail-repair customer gets a complimentary loaner for the entire repair window. We deliver it to you in The Colony when we pick up your damaged car.
How long is my car away from The Colony?
Most hail repairs are 5–10 business days. PDR-only jobs (single dents, dings) are often same-day. We'll give you a firm timeline at the quote.
Does my insurance cover hail damage in The Colony?
If you carry comprehensive coverage, yes. The hail claim itself is not surcharged in Texas — hail is treated as an act of nature, not driver fault — though insurers price on many other factors, so premiums can still move. Coverage depends on the language of your policy. Read more in our insurance guide.
My car is a lease from a dealer near Grandscape. Does hail damage matter at turn-in?
Very much — hail dents are charged as excess wear at lease return, and a filled-and-repainted repair can be charged too. Paintless repair restores the panels without touching the factory finish, so the car turns in clean. We can inspect a leased vehicle before the return date and handle the claim the same way as any other.
I live in Castle Hills. Do you count that as The Colony or Lewisville?
Either, and it makes no difference. Castle Hills is served on the same terms from any side of the line: complimentary pickup, loaner and delivery on an approved hail claim, and the same drive to the Plano shop.
Ready for a free inspection in The Colony?
Complimentary pickup, rental car and $0 out of pocket on approved hail claims. Lifetime warranty on every repair.