Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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went in there today with my dad to pay and take the car away, saw the car and
1: the bumpers, arches where much brighter than the rest of the car (much brighter)
2: he didn't hardly sand down anything so theres random lumps on the arches
3: a big scratch in the bumper wasn't filled over and smoothed, he just painted over it
4: the irmy lip wasn't lined up properly
5: he painted the lower grill red!!! which looked horrible so i'm gonna have to find another bumper to rip that bit out
6: the spoiler wasn't put on due to didn't know what to do about the window washer (which isn't he's thought)
luckly i hadn't payed him yet, but my dad went mad. Its all being resprayed a darker red now and knowing my luck its gonna be the same story. so its in there for another week 
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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did you check the place out before your car went in?
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jools
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thats terrible, good thing u kept the cash back though! What bodyshop is it at ?
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Ben
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to be fair you will never get a true colour match inless getting a full respray
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Edd
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did you take pics of the inferior work?
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Fad
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BYRON
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Registered: 1st Jun 04
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If you havnt passed any money over, take the car away and find a decent bodyshop! I wouldnt give them a second chance.
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willay
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yeah, get the fuck out of there.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by BYRON
I wouldnt give them a second chance.
thats when they get the hump and lost interest imo, i don't like trusting people if i ask them to redo something, personnally i'd haggle the price down and take it elsewhere, complain too, people are getting too slack these days
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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I hate hearing things like this. Seems to happen quite often and is a difficult situation.
Every bodyshop I've been to for quotes I've asked to look at previous work to make sure they aren't a bodge shop but theres still no gurantees
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dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
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don't pay them a penny Rus wait for it to come out 2nd time round and see what happens... if its still bad we'll go from there
Did u explain to him the problems u told us?
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Fad
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I'm going down there tomorrow to see how bad it is.
My feeling from what he told me is that he used the wrong colour primer which makes flame red majorly bright 
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dna23
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u shud use a gray or black no?
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K5-KYL
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unlucky mate. not your fault of picking the bodyshop. your paying them to do a good job.
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Adge
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Registered: 28th Aug 04
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
u shud use a gray or black no?
white i think mate
sori to hear it was a bad job, hope it all gets sorted!
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by K5-KYL
unlucky mate. not your fault of picking the bodyshop. your paying them to do a good job.
Depends on the brand of paint in most cases its red primer which givers the deeper red
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myke
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you can't just take the car and not give them any cash without giving them a chance to rectify it.
give them some time to turn it around to your satisfaction then take action if they still can't get it right.
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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i did check the place. its a real nice work enviroment and the old chap doing it is a nice guy, i'm annoyed because thats my car he's just rushed. i didn't get any pics because it wasn't the time or place, and the fact my dad was getting frustated.
i cant just take the car and not pay him anything. Just got to pray it comes out ok the second time
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dna23
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yes you can... you paid him to do a job which hopefully u have a receipt written confirmation for and it appears he hasn't done this and rushed it u need to fight it rus dont bitch out and tell the old man to chill let u handle it
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Corsa_Carl
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Registered: 8th Oct 04
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what a shit body shop !
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antscorsa
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a thats bad news dude. i know quitea good palce if all else fails in orpington.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Bad rus
You must be pissed off!  Hopefully it'll be sorted soon enough tho.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Ojc
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I am so so so so so so happy and relieved I have a bodyshop that takes a massive pride in everything being perfect and just right.
My mate just recently had his Astra put back to standard and sprayed Impreza black at the same bodyshop and its absolutely perfect and beautiful.
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antscorsa
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my dad brought me a compressor, so thinki mite start doing my own stuff and to practice with, least u know u put the effort in with ur own stuff.
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leeshez
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Bummer is that
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