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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Skad
well then I'm just basically screwed, because the shop I went to did this on the side, so really no receipt or anything..
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fuk that.. are you aware of what brake fluid does to paint work when poured onto a cars surface!!!

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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by jdmSiR95
fuk that.. are you aware of what brake fluid does to paint work when poured onto a cars surface!!!

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lol, i can't be that fuct up..
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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looks the same to me
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 10:04 AM
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Well they charged you for an hour and a half of labor. I can't tell what they did from the pics, but if you think what they did took 1.5 hrs you didn't get ripped.
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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I'd bring it back, you paid for repair, that looks half-assed to me.
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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Take it back, who cares if it was on the side, all that meens is you cant take them to court. It looks like they put no effort into that fix, I could have done a better job with a BFH and a 2x4.... If they dont agree to do a better job/give you a discount. You can always sit outside the shop and wait for people to drive up, and catch them befor they go in, and be like hey excuse me, (here are the befor pictures) and this is my car now, do you think these people do good work? I dont think you should do buisness with them, because they are trying to screw me over.. And scare people off, I have done it befor, and if you convince one person to leave, they loose alot of $, so it would be smart for them to fix your problem. And if they dont then its there stupidity...

I see very little difference in the pictures.

What about your insurance? Or did you not have any? How did it happen?
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by racerdave
Take it back, who cares if it was on the side, all that meens is you cant take them to court. It looks like they put no effort into that fix, I could have done a better job with a BFH and a 2x4.... If they dont agree to do a better job/give you a discount. You can always sit outside the shop and wait for people to drive up, and catch them befor they go in, and be like hey excuse me, (here are the befor pictures) and this is my car now, do you think these people do good work? I dont think you should do buisness with them, because they are trying to screw me over.. And scare people off, I have done it befor, and if you convince one person to leave, they loose alot of $, so it would be smart for them to fix your problem. And if they dont then its there stupidity...

I see very little difference in the pictures.

What about your insurance? Or did you not have any? How did it happen?
A car ran a red light in front of a truck in front of me and I hit the truck and the car that ran the red light ran off... so it would have been my fault, yet I could have filed uninsured motorist, but i didn't want to go through the hassle, plus I was on my way to a wedding & figured repair cost wouldn't be much.

I can see myself doing what you are saying.. i will ask them what they can do
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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Its the honest way to do things, I am the kinda guy who doesent like to start things unless they need to be started, and in this case, brake fluid is a last resort...
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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Go on ebay, get a new core support, bumper, and a CF hood, I had the same type of shit, got the core support for 114 shipped, front bumper was 75, the core was easy to replace, and now its straight as an arrow..you will thank yourself later..PM if you want the guys info, I got my stuff in TWO days.
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Skad
they pulled the radiator support forward..

under the hood I can a difference though, before I couldn't get my hand between the radiator and heat shield but now there's a good size gap plus they fixed some sort of alignment becuase my headlight finally shines on the road in front of me instead of straigt downwards..

I kind of feel like I got ripped.. I figure there wouldn't be any kind of gap left over but I assume even with new hood/bumper the same gaps would be there..

*sigh* i suppose whenever I can save up $1k i'll get it done right..
you might need to bend back the headlight bracket on the rad support, doing that will close the gap between the hood and bumper.
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