HELP - What is this on my freshly painted car?? AGAIN

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ccreamer

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OK, got it right this time - sorry about the previous post.



After having my car for 12 weeks, I finally got it back from the collision center this past Thursday. I can't begin to express the disgust I have with the extremely poor job they did on my car. I rear-ended someone and the hood and front bumper/bumper cover had to be replaced (my car has an Aluminum hood and they felt it would be better to replace than to try and repair the slight buckle in the original), several other things had to be done as well. I drive a 93 Cadillac Allante, which is difficult to find parts for considering 93 was the last year and there were only a total of approximately 22,000 produced between 87 and 93, so we had to find a used hood (that wasn't a color match) that had to be prepped (needed more prep, I think). When I look at the job they did painting the hood, I'm not quite sure if I've got the terminology down correct. What I'm calling orange peel definitely is more apparent in certain lights and was a b*tch to try and capture on film, but here are a couple of pics. I'm pretty positive I've got orange peel, fish eyes, and possibly something else. Let me know your thoughts, please. I'm in the process of completing a letter to the repair center and my insurqance company covering all the things they did wrong and would like to identify this correctly.





Fisheye?



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Orange Peel??



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Orange Peel 2??



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What's This?



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Poor Job on bumper cover



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Another Bad Bumper Cover Spot



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Any help/thoughts are appreciated.



Cory
 
That is what we call a very crappy paint job. Good paint shops seem to be very hard to come by. Take that thing back and demand they fix it.
 
Black Regal, thanks for the link - that is exactly what I spent a couple of hours trying to find (actually, it is better than what I was trying to find) - that should be posted somewhere permanet.



Trust me, I have no intention of letting them get away with that paint job. Truth is, I have a list of at least 10 other items they have to work on - and the majority of them are no-brainers.

1. They didn't replace the outside temp sensor (I specifically told them it was crushed).

2. They didn't replace the front license plate bracket (again, I specifically told them).

3. BOTH headlight lenses have "star" chips in them. This is one of the parts that is still available as new, but they installed used ones.

4. The right headlight is pointing two lanes of traffic over - this is because the screw to adjust it is bent.

5. The trim/molding on the bumper cover they installed is silver/grey - the rest of the car is maroon.

6. The A/C blows cold then warm, cold, then warm.

7. The light in the engine area (when hood raised) was not working - they didn't ground it.

8. There is a hole in the driver's side door molding that was not there before.

9. There is a plastic cover that goes under the hood, over the headlamps and runs the width of the front of the car - it's now missing. The connector that holds it down is in the hole, but that's it.

10. Because they neglected to put this back, they left the damage they did to the under hood paint and body exposed. Several huge gashes where the paint is down to the primer or the bare metal.



I'm sure there are still a few more.



If you are in the Dallas area, don't take your car to Sewell Collision Center. AS you can tell by some of the items they neglected above (and I didn't even mention the paint that I started this thread with), attention ito detail is not thier strong point. Some of these are no brainers.



Thanks again for that link.

Cory
 
That paint job is disgusting. I live in a little hick *** town in BC CanadDUH and had 3/4 of my black 03 GLX Passat repainted and unless your told .. you will never detect it was done. There is no excuse for that kind of quality.



Here is a pix of mine after the paint. The rear fender was painted .. the 2 doors weren't











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Hood is a repaint..



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I took mine to a dealership's service center. Sewell is a high $$ very large dealer here in Dallas (and other parts of Texas). They deal in Cadillac. Chevrolet. GMC. HUMMER. Infinti. Lexus. Pontiac. Saab.



You can check them out at www.sewell.com. Here is their mission statement (for a laugh).





Mission

We will provide the best vehicle sales and service experience for our customers. We will do this in a way that will foster the continuous improvement of our people and our company. We will be a top performing, thoroughly professional and genuinely caring organization in all that we do.
 
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