vMaster0fPuppet
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A friend of mine got into an accident in his black 2000ish Honda Accord a couple months back and took it to a body shop he knew to get it repaired.
The shop took about a month to "finish" the repairs. They had to replace a door and his rear fender, to fix the body damage. They then painted this to match the color. I have to day that they matched the black pretty well.
The rest of the job, however, is absolutely horrendous.
Theres bubbles in the clearcaot. It looks like they maybe didn't wetsand enough. Theres a small section on the rear bumper that looks like it was only half wetsanded. On top of that they didn't polish this area at all.
The entire passenger side is covered in either sanding or swirl marks. This includes half the hood, half the bumper, and the whole passenger side of the car. The car was heavily marred to begin with, but this new paint has them as well.
On top of this, the area they did hit with a polisher is a disgrace. It's covered in holograms, micro marring, and swirl marks. They didn't polish sufficiently to remove the sanding marks, and they failed to break the polish down producing holograms over the whole passenger side of the vehicle.
Now the really shady part.
The body shop gave him the car when they were closing at night, so my friend said he couldn't see how bad it was until today. They charged his insurance $8K for the repairs, and apparently waived the deductible, allowing him to just take the car.
I told him to go back there and demand they fix it, but I don't know if they technically have to after he removed it from the shop. I also told him to call his insurance company and tell them not to pay, but they already paid the shop. Though it is not my car, this actually angered me because these hacks call themselves professional. If they refuse to fix this, what advice can i give him?
The shop took about a month to "finish" the repairs. They had to replace a door and his rear fender, to fix the body damage. They then painted this to match the color. I have to day that they matched the black pretty well.
The rest of the job, however, is absolutely horrendous.
Theres bubbles in the clearcaot. It looks like they maybe didn't wetsand enough. Theres a small section on the rear bumper that looks like it was only half wetsanded. On top of that they didn't polish this area at all.
The entire passenger side is covered in either sanding or swirl marks. This includes half the hood, half the bumper, and the whole passenger side of the car. The car was heavily marred to begin with, but this new paint has them as well.
On top of this, the area they did hit with a polisher is a disgrace. It's covered in holograms, micro marring, and swirl marks. They didn't polish sufficiently to remove the sanding marks, and they failed to break the polish down producing holograms over the whole passenger side of the vehicle.
Now the really shady part.
The body shop gave him the car when they were closing at night, so my friend said he couldn't see how bad it was until today. They charged his insurance $8K for the repairs, and apparently waived the deductible, allowing him to just take the car.
I told him to go back there and demand they fix it, but I don't know if they technically have to after he removed it from the shop. I also told him to call his insurance company and tell them not to pay, but they already paid the shop. Though it is not my car, this actually angered me because these hacks call themselves professional. If they refuse to fix this, what advice can i give him?
