I got my car back...

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Corey Bit Spank

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It looks good, but...



The rear door lock is messed up. It won't lock with the power system (just kind of jiggles) and it stuck fairly high up.



And then I noticed I cannot lock the doors from inside with the power switch. I have to get out and use the key fob which is quite stupid. It locks them, then unlocks them.



So it has to go back. :mad:
 
Does your car have factory remote locking, or is it aftermarket???? If its aftermarket, it sounds like the locking motor is out of alignment, which should be an easy fix... if you need any help PM, I am a car audio & security installer
 
I noticed the passengers side trim is off too, the part that covers half of the seat belt :( Gotta get that fixed toooo



And well, the inner door parts were painted flat black from the factory and they painted them body color on the new side. I'm not going to complain though because only I would notice that.
 
This is true. Get a peice of paper and a clipboard and go over the car from front to back, write down everything thats not right, I mean EVERYTHING, if a peice of trim is crooked, write it down, spec of something in the paint, write it down, then drop it off at the bodyshop and have them address everything on the list. Tell them about the flat back door inserts too, you're the only one that would notice and you're the only one that matters. That will bug the hell out of you, it would me. I had the front bumper repainted on the Explorer one time and got into an argument in the guy because he clearcoated the grey trim on the bumper and its supposed to be matte, made him repaint it and he didn't like that but it clearly didnt match the trim on the sides.



Always do this whenever you have work like this done on a house, a car, yourself (hey, you never know lol). My fiance's boss just had her house rebuilt after a fire, and her contractors dread the roll of blue tape. She sticks blue tape on EVERYTHING thats not right, crooked outlets, nicks in the walls etc. Nothing wrong with asking that things be done to your specifications. I figure for, what did that cost? $5000? Car should be perfect. Same goes for $50,000 work on a house or $25,000 boobs lol
 
Oye ve the handle they put on is kind of crappy. It has a long chip in it. And the trim around said door handle isn't straight.



Am I being too picky? I shall take pictures and let you all decide.
 
No you are NOT being to picky or a ***** about it! It is YOUR car and it should be fixed to YOUR likings not the bodyshops. If something is not correct or looks like crap (even the smallest of things) make them fix it or you are not going to be happy. Like goodnclean said it will bug the hell out of you.
 
Corey Bit Spank said:
Yup. Just under 5k.



But I don't want to be a ***** about it :(
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Your not the only one who thinks they are being a ***** for complaining about the quality of the work. I would say most people do and thats why body shops continue to do crap work. If more people did what Goodnclean suggested (I do) these body shops would have no choice but to improve the quality of their work. If they didn't they wouldn't be in business long. This goes for any business that does garbage work.
 
The passenger side door has a really bad but there's no way to prove when this happened. Luckily it is low (below the bump strip) and that side has many dings, so it isn't bothering me too much.



But what did bother me was me having to fix the passenger window to go into the seal. They had it all wrong. (the window got suck down when they took the drivers door off...actually both windows worked until they did that haha). But now that I fixed it....



For some strange reason I now have a new windshield. :nixweiss It wasn't damaged in the accident. Maybe the State Farm estimator felt like giving me a present?
 
Corey Bit Spank said:


For some strange reason I now have a new windshield. :nixweiss It wasn't damaged in the accident. Maybe the State Farm estimator felt like giving me a present?
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They probably broke it by accident and told the adjustor it had been cracked in the accident and they didn't notice at first. The only (thankfully) time I had my car in the body shop it wasn't done on time because all of a sudden they had to replace the radiator. I asked them what they were talking about because the radiator was fine. They told me the tube for the overflow tank was broken in the accident and the ins. co. was paying for a new radiator. So I guess the rad. fell over in the shop and broke the tube off, cuz it was fine when I left the car there.
 
Body shops are like contractors. Rarely is anything done right the first time...or even the second time.



Good luck.
 
You're not being an *** at all for demanding perfection, more people should. I did a detail last summer and the woman went all over the car and found a couple of things I missed (which is saying something because I'm very thorough) and she apologized afterward, I told her no need that everyone should insist that work done to their property meet their expectations.



The problem is when people get nasty with contractors over little things they miss, I don't consider it fault I just chock it up to them not being as detail oriented as I am and needing another shot at it. I've only had one person get mouthy with me and that was over the grey trim on the Explorer, and I haven't gone back there since.
 
Cory- I sure hope you get things squared away to your satisfaction. As everybody is telling you, you are *NOT* being a [whatever] for wanting it fixed right. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work out that way very often, at least not with the first try.



They redid my S8 three times after the initial repair and I still can't stand it, and yet I still rank that as one of my *better* repair experiences! To be honest, I usually end up selling cars that've had repairs as extensive as yours. I sure hope you fair better than I usually do.



Note that even little stuff, like the flat black vs. body color thing, can come back to haunt you later when you sell the car. If *you* noticed it, somebody else might notice it too. And even if nobody knows but you, well, nobody *matters* here but you anyhow.



Just remember to stay polite when you deal with them. No matter how much you complain, or how frustrating it gets, or how crappy *they* behave, make sure *you* always act like a gentleman no matter how hard it is to stay cool. People sometimes expect a guy your age to lose it and they'll even try to push your buttons to *make* you blow up so they can say "oh, he was just a young hothead" as a way of getting out of their responsibility to fix it right.
 
Yeah, I hate to even have bumpers repainted because I know its almost sure to not be as good as it was.



Accumulator- Are you thinking about getting out of the S8?
 
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