My car came back...

Corey S.

Corey S.

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QEW wash because I didn't want to bring the hose out
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This towel is from target. It's their drying towel. I like a lot :)
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Mezerna Final Polish II via rotary with a blue tufted finishing pad. (ordered from SMP last sunday I beleeeeb). I really like this polish. Really really really really really like it for a light polish. I also have Intensive polish but my car didn't really need anything more agressive. This is one of only a handful of times that I have used a rotary but I am finally getting skillful with it and it will eventually replace the porter cable dual action for me. It will most likely be used for liquid wax application and glaze application. This pads are very forgiving too.
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This is the freshly painted and repaired side. I only washed and put on the Meguiars #5 new car glaze. Unpolished.
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Last step product: Wolfgang sealant.
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Here is my dilema. The body color door inner is new. The matte black is the way the car came from the factory. Now I really like how it looked matte black--I think it looked cleaner and well, just more tied together. Not as much contrast. Should I say something to the bodyshop (which is a fairly large body shop so don't get the impression that it's just some guy trying to make ends meat, but still they are busy busy) when I take it in to get the rear door lock fixed, or just deal with it? I have a few other problems too that I will definitely ask to be fixed (the driver's door handle has a fairly large gouge in it and some residue that I cannot get off, and the mirror they replaced is all marred and scratched).
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I would definitely go back to the body shop with that. Their job is to restore damage to look like it did when it came from the factory. If the interior of the door came from the factory matte black, then they should restore it to matte black. Not only that, but it's even more obvious due to the fact that it doesn't match the opposite door. If the shop has an ounce of respectability, they'll *want* to fix that as soon as you point it out. Hopefully it was just a simple oversight, like us humans are prone to. :)

When I had my truck door fixed recently, they put the Dakota badge back on about 2" further aft than it should have been. When I pointed it out, the manager said he didn't even need to look at the other door, he could tell just by looking at it that it wasn't right, and would order a new decal immediately. Went back a couple days later and they put a new one on in the right place. You shouldn't have to fight too hard, it's pretty obvious. :)
 
nice, Id say make them paint it black. and by the way isnt that an Accord? i could be mistaken but i think i is
 
What exactly is the first picture? And in the 2nd, is the brownish stuff in the bucket QEW?
 
def go back and ask for the repairs and check all of your other ones too. use a magnet on any body replacements to ensure an actual replacement.
 
It's not bondo'd. Nobody is that good with bondo to fix my car the way they did from the condtion the accident left it, lol.

Plus, by law, they have to follow the estimate. The estimate called for 2 new doors and 1 new fender...
 
yeah i know its the law but there are a lot of shops that charge you for new parts and will use old stuff or section together pieces rather than replacing. thats why its better to be safe than sorry.
 
Well I know they are recycled, it also said that on the estimate.

I mean, the doors they replaced weren't new so I don't have any problem with them using recycled parts for the new ones.

The work is guaranteed for the life of the car so it doesn't bother me one way or the other.
 
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