The Chameleon - Body Work Thread (56K Warning)

[GETGONE]

Man..you guys take away all my fun. Yes it looks rice....err nice.

[kammi10]

least it doesnt look like a skunk tho right david

[CHMLEON]

least it doesnt look like a skunk tho right david

I think the white acents look nice.

I would only wave the skunk flag if he had 1 or 2 large white stripes going over the Hood, Roof, and Hatch.

[SoulTerror]

Looking good, but when u said custom hood bird, I was expecting something like what I have. Not just custom paint.

[JoeliusZ28]

looks real good, i actually think the firebird tailights look surprisingly good.

[CHMLEON]

Well as some of you may already know there was a few problems i had with the work that the body shop did.


Crack in Front Bumper Passenger Side.



Front Passenger Fender tucked under Front Bumper causing the paint to spider crack.





Paint chipping off of the Passenger Side Door Handle.





Tip of Power Antenna scuffed while they where buffing out the car.



Fiber Glass not fully sanded smooth before painting.



Driver Side Lip of the Rear Hatch scuffed up after painting.



Paint scratched up on the passenger side of the Rear Bumper.



So I took the car back to the body shop on Tuesday (May 29, 2007) for them to fix all these little things. Well I went to the body shop today after work (after there normal business hours) to pick the car up and guess what i found... SOMEONE DID NOT PUT THE POWER ANTENNA DOWN ALL THE WAY AND THE ANTENNA WAS PULLED BACK AT A 20*-35* ANGLE SCREWING UP MY PASSENGER SIDE QUARTER PANEL. I AM SO TICKED OFF. I LEFT THE CAR THERE AND I WILL BE GIVING THEM AN EAR FULL TOMORROW MORNING. The pictures don't fully show the extent of the damage it looks worse in person. I am so ticked off but on the other hand i just want to .













Sorry for the long post guy i just had to get it out there and vent.

[GETGONE]

Ouch! That sucks! Should have just had them shave it while they were working on it. Hopefully they can pull it out without having to repaint the 1/4. I'm glad I can do paint and body myself. It's bad enough when I screw something up but at least I know that I did it and had some control over it. When you have someone else doing it you're just held hostage and just hope they do a good job.

[JAdair]

Dang man that sucks after just havin it back now you gotta wait acouple more months to wax lol

[CHMLEON]

Ouch! That sucks! Should have just had them shave it while they were working on it. Hopefully they can pull it out without having to repaint the 1/4. I'm glad I can do paint and body myself. It's bad enough when I screw something up but at least I know that I did it and had some control over it. When you have someone else doing it you're just held hostage and just hope they do a good job.

Yeah i wish i knew how to do that stuff myself. I would not have been making mistakes like this.

Dang man that sucks after just havin it back now you gotta wait acouple more months to wax lol

I am still just seeing Red right now. If i met the guy that did this i would be beating him into the ground right now.

[meissen]

Damn, David, sorry to hear about all that. Guess I'm not the only one that hates his body shop right now.

[CHMLEON]

Yep, I will be leaving early this morning so that i can swing by the shop as soon as it opens and give the owner a piece of my mind before i head to work.

[JoeliusZ28]

that really sucks man.

and this whole body shop thing!? just one MORE reason I need to find an insurance company that will cover my car for what its worth.

[FireBirdGirl02]

Dang, That really sucks David I hope they will fix everything they messed up.

[WMCC Gary]

WOW that Sucks.

[kammi10]

i'd be pissed, except my dad does all my body work and painting since he works at a shop