Got my 5.0 back from the body shop... am I too picky?

[Shaggin Wagon]

Always give a shop to make something right before tearing them apart. Nobody is perfect. No car is perfect.

[JFurst]

Fender Mender

[naynay]

u tore up a brand new car? ouch..n i wouldnt even want it back

[JarHeadTex]

Always give a shop to make something right before tearing them apart. Nobody is perfect. No car is perfect.

Which is why I have not put the name of the shop out there... simply asking for opinions. I have never had body work done on any of my cars.

[Baron Von Crowder]

If it has trash in the paint, it needs to be fixed.

I made the mistake of recomending someone to a friend at a dealer bodyshop I was very familiar with. It turned into a bad deal, expecting the shop to make everything on this side of the car line up better than factory, expecting things to work differntly than they did from the factory. The estimator bought me a beer one night and politely ask me not to send people to him if they were going to act this way. I had to agree. The gaps he was complaining about were closer and straighter than the other side was, and the other 3 cars they had there were.

Sometimes people expect too much, but I dont think this is the case with the OP, because paint shouldnt have trash in it.

[JarHeadTex]

If it has trash in the paint, it needs to be fixed.

I made the mistake of recomending someone to a friend at a dealer bodyshop I was very familiar with. It turned into a bad deal, expecting the shop to make everything on this side of the car line up better than factory, expecting things to work differntly than they did from the factory. The estimator bought me a beer one night and politely ask me not to send people to him if they were going to act this way. I had to agree. The gaps he was complaining about were closer and straighter than the other side was, and the other 3 cars they had there were.

Sometimes people expect too much, but I dont think this is the case with the OP, because paint shouldnt have trash in it.

Yeah..the part I was worried about was getting the body lines straight and they got that perfect. I didn't notice the trash and swirl scratches until I got it home.

[Shaggin Wagon]

If it has trash in the paint, it needs to be fixed.

I made the mistake of recomending someone to a friend at a dealer bodyshop I was very familiar with. It turned into a bad deal, expecting the shop to make everything on this side of the car line up better than factory, expecting things to work differntly than they did from the factory. The estimator bought me a beer one night and politely ask me not to send people to him if they were going to act this way. I had to agree. The gaps he was complaining about were closer and straighter than the other side was, and the other 3 cars they had there were.

Sometimes people expect too much, but I dont think this is the case with the OP, because paint shouldnt have trash in it.

Yup, I agree, but the shop should always try to satify the customer to the best of their ability. BTW 3 peices of trash per panel is acceptable by industry standards. If you ever go to look at a new car or truck, their paint is worse than a repaired car. True Story.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Yup, I agree, but the shop should always try to satify the customer to the best of their ability. BTW 3 peices of trash per panel is acceptable by industry standards. If you ever go to look at a new car or truck, their paint is worse than a repaired car. True Story.

Most of the time. You know Ive been in a LOT of body shops, and it gets easy to tell who is going to put out a quality repair and who doesnt stand a chance.

OP, have you looked at the other side to compare?

[VaderTT]

Talk to them and see what they are willing to do and next time take it to five star ford collision.

[JarHeadTex]

Most of the time. You know Ive been in a LOT of body shops, and it gets easy to tell who is going to put out a quality repair and who doesnt stand a chance.

OP, have you looked at the other side to compare?

Yes, I compared it to the factory panels. It's not just the trash though..they buffed the shit out of those areas. The hood is scratched from when they were buffing the front fender...and the hood wasn't damaged when I brought it in.

[JarHeadTex]

Talk to them and see what they are willing to do and next time take it to five star ford collision.

Will do

[Mike]

Talk to them and see what they are willing to do and next time take it to five star ford collision.

xeleventybillion on this.

[Shaggin Wagon]

Thanks Guys, I'll admit we are not perfect, but we definitely try our damndest to make our customers happy.

Jarhead or anyone for that matter, call me if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer!

[JarHeadTex]

Took it back up there this afternoon..they were really cool and agreed to repaint the quarter panel and fix the swirl spots.

[Snatch Napkin]

Awesome. Good to hear they're working with you.

Every shop has bad days, man.

I just had to swap out some equipment that I installed and took for granted that every aspect of it worked flawlessly. Frickin' electronics...
Everything got covered under warranty and the customer was in and out in less than 30 minutes. I apologized for his inconvenience of having to drive back and forth for my screw up and he shook my hand with a smile and said, "No worries. You handled everything for me and will continue to handle any questions I have from here on out."

Hopefully your outcome will continue on the path it sounds like it's on.