Swollkat
Well-Known Member
Why do most body shops do a crappy job putting your car back together? Either they forget parts, half-a$$ the job and use random screws, or they can't color match the paint so now you have a two-tone. Oh and you might as well add two more weeks to whatever they quote you because I've never received my car on time. My favorite is when they use whatever is lying around to hold your bumper covers on. I've had plenty of experience with these shops from little independent ones to chain shops. If at all possible I will strip the car down to minimize the damage they do. You would think that with all the money they get from the insurance companies that they would want to do the best job they can.
Anyhow this past weekend I was replacing my door actuators and part of the install involves removing the metal window tracking, so I noticed my passenger side had a rubber insert in the guide while the driver side didn't. Well a couple of years ago a drunk driver driving on the wrong side of the freeway hit my driver's side and destroyed my side mirror and shattered my window. A body shop in Moreno Valley with a good rep got the job. Well obviously when they replaced the window they must have removed the previous guide that I'm pretty sure had a rubber insert. How hard is it to put that ish back? No wonder I've heard a grinding noise whenever I roll my window down. Now I have to pay $30 bones to get a 12 inch strip of rubber. I will not even bother going back to the shop. Ahhh!!
When they say after an accident your car will never be the same it's the damn truth!
If you have any horror stories please share or if you can actually shine some light on this subject then by all means do.
Anyhow this past weekend I was replacing my door actuators and part of the install involves removing the metal window tracking, so I noticed my passenger side had a rubber insert in the guide while the driver side didn't. Well a couple of years ago a drunk driver driving on the wrong side of the freeway hit my driver's side and destroyed my side mirror and shattered my window. A body shop in Moreno Valley with a good rep got the job. Well obviously when they replaced the window they must have removed the previous guide that I'm pretty sure had a rubber insert. How hard is it to put that ish back? No wonder I've heard a grinding noise whenever I roll my window down. Now I have to pay $30 bones to get a 12 inch strip of rubber. I will not even bother going back to the shop. Ahhh!!
When they say after an accident your car will never be the same it's the damn truth!
If you have any horror stories please share or if you can actually shine some light on this subject then by all means do.