Sedan is back from the paint shop!

KINGFABIAN · 07-18-06, 01:57 PM

All I had them paint was the front clip of the car. 2 front fenders, hood, and they replaced the front bumper and best of all a new front lip (mine was destroyed by an extremely low suspension)..

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best , I give the Autobodyshop a 6 ... nice try but a little more attention to details was lacking ...my grandma can paint better ha

. Im sick of it tho Im convinced a really GOOD show quality paint job is gonna cost around $3000 no way around it. If I knew how to paint Id make sure it was perfect to the last drop!

BCKA8 · 07-18-06, 02:09 PM

Your car looks really HOT!!! So clean and classy.......

gotta love that color, same as my coupe.

GREAT WORK!

duck · 07-18-06, 02:14 PM

Well, the pics looks real good!

GreekPower · 07-18-06, 02:40 PM

wow the sidemarkers and paint really really nice man :thumbup:

Nightshift · 07-18-06, 02:45 PM

The pics look great. What happened to send it to the paint shop?

WW

OhGeez · 07-18-06, 03:33 PM

You might not be 100% happy but in those pics..............your car looks GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!

KINGFABIAN · 07-18-06, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightshift

The pics look great. What happened to send it to the paint shop?

WW

Thanks guys, U make it feel better, ha! the front bumper was ripped off by some guy in a pickup truck hauling a trailer. Trailer didnt clear the turn and killed front bumper. The guys Ins company paid there autoshop to fix the front bumper + lip. My lip was REALLY bad all scratched up from being a lowrider so I was happy I was getting bumper and lip free. I paid additional $398 to re-paint my hood + 2 fenders cause 2 dents on my hood have been bugging the crap out of me for the past 3 years now..so its a relief but just the way they put the bumper back together (all crooked, rush type job) and some of the prep work in the paint I can see some ghost images of some nicks I had prior to the paint job still kinda showing thru on the new one. I swear if I knew how to paint a car ...the paint job would be straight disgusting! (in a good way)

duck · 07-18-06, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KINGFABIAN

Thanks guys, U make it feel better, ha! the front bumper was ripped off by some guy in a pickup truck hauling a trailer. Trailer didnt clear the turn and killed front bumper. The guys Ins company paid there autoshop to fix the front bumper + lip. My lip was REALLY bad all scratched up from being a lowrider so I was happy I was getting bumper and lip free. I paid additional $398 to re-paint my hood + 2 fenders cause 2 dents on my hood have been bugging the crap out of me for the past 3 years now..so its a relief but just the way they put the bumper back together (all crooked, rush type job) and some of the prep work in the paint I can see some ghost images of some nicks I had prior to the paint job still kinda showing thru on the new one. I swear if I knew how to paint a car ...the paint job would be straight disgusting! (in a good way)

Not that I'm telling you to do this, but I have a cousin who had his vehicle painted back in...1995? by a shop that came HIGHLY recommended. I would NEVER want to sell anything to my cousin, because he is friggin' nit-picky. When I saw his vehicle, I was like WOW! That paint job looks real good: No tape lines, no swirl marks, no ripples...

Well. He opens a door. Two drips, and you had to get on your hands and knees to see them. Open another door...two more drips. A streak too, if you got on your back and looked. He pops the hatch...Three drips, small, itty bitty drips, along the bottom edge. Again, no NORMAL person would have noticed. The door jambs were beautiful. The hood, engine bay, etc: Gorgeous. But he found the only flaws that were anywhere, and it drove him NUTZ.

He went back and complained. The owner was like O_o, and wanted to ask "are you serious?" After a lot of bitching, the owner said he could have the drips filed down, and no one would know any better, it was an acceptable technique. Not to my cousin. My cousin leaves, pissed.

Literally, my cousin went in there for a month, every day to complain about the poor workmanship. It got to the point that the owner took a few days off apparently to avoid him, so my cousin complained to the manager for a couple hours on those days.

When the owner got back, he waited for my cousin and said "You paid X for this paint job, and nothing I have offered you will make you happy...what do you think this job SHOULD have cost?" My cousin said it looked more like a $3000 job than a $4000 job...The owner pulled out his checkbook, wrote him a check for $1000 and said please don't ever come back.

SO

If you have the time, at least go back and bitch once. Or twice. Or 20+ times.

Scbrindley · 07-18-06, 04:58 PM

Looks great!

acc-unit · 07-18-06, 05:46 PM

that sedan looks gorgeous....

noudles · 07-18-06, 06:21 PM

great lookin Sedan

and i agree.. those side markers look awesome

Nightshift · 07-18-06, 08:35 PM

If it's a reputable shop, they'll make good on your issues.
Take it back and be nice...
The guy I use, I can take a car back years after he's sprayed it and he fixes it... We've been dealing 20 years+, he's the shop that will be doing the coupe.

WW

ssilk · 07-18-06, 08:37 PM

The car looks soooo sick man. Noice!

91LSMAN · 07-18-06, 08:56 PM

Looks Great!!

Rude-Boy! · 07-18-06, 08:59 PM

She looking real good man!!! A+ all da way!!!

07-18-06, 01:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
KINGFABIAN MAN-WHORE Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 2,065 Car 1: 1994 Legend Sedan L 2005 Infiniti QX56 iTrader: (0)	Sedan is back from the paint shop! All I had them paint was the front clip of the car. 2 front fenders, hood, and they replaced the front bumper and best of all a new front lip (mine was destroyed by an extremely low suspension).. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best , I give the Autobodyshop a 6 ... nice try but a little more attention to details was lacking ...my grandma can paint better ha . Im sick of it tho Im convinced a really GOOD show quality paint job is gonna cost around $3000 no way around it. If I knew how to paint Id make sure it was perfect to the last drop! __________________ King of the Bling & Lord of the Blang!

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duck Victory is fleeting... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Duck! Posts: 6,125 Car 1: 2007 Honda Ridgeline iTrader: (1)	Well, the pics looks real good! __________________ Rythmic, systemic and world control Magnetic, genetic, dement your sou...

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Nightshift Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 798 Car 1: '94 LS 6-Speed Coupe Car 2: '94 LS Sedan UK Spec Car 3: '92 LS Sedan iTrader: (8)	The pics look great. What happened to send it to the paint shop? WW __________________ Rides: '08 Chevrolet Avalanche LT3, '02 LexusSC430, '94 6-speed LS Coupe '94 6-speed GS (formally 4cruizn), '72 Buick Skylark Custom convert., frame-off resto.

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BCKA8 Frequent Flyer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 184 Car 1: 1994, LS Coupe, 6 speed ,Type II Car 2: 1964 Impala SS iTrader: (0)	Your car looks really HOT!!! So clean and classy....... gotta love that color, same as my coupe. GREAT WORK!

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GreekPower Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pittsburgh,PA Posts: 10,458 Car 1: 1992 Acura L"S" Sedan Car 2: 1991 3/S Turbo's 2x Car 3: 2005 Grand Prix iTrader: (13)	wow the sidemarkers and paint really really nice man :thumbup:

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acc-unit legend status Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,632 Car 1: 1995 6spd coupe iTrader: (2)	that sedan looks gorgeous.... __________________ 1990 Legend sedan - RIP 1995 6 spd coupe

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noudles .The.Laos.Guy. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NC Posts: 3,336 Car 1: 1993 Acura Legend iTrader: (5)	great lookin Sedan and i agree.. those side markers look awesome __________________ Legends of North Carolina 1993 Acura Legend L [SOLD] 2002 Lexus IS 300 [current driver]

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Nightshift Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 798 Car 1: '94 LS 6-Speed Coupe Car 2: '94 LS Sedan UK Spec Car 3: '92 LS Sedan iTrader: (8)	If it's a reputable shop, they'll make good on your issues. Take it back and be nice... The guy I use, I can take a car back years after he's sprayed it and he fixes it... We've been dealing 20 years+, he's the shop that will be doing the coupe. WW __________________ Rides: '08 Chevrolet Avalanche LT3, '02 LexusSC430, '94 6-speed LS Coupe '94 6-speed GS (formally 4cruizn), '72 Buick Skylark Custom convert., frame-off resto.

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ssilk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: coos bay OR Posts: 2,212 Car 1: 93 acura legend coupe, custom gauge lighting, all red tails, clear bumpers and corners, intake, Car 2: Gunmetal Paint Car 3: Bumps,Xeon interiors iTrader: (0)	The car looks soooo sick man. Noice! __________________ Washington Meet pix.....good times! http://acura-legend.com/vbulletin/sh...ad.php?t=86997

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