Body shop a knocked $1400 off...we are getting closer...now to talk to the adjuster

As for turning around...that was not an option...so much chaos with all the cars that have been waiting for up to 5 hours to get going

And the funny thing about the rockers...they faired pretty well lol

 

Glad you're making progress, albeit slowly.

Good luck

 

talked to adjuster's boss just as a last resort

still ~1300 off

called the adjusters boss with the concern that i thought maybe i was being steered to use a body shop they recommend

during the conversation the adjuster's boss asked if i thought about looking into trading it off...dealer may give me only 9000 less than its worth

i said i ordered this car how i wanted it...i couldnt find one similar...and i waited 3 months to get it...and that Deysha would hate me if i ordered a new one and bugged her again (ok well that last part i didnt say...because i didnt want him to think i was loopy...but it made me chuckle when i thought of it)


he is going to call me back and let me know what he finds out, and if he brings up the trading part...i am going to say "you buy my car, i will order a new one"

appointment set for monday at the body shop a...good news is body shop isnt going to charge me to paint louvers for the quarter windows

 

Made me chuckle, too

Good luck......I hope this all works out for you.

 

For me personally, trading it, selling it, whatever route, and getting a new one would have been the only option for me. Been down that road with painting on brand new cars, doesn't work for me.

 

Awwwwe! You were awesome to deal with, CHDS PNY. I hope this gets resolved for you soon.

Deysha

 

haha thanks deysha

update on car...it went into body shop yesterday, gonna sacrifice getting new 64x rims to get my preferred bodyshop to do it...so i am going to go with RTRs

 

Is the shop painting the door jambs and under decklid/decklid drain area. Sounds nuts but you want to make sure there's no "seams" or obvious paint transitions. The door jambs are usually the giveaway that a car has had paint work by how it looks and feels. In addition, they are often overlooked by most shops. Just curious.

 

If you really want the 64x rims it probably wouldn't be too hard to find someone willing to trade their stockers for some RTRs

 

Got word from body shop..they called adjuster in and are replacing mirrors and ac condenser

 

Would be interested in seeing photos of the transformation

 

I stopped by today but they were closed...I don't want to keep bugging them...I would love photos as well

 

Good call on the AC condensor coil. I would look into underbody coating as well.

John

 

Got it back last friday!

a week prior i went to look at it as they were waiting for parts, there were some issues that needed to be taken care of...and they did...awesome job...with the exception of not swapping out my bulbs and ballasts from the old headlights (luckily i still had those) so i had to take it back last saturday so they could do that...3 hours to do that since you need to take the bumper cover off to remove the headlights (doh)

turned out great...everything repainted except trunk and rear bumper...blend is great...added DG louvers (painted for free)

now i just ordered RTRs from American muscle and will put those on when they get here.


oh and since i kept all the headlights/foglights/mirrors...i was overjoyed when they replaced my pony projector lights too...and now i have 2 to mess around with (9v battery works awesome )

here are a couple pics from when i went over a week before i picked it up

oh and a bonus of the AC Condenser

 

Congrats bro. Glad it worked out!

 

That's great news, Chad, I'm really pleased for you

 

Wow .. glad it worked out ... Since they painted entire car I bet it looks better than factory now.

 

congrats Chad... I am relieved to see it turned out the way you like..

 

Congrats chad... But they repainted most of the car tho?

 

Looks good, man! I like your stock wheels :-)