Well had a great weekend. The Wifey treated the S badly Saturday.

While backing out the driveway in her Explorer... well you can see the rest.





Insurance will cover it, but where's a good body shop to go to?

I think its in the Uni-body section which means they'll prob have to pull it out best the can and bondo.

Just really sucks!!!



OK, here's who I went with:




Estimated Completion date was Oct. 20th,
Received a call on Thursday the 20th stating car was ready for pickup. I took off of work 2 hrs early to pickup (they close at 5:00 pm).

Here are the things I noticed that were wrong.

1. They forgot to rivet two of the nylon straps that secure the soft-top frame in place. They didn't notice until I pointed it out. Forgot to do both sides.



2. They forgot to replace the rubber fender guard the goes along the inside of the wheel-well.



3. The door stuck out about 1/8th of an inch from the fender when it was shut.


I express my displeasure on the things above and they extended apologies and promised to fix overnight. I left it with them.

I got a call on Friday Oct. 21st stating it was ready this time. I took off 2 hrs early again, hoping for the best. So far, missed 4 hrs of work total.
They had replaced the rubber Wheel-well guard, they riveted the straps properly, and they had the door aligned correctly.

I then found a couple of other problems.

1. They messed up putting the center console back together (which they said they had to remove to remove part of the soft-top to work behind it.) When they removed the "hoop covers" they didn't know they didn't come apart, and did a shitty job gluing them back together.



2. They forgot to replace the mud guard that is fitted in the wheel-well in front of the tire.

3. They scratched the oppisite side of the rear of the car when messing with the soft-top.



4.The rubber seal next to the water drain on the softop is damaged and won't go in place. (You can only see it's damaged when the top is down.)

This time I took the car with me. They are ordering the parts and I'm supposed to take it back to fully complete everything when they get here (Tues or Wednesday) and they're putting me in a rental until it's finished.


Overall, the Paint and bodywork they did is very good, they just epic failed on the fit and finish. They are willing to make things right and going the extra mile to do so. While I respect them for that, I will not take another vehicle to them for repair.

Here's the finished product (forgive the pictures, the work is very good)

 

OUCH!

I had this happen late last year (someone backed into my innocently parked S). Creased my driver door, had to have the sheet metal replaced. Repair shop I used was Benchmark Collision Center over on Fessler's Ln. They did an incredible job. They matched the Sebring Silver *perfectly* and it looks like new.

Sorry man- that hurts!

 

Are these them?

BENCHMARK COLLISION CENTER, LLC Distance: 41.965 miles
999 POLK AVE Phone: (615) 254-6946
NASHVILLE, TN 37210 Fax: (615) 254-6947

 

DAAAYYYYYYYUM. Sorry bro. That definitely sucks however it could be a LOT worse. IT looks like your bumper will still be salvageable and I would think with a lot of pounding and a stud welder and slide hammer, the rear shouldn't need TOO much bondo. Keep us posted!

 

That sucks man

 

I think the bumber will be fine. Repaint only. I'm just a little worried about the bondo stuff.

Thanks for the sympathy.

 

ouch!! Sorry to see man! I will be taking my car to get fixed soon from the fence I hit not to long ago.

I'm actually going to call that place too Lane. Maybe our cars will both be up there

 

Can someone come randomly key my car so I can get a new paintjob? The majority of my car is perfectly fine but the front bumper needs attention. A lip would cover it all, but I just haven't taken the leap and joined the front lip club yet.

 

Take the Lip plunge. You won't regret it. Some of the best money spent. You wouldn't believe the difference the OEM lip made to the look of the car. Made me think "why don't they all come with it, it looks 100 times better."

 

love the lip!!

i'm actually looking to go back to AP1 front with lip. Love the ap2 with lip as well, but I dunno. Was looking at some older photo's of my car(like my avatar and I just love the way it looks.

So, anyone looking for an ap2 front?