Body shop hackjob...on my own car.

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So back in February I took my Mustang to a local bodyshop for some cosmetic work. I dropped it off with the very clear instructions that it was there for the body/paintwork only and I'd handle the rest after I picked it up.

When I picked it up later on that week it looked like this:


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That's the trunk lid. Some panels were worse, some better, but overall I had the impression of a wool pad screaming along at 2500rpm bone dry.

Got an early start this morning with an unfortunately very low charge on my batteries, some befores/afters on said trunk lid though.

3401/Cyan/105 (thanks AG for my new pads, just in time. :props:)

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1st pass. Better, but still very ugly. Pretty hard clear.

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2 passes later.

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Started at 4am and worked till about 3pm. I spent my pre-dawn hours taking care of compound residue all over my trim with OPT Power Clean/PB Trim Restorer. Most panels only needed 1 pass with 105 to clear up the holograms, but the passenger quarter and driver's door we're both fairly horrible and took a 2nd. Polished with 106FA on Tangerine. Planning on going over it with 85RD tomorrow morning if I've got time, with finished pics of this minor nightmare sometime thereafter. :xyxthumbs:
 
Super job,Are you going to say anything to them? Take those pics with you and show them. Once again great work
 
Same thing happened to me! I haggled with the body shop for two months before they finally "fixed" it. Fixing it meant getting the paint kind of close to matching and almost all of the trash out of the clear, and putting a nice glaze over it all to hide their shoddy work. Needless to say I drove of the lot frustrated, but confident I could fix it.
 
JohnnyC said:
Super job,Are you going to say anything to them? Take those pics with you and show them. Once again great work
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It's been awhile like I said, but I did take my light/camera with me that day. We discussed it and squared up on the spot. Just been too busy to get it sorted lately.
 
In the second picture with your pad loaded up with the 105; it looks like you just got done detailing your flex! That thing is clean as a whistle! (a really clean whistle)
 
Glad to see you were able to bring your paint back to life. Why does it seem like everywhere you go there is some moron who can't follow simple instructions. I almost count on some mistake being done, big or small, whenever I take my car for any kind of service. Sad but true Again, great job Irish.
 
They probably had to nib out a dirt or something in that area. It looks like it was sprayed pretty flat though. Nice clean reflection. It looks beautiful now though. Good work.
 
Thanks for the replies everyone. :xyxthumbs:

CTS-Veo said:
In the second picture with your pad loaded up with the 105; it looks like you just got done detailing your flex! That thing is clean as a whistle! (a really clean whistle)
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I like to keep it wiped down. $300 for a machine, may as well take care of it. It's covered with M105 dust right now though. :bash:
 
Few pics I snapped at lunch. I've got plenty of room for improvement with 85RD, just didn't wake up early enough. LSP is Auto Glym HD.


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Incredible results!

Pretty darn good photography work there too!

Irish said:
BEFORE
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Getting ready to introduce the business side of the pad to the paint
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A work of art!
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Irish said:
Started at 4am and worked till about 3pm.
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Undoing other's mistakes take a lot more time than would they had the knowledge and skills to do it right the first time.

Nice save.
 
Congrats on a job well done! Beautiful reflection shots. :xyxthumbs:

You would think that a Paint and Body shop would know how to take care of paint. It's in their name!!! I had a similar experience last year - in fact, it was this episode that first got me into detailing.

I had my rear bumper cover replaced at a paint and body shop, and I left specific instructions that the car was not to be courtesy washed. When I picked it up three days later, I arrived at the shop only to see a lot guy furiously rubbing down my car with an old chamois. He had given my ride a "dry wash" (damp rag wipedown and dried with a very dirty chamois).

The swirls were horrendous. The body shop offered to only "spot buff" the damage. Their guy was not a detailer, but rather another shop guy who was johnny-on-the-spot with a Harbor Freight Chicago rotary. I declined the offer, took my car to a pro and filed a claim with my insurance company for the damage. The claim was paid, and I got the body shop to cover my $100 deductible.
 
Irish,

Gorgeous Mustang. I'd be upset with them too. Glad you had the skills to fix her.

Is that a Bullitt? Looks mean.
 
I know what it feels like to have a body shop not leave your paint smooth. My Explorer was vandalized last summer and the passenger front door was repainted. When it was brought back, it was swirl city. I used my G110 and some Surf City Beyond Clay and buffed out the swirls. Now you can't tell it was painted.
 
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