On Monday the car is going back to the auto body shop
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On Monday the car is going back to the auto body shop
What a wonderful 3 days its been since I got the car back with my new kit on. If you dont remember what it looks like here you go.
Well as I'm driving it home on Thur I notice they forgot to bolt down the bottom of my seatbelt. Decided to take the car back the next day for them to do it since they still have my bolt. First I go to Honda to get the code for my CD player. After that I decide to go to the auto body shop to get the bolt back. As im driving there, I hear a loud scrapping sound. At first I thought it was my exhaust since it was still tied up because I need new hangers. Pull over and check it, it was perfectly in place. I start to drive more then I notice the sound is coming from my front end. I pull over again to check what it was and then I see the mudguard that goes under the engine is halfway off on the ground. At that point I was mad because I know they didnt bolt that either now. The mudguard was not able to be bolted back on the other side now because it was completely eaten up. I tied it so it wouldnt drag anymore and brought it back. When I get there I tell them my problem and they fix it, just taking off my mudguard. Next thing I notice is that they got paint on one of my rims. I immediatly told them they had to get it off since they had the car an extra 4 days to make sure everything was done right. They do that and I take the car home and it doesnt move the rest of the day.
Today as I was driving to Hondafest, I heard the same scrapping sound in my front end. When I get to Raceway Park, I look in the front and my wheel well was off. The entire front was messed up with another piece of plastic underneath off too. I immediatly started cursing and ranting up a storm because of the shops stupidity. They forgot to bolt the front end of the wheel well back in. So now I have to wait till Monday for them to just to tell them that they are paying for the damage to my car that they've caused because of their lack of sensibility to check if everything was on. Im going to tell that they are going to pay for the damaged parts and are going to pay for them to get put back on. If they refuse, I am going to sue them because they put me in danger with all this stuff. It wont cost me as much as them since my uncle is a lawyer and would have a field day with this. Here are the pics of the damage from today.
Look how chewed up that is from a drive that was about a mile.
Taken through my front bumper of the piece just hanging on the ground.
A close up of one of the sides. not very good but u can see a little.
Another pic
If you notice, they didnt bolt it all from the very top on. It pisses me off that I've spent over $1400 on this kit so far and I've had nothing but problems. I need my car fixed by the 14th because I'm leaving for college then.
Well as I'm driving it home on Thur I notice they forgot to bolt down the bottom of my seatbelt. Decided to take the car back the next day for them to do it since they still have my bolt. First I go to Honda to get the code for my CD player. After that I decide to go to the auto body shop to get the bolt back. As im driving there, I hear a loud scrapping sound. At first I thought it was my exhaust since it was still tied up because I need new hangers. Pull over and check it, it was perfectly in place. I start to drive more then I notice the sound is coming from my front end. I pull over again to check what it was and then I see the mudguard that goes under the engine is halfway off on the ground. At that point I was mad because I know they didnt bolt that either now. The mudguard was not able to be bolted back on the other side now because it was completely eaten up. I tied it so it wouldnt drag anymore and brought it back. When I get there I tell them my problem and they fix it, just taking off my mudguard. Next thing I notice is that they got paint on one of my rims. I immediatly told them they had to get it off since they had the car an extra 4 days to make sure everything was done right. They do that and I take the car home and it doesnt move the rest of the day.
Today as I was driving to Hondafest, I heard the same scrapping sound in my front end. When I get to Raceway Park, I look in the front and my wheel well was off. The entire front was messed up with another piece of plastic underneath off too. I immediatly started cursing and ranting up a storm because of the shops stupidity. They forgot to bolt the front end of the wheel well back in. So now I have to wait till Monday for them to just to tell them that they are paying for the damage to my car that they've caused because of their lack of sensibility to check if everything was on. Im going to tell that they are going to pay for the damaged parts and are going to pay for them to get put back on. If they refuse, I am going to sue them because they put me in danger with all this stuff. It wont cost me as much as them since my uncle is a lawyer and would have a field day with this. Here are the pics of the damage from today.
Look how chewed up that is from a drive that was about a mile.
Taken through my front bumper of the piece just hanging on the ground.
A close up of one of the sides. not very good but u can see a little.
Another pic
If you notice, they didnt bolt it all from the very top on. It pisses me off that I've spent over $1400 on this kit so far and I've had nothing but problems. I need my car fixed by the 14th because I'm leaving for college then.
My friend is going through the same problems with Honda. But he has a s2000. The car was back and forth in the shop because they fixed something and broke something else.
Sorry to hear it man, i hope it all works out.
Sorry to hear it man, i hope it all works out.
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Also forgot to mention that on the drivers side door, I need to slam it hard just so it closes. A piece from the side that has push pins fell off because they forgot to put them back in. They scratching my passenger side front fender which I'm making them paint now. And finally they didnt sand the fiberglass down so good enough on top so now my hood doesnt completely stay on right. I dont even think they tried to fix it.
I can't believe what happened.
I'm very sorry about your car. I'd raise h3ll too if it was my car. Make them repaint all the sh*t at no-cost. They need to replace your rim too...plus fix that bodykit. Lord...have you gone to this bodyshop before? You have to make sure that the bodyshop u go to is well known and does high quality work. I hate lazy workers.... Hey! Look At Me!! I'm a Supporting Member!!
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Man that sucks that you have to go thru all that!!
Hopefully, they will do the right thing and get you fixed up without any hassle and minimal downtime!
Hopefully, they will do the right thing and get you fixed up without any hassle and minimal downtime!
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Just went out to the car to the check on it, i see i am missing a screw in my sideskirt and that the one in the rear is bent in half. Those morons didnt take off my rims to put the sideskirts on. i could have done a better job.
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alright, i just got done washing my rims cause they were dirty as hell from them. I wiped down the car too to see other stuff. I looked over the car more carefully now and I found some more messed up parts which they promised me that they would fix.
I asked them to sand that out, they obviously didnt. that pisses me off.
My kit is sticking out in the rear bumper.
This is the other side. I noticed that this side was out a little and look at it now.
scratches they put on my front fender on the drivers side.
The other side has scratches too.
Now I am pissed off. They have messed up my car totally. Im def going to lose my temper tomorrow when I go there. They are a little lucky my mom is coming with me cause she knows how pissed I am.
I asked them to sand that out, they obviously didnt. that pisses me off.
My kit is sticking out in the rear bumper.
This is the other side. I noticed that this side was out a little and look at it now.
scratches they put on my front fender on the drivers side.
The other side has scratches too.
Now I am pissed off. They have messed up my car totally. Im def going to lose my temper tomorrow when I go there. They are a little lucky my mom is coming with me cause she knows how pissed I am.
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