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Old 06-13-02, 02:10 PM
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they finally get around to painting the damn thing. so i go to pick it up and there are warps all in it. i mention it to the guy and he tells me to leave it in the sun for a second and it will reshape. when i take it out of the car i notice that its worse than i thought. i have some pics. please tell me that this is normal and it will go back to normal........
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passenger side. notice how its bowed out........
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one of two bulges in the middle
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last one. im so mad i could spit........
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Dude, who did it? Damn, I should have told u to hit my boy up at SPartan Lincoln Mercury!

Having a soiree this Saturday, holla at your boy!
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Man, that does not look good. Its don't think its gonna warp back to its original shape just by sitting in the sun. You mean to tell me that you can reshape the lip on a hot summer day

Do what they suggest and when its still not corrected, take it back to them and have them refund the money you paid for the painting AND lip.


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Old 06-13-02, 02:34 PM
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sick, you have a PM. Hennessey sent me to these guys and they are supposed to be reputable. i called and told him how screwed up it was and now they want to put it on for me. i promise i will accept nothing short of perfection.
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DrRick - was that World Collision up the street?
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thats bull shiat man.. thats crapp.... really sorry to hear that.. but i definatly want to see how it looks on a green GS when it goes on!! im sure eveyrthing will work out ok..
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Originally posted by bitkahuna
DrRick - was that World Collision up the street?
yeop, it sure was. to their credit they apologized (after i told them that their little trick wasnt gonna work) and have offered to fix/install it free. my thing is now, will it cause spider webs from cracking later on if they can get it fixed


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PS......the paint work is AWESOME !!!
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WOW, Doc that ***** looks like it had a few beers too many.... At least now you get some work donr for free.... And I'm sure they'll do a good job putting it on for you.... They proboly have a rep to uphold.... Oh and the paint job does look real nice from what I can see..... Goodluck bro.....
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i actually looks like they tried to do some kinda of heat treatment to it.. and left it in the oven too long
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Originally posted by Hohlraum
i actually looks like they tried to do some kinda of heat treatment to it.. and left it in the oven too long
I think Hohlraum is right...Hudini got his lip painted at the same shop that painted my car and his lip did not look like that when it came out.

Sasha

I'll try to get with Hudini over the weekend and take some pics of his lip, he has a green GS400.

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what do they say?


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