How bad is this? Wrecked...
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sooo we took the car back monday morning 20 min after the bodyshop opened up with a list of 19 things wrong. the manager was very understanding about everything and said when we are ready to drop it back off it should take just 1 day to fix everything.
we made arrangements to drop it off the next morning.since this was the bodyshop's screwup they provided us with a rental car (out of their pocket not the insurance).they did have to order another part, a weather stripping piece on the window that broke when they tried to re-adjust it because it was sticking out about 1/4 inch, therefore it took 2 days to fix everything. we picked the car up today and to our amazement everything was almost perfect.all of the overspray was clayed out.. the minor drips and sand specs were gone and small scratches were polished out and small spots where touched up(repainted).
the body shop manager actually detailed the car herself inside and out(guess if u want it done right do it yaself.. so she did). the only problem we had was there was still overspray on every single window still. she said she couldn't tell if it was overspray or lint from where she was cleaning the windows with a rag etc etc. i ran my fingernail over some of the spots (dunno why manager didn't) and sure enough it was overspray. we said that we had looked online about removing overspray and mentioned that we saw alot about using a razor blade. evidently that is pretty common and she knew exactly what we meant. she came back a few min later with a razor blade and glass cleaner (windex or something.. it was in a unlabled bottle but was blue like windex). even tho it was after closing time(closed at 530 and that was when we got there) she took her time and scrapped every single window thoroughly and we were very impressed with the results... of the whole car.
even tho it took over a month for everything to be completed we are very happy now and just in time to leave friday for florida for a much needed vacation for a week.
we made arrangements to drop it off the next morning.since this was the bodyshop's screwup they provided us with a rental car (out of their pocket not the insurance).they did have to order another part, a weather stripping piece on the window that broke when they tried to re-adjust it because it was sticking out about 1/4 inch, therefore it took 2 days to fix everything. we picked the car up today and to our amazement everything was almost perfect.all of the overspray was clayed out.. the minor drips and sand specs were gone and small scratches were polished out and small spots where touched up(repainted).
the body shop manager actually detailed the car herself inside and out(guess if u want it done right do it yaself.. so she did). the only problem we had was there was still overspray on every single window still. she said she couldn't tell if it was overspray or lint from where she was cleaning the windows with a rag etc etc. i ran my fingernail over some of the spots (dunno why manager didn't) and sure enough it was overspray. we said that we had looked online about removing overspray and mentioned that we saw alot about using a razor blade. evidently that is pretty common and she knew exactly what we meant. she came back a few min later with a razor blade and glass cleaner (windex or something.. it was in a unlabled bottle but was blue like windex). even tho it was after closing time(closed at 530 and that was when we got there) she took her time and scrapped every single window thoroughly and we were very impressed with the results... of the whole car.
even tho it took over a month for everything to be completed we are very happy now and just in time to leave friday for florida for a much needed vacation for a week.
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From: poughkeepsie, Ny
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How bad is mine?
Deer vs Car - Imgur
Deer vs Car - Imgur
Pretty bad. Is that deer poop?
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Yeah, deer poop... Estimate is up to $6700, so far, new Hood, radiator, headlights, hinges ,master cylinder, radiator mount , etc.. they have not even checked the engine or transmission for damage from the deer impact with the engine.
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