Need a body shop

[bottlefed]

gene perez, try the one in north tampa on Anderson

+1

[P057]

Damn, three estimates today, all say the quarter panel most likely needs to be replaced, so we're talking $2200 to $2500. Too bad I didn't just hit a person, could bury them in the back yard for less.

For her car? Jeez.

I'd leave the dents/scratches on the Chevy, it just gives it character. I hate pickup trucks that are in "pristine" condition.

If i had a truck it wouldnt have paint, it'd have four caked on layers of mud/dirt.

I want a truck now

[pdisme]

Yep, I wasn't planning on fixing the Chevy, it already has a dent on the other side where I ran my four wheeler into it and a big one in the bed where we dropped an engine from my race car.

[importguy1208]

Did you ever get the lexus fixed?

[pdisme]

Yeah, ended up at Lexus of Tampa Bay, who of course did a poor job for a higher price; girlfriend wanted it done by the dealer and I figured they'd do a good job but just charge more, I was wrong. I fail.

[importguy1208]

Did they put a new panel skin on it?

[senor honda]

To help in the future, I would suggest that you pour a wider driveway and park diagonally!

Concrete is cheaper/easier to obtain than a new hot girlfriend......-Bob

[pdisme]

Nope, 'fixed' the existing one, which came out fine, but the re-spray was really poor; where the bumper meets the panel you can tell they didn't even remove the bumper and just taped it off, so there is a visible line in the gap where the new paint ends, well visible to me but probably not to most people unless they go looking for it.

[P057]

Nope, 'fixed' the existing one, which came out fine, but the re-spray was really poor; where the bumper meets the panel you can tell they didn't even remove the bumper and just taped it off, so there is a visible line in the gap where the new paint ends, well visible to me but probably not to most people unless they go looking for it.

Yeah, that's what Gene perez does diffeerent, they take the extra time to take that stuff apart and make sure it gets done right.

Sucks that dealerships you buy your car from sucks at fixing the cars they sell.

That's one thing i didnt like about getting my car fixed at the dealership -- just some things noticeable to me but not to anyone else. My stock side skirts were not bolted up again like they should have been, but left "loose". You can't tell it's supposed to even be that way unless you stare at it and the other side. But i notice it because theres a gap there where it shouldn't.

But i was tired at staring at the damage every day and i still don't regret the repair work.

[bottlefed]

Everytime I've dealt or heard about a dealership body shop, it was never good

[P057]

Everytime I've dealt or heard about a dealership body shop, it was never good

Mine was "good" not "excellent" like i obviously would have wanted.

Like i said, i still don't regret getting it repaired there.