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Bad Body Shop

Did anyone see this???? A friend forwarded this too me and it is scary

http://my350z.com/forum/the-lounge-off-topic/389628-horrible-body-shop-experience-details-inside-350z-ruined.html


And this is a great reason - why sharing information is so important.

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Old 02-02-2009, 03:25 PM
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I saw that thread a while back... BRUTAL!
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Old 02-02-2009, 03:38 PM
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Oh I don't know, it didn't come out too badly. Maybe a little bit of bondo here and there, some 40-40 and touch up paint.
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It is brutal, but they guy whose car it was should have known what he was getting into when "Without it even being test fitted, Mike had already quoted me at $250.

That included all prep, installation, and paint."

He should have known it was not going to turn out good.
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It is brutal, but they guy whose car it was should have known what he was getting into when "Without it even being test fitted, Mike had already quoted me at $250.

That included all prep, installation, and paint."

He should have known it was not going to turn out good.
That was my thought as well... Not that it necessarily excuses the shop, but there should have been some huge red flags waving on this one.

Stupidity all around, methinks...

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Sweet...dude was sheetrocking houses last week and now he's hanging ricer body kits. Sweet.
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I really don'r see what is wrong? I just call it American know how at work.
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Looks like every ricer I've ever seen...
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Looks like every ricer I've ever seen...
But he PAID for that install...
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The ricers don't even bother to paint their tupperware out here. Funny website www.laughatrice.com
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I had posted that a while back. Brutal but as others have said he should have seen the warning flags.
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Sweet...dude was sheetrocking houses last week and now he's hanging ricer body kits. Sweet.
At least he had the thought to use up the left over screws from his previous job.

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