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Sep 18, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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Paint experts!
do these pics look like i hit something? or a bad paint job and it cracked?
this is by the exhaust tip
Sep 18, 2010 | 11:58 AM
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From: DFW
looks like someone kicked it. gonna cost a few hundred to fix it.
Sep 18, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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Bad paint job. Looks like it's not bonded to the primer and it's cracking in the paint and clear coat.
Sep 18, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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Bad paint job. Looks like it's not bonded to the primer and it's cracking in the paint and clear coat.
Agree. Poor bondo fill job. Moisture gets behind the bondo and paint.
Sep 22, 2010 | 06:34 AM
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hmm ic ic. is it reasonable to take it back to the shop that painted and ask for a repair?
Sep 22, 2010 | 06:56 AM
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From: Sin City
To thick of paint in a flexable section,
Sep 22, 2010 | 08:26 AM
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also its been about 5 months since the paint job..
Sep 22, 2010 | 09:55 AM
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Im not sure if its the angle but it looks like it bubbled from the center point of where it cracked. Its defiantly a bad paint job.
Sep 24, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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just spoke with the shop.. they want $500
Sep 24, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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then give the shop $500 and get it fixed or find another shop for cheaper if you don't like the price.
Sep 24, 2010 | 11:25 AM
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Did your insurance pay for it the first time? I would take it to the adjuster to get their opinion. If you paid out of pocket, fight them or go somewhere else.
Sep 24, 2010 | 11:29 AM
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From: Lynnwood WA
im just ranting that it sucks i have to pay again for a bad paint job
o well thats just my luck! they have always been pretty good though..
they said fiber glass is just like that. once its been cracked and repaired like mine, things like this can happen the painters says.
Sep 24, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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Where is this on the body?
Sep 24, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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Where is this on the body?
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tw8715
this is by the exhaust tip
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Sep 24, 2010 | 12:59 PM
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From: Phoenix, AZ
My mistake.
Sep 24, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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From: Lynnwood WA
its a vertex rear bumper
Sep 24, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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No problem, but that makes more sense now. I didn't know where it was or what it was that I was looking at.
Sep 24, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Paint shop usually don't warranty this kinda stuff?
Sep 26, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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From: baton rouge
Ok... im a body technician at a reputable chevy dealership and can say that its either bad paint prep or if bondo/putty was used there that would be the case but the shop should DEFINATLY pay for it. at our shop we give lifetime warranties on any paintjob and body work. IF you didnt do anything to it they SHOULD and i would make them pay for it.
Sep 26, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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From: Baton Rouge
If I went to a painter who did a sub-par job I definately would not PAY to have him re-do it.
