I'd imagine so. Best of luck, I cant wait to hear some good news bro!

I dont know if it makes you feel any better, but my volks are late as hell also, with no sign of when they will come.

ravi

 

James, what other bodyshop that you have in mind?

 

Thanks for all the support everyone! I'm glad to say that I now have my Vertex kit sitting at ZCG so I'm a very happy camper . Even saw Moodie there who got a chance to take a glimpse of my kit. Man I'm stoked! My wing should be trailing shortly but I'm glad I got most of the parts in so I can start with the body work.

Bubble, I'm also considering Williams Auto Body in San Mateo. He was strongly recommended my Rob at ZCG & they did a lot of their project cars including several of their customer's cars. I've seen some of his work & it's really top quality. You can check them out at http://williamsautobody.com/ . I'm going to start calling around tomorrow so I can get this process underway!

 

Just had to take some quick shots today. This kit is simply beautiful! Very high quality. I'm glad I went with an authentic kit. Tried to get pics of the hood too but it was stored in a cramp area so I guess I'll take some next time. Hopefully my Blitz Wing will finally come in to finally complete my kit .

Can't wait to get this thing on!

 

P I M P

 

glad you finally got it.

 

Welcome to the vertex family.

 

Hey Bryan,

Guess that means you got the Vertex parts you needed too . If so, congrats man! Guess I'm going to start a Vertex thread pretty soon for all my Vertex family .

 

HAHA, yeah, i got the full half kit! Start it up, ima try to have it painted within the next month.

 

so when is the kit going on?

 

Will be on sometime in the next few weeks or so. Currently pricing out a few shops for the body work.

 

sweet...cant wait to see the finished product

 

Hey Bubble,

Just called the shop you recommended that did your kit & the owner quoted me a great price. I'll most likely be going with them for the install. I will be heading off with my kit to their shop sometime today so they can take a look at it. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks!

 

Well, just got a quote for $1900. This includes prep, paint, & install (with necessary brackets) of my full Vertex kit, JGTC Hood, shaved rear emblem, spoiler install, grill install (for both hood & front bumper), & fix a few deep scratches I have. I have a few dings as well but I'll just have the dent guy take care of those. What do you think? They guarantee a paint match or they'll redo it for at no cost. The thing is, he suggested for me to wait until my spoiler comes in so he can do it all at once but that thing wont' come in for another couple of weeks! Should I just say F'it and do the spoiler & shaved rear emblem later? Not sure if he's still going to charge me the same price though since now he'll have to do it on another day. Hmm? Since I want my kit installed ASAP, I'll see what I can do to have him honor that same price. It'll just be a 2 step process.

 

So yay or nay? Sounds like a pretty good deal to me but wanted to get some more opinions.

 

i'd wait for the spoiler to get here. that way the paint will def. match and everything.

but thats easy for me to say... i didn't wait for eternity for that kit to get here.

 

Hey Michelle,

Yeah, I was thinking about it all day but I had visions of me waiting for my body kit again & I started feeling sick . LOL. So it looks like I'm just going to have them work on the bulk of my kit & come back later once my spoiler comes in. I was told it MAY take about 3 weeks before it even comes in & that's not even guaranteed. So what does everyone think of the price though? Is this a good deal?

 

Tommy AutoBody? If he quotes you with the spoiler then you can do the rest now and the spoiler later. The crews pretty good at what they are doing and i don't think anyone can beat that price. However, you will have to remind him this:

USE PPG paint since they are specilize in BWM & Benz and the paint might not work for our Z.

BTW, you can ask him to take care the dent for you. Why pay extra for it? he is pretty cool about it. Let me know how it goes. If you hang out there on sat, let me know, i'll stop by.

 

Cool, thanks man. Yeah, I told him to use PPG since he was saying he was going to use some kind of Euro paint when I got there but I told him I wanted PPG. I'll be out of town this weekend but I'm most likely going by his shop again sometime later this week to finalize the agreement. I might even go tomorrow depending on my schedule.

 

Well, I'll be dropping off my parts tomorrow at Tommy's Body Shop tomorrow. Yeah, Gia is really cool! When I told him that I wanted all the dings & scratches out, he took a walk around & said no problem. When I asked him how much more would he charge, he said same price! Then when I asked him how much additional to paint the black base panels for the side mirrors, he said he'll throw it in as well for me since it's a small job & not hard to do. I was like "Wow"!!! So far he's impressed me but what boils down to it is if the final result will be top notch. From seeing Bubble's body work, I'm sure they'll do just that. I'll keep everyone posted as usual. According to him, if I drop it off tomorrow, I should get it by no later than next week Saturday. Hmm...maybe I should start a new thread for this?