KCG

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That sucks man. I really hate hearing about your body shop issues. Hopefully it all works out in the end.
I dread this part the most with my build.

TBRays98

Yea this body shop purgatory sucks

Hopefully the wait and stress is worth it.

TBRays98

They started priming the car.
The body work looks really good!

J. Chris Davis

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Sweet!

TBRays98

supposedly the car is getting painted tomorrow. If it does ill be sure to post some pics.

J. Chris Davis

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That would be great!

TBRays98

Hood was taken down to bare metal and has been primed
They told me the car should be painted this week but ive heard that every week for a couple months now lol

TBRays98

Most of the car has been painted!!!

Benjamin1

It has been a while since I last logged in. Just played your video, sounds great! I have a black 85 IROC, very original. I will be following for the finish. Looks and sounds great!!

TBRays98

Thanks man!

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

Heck yeah, dude! That's looking really good. How much longer till you get to take it home?

TBRays98

Some bugs got on the hood so they have to redo it, they have not painted the doors yet either, and they also need to do the racing stripes. So I would say it should only take a week to get it all reassembled. So I would say probably another year or so before their done. Since they are the slowest body shop ever!!

KCG

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Nice!
Factory red?

TBRays98

Yup thats the factory red direct from the rpo code.

TBRays98

Now the body shop is saying theyre not gonna put the car back together, bc they have to much time into it. Are they freaking serious.....

propaintball96

Don't pay them?

TBRays98

i only owe them a little bit more unfortunately but yea i wont give them that last bit if they dont put it back together

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

That's B.S.! If they tore it apart then they better put it back together.

TBRays98

Well actually i had most of it apart so they could paint the door jams. They said they proffered it that way. Either way i leave for training in may after graduation and i dont think ill get the car finished in time. My funds are dry and between needing tags and insurance, tires, and pay someone else to finish aligning the body parts perfectly i dont think i can finish the car in time.

It sucks i still havent even driven the car.

DemonYusuke

Its simple my man tell them to finish it right they way they promised you or you will get the lawyers involved for them using your car as a storage shelf and leaving it exposed to the elements after you paid them a deposit. Im sorry, but when someone pays you to work on their car it should be treated with respect not like an eyesore in your garage.

pmcruz781

I am sorry to hear about the wooh's but this is not the first time I herd this. I hope you get your car finished man.

draegsanity

Your progress has been really helpful to me with my 88 build, even though I'm not going for a full interior, the pictures of that and the engine bay still helped! Good luck with the rest of your build, that red paint looks incredible!

WILL85IROC

im confused why they did nt paint it the red u wanted? should nt they have told u that b4 accepting the job??? and then ask for another 1300 and leave car in the rain... crazy... anyway, good build! drive safe!

TBRays98

Thanks for the replies and good words everyone.

I had a good talk with the owner of the shop and he had no idea half the stuff that was going on with my car. I was previously speaking to only his shop manager and when i went there the other day demanding to have the car back. I had a great talk with the owner. He had no idea about the rain issue or anything else that was going wrong. He said he told everyone else at the shop they were no longer aloud to touch my car. He will be finishing it up himself from here on out. He also said he will get the car back together.

He said he should have the paint finished in the next two weeks and will keep me updated now. He really did seem remorseful and i believe him. Hopefully the car gets done soon.

TBRays98

Here's a list I made of what I was mad about.

Was told this would take 5-8 weeks tops (that was in August)

WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT:
-Put the car back together
-Black racing stripes
- buff the car
-Finish painting the car

WHAT THEY BROKE:
-Melted ac connector on header
-Added a crack to dash
-Sanded over nose emblem on front bumper
-Left car in rain, hood off, ttops off, hatch off. Left flooded for a week.
-Important stuff that got wet
Brand new speakers
Brand new Amp
Perfect interior.
Brand new Mass air flow sensor
All new engine components
Possible mold issues.
-Oil prints all over my seats

WHAT THEYRE TRYING TO CHARGE ME FOR
-Reinstalling the exhaust that they knocked off when loading on a trailer.
​-Mass air flow diagnostic. Code 32 was not for MAF they wasted theyre time.

And then this is what i saw going into the shop that lead me to demanding my car back


Im sure this didnt harm anything but I was pissed seeing my freshly pained hatch covered in tools and seeing my camaro once again being used as a shelf.

DemonYusuke

I hope you brought up this list to the owner, Im sorry but if this was my shop and my employees did this to a customers car, people would be fired and the customer wouldnt be paying a dime.

TBRays98

Yup the owner knows everything now and yea i think some compensation should be in order but all i want is my camaro painted right. Thats all that matters to me right now. I can fix anything they broke but i cant paint. As long as the paint job is done right and they try to fix up the destroyed interior and now worn looking engine bay ill be ok.

pmcruz781

This is sounds like such a nightmare, I just hope you get your car back and complete.

yaj15

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I'm sorry to hear about all this crap you have to put up with.

You do have everything that you have done to the car documented. It also sounds like you have all the documentation / communication from the body shop as well - along with the pictures you have - you have the basis for a legal case in my opinion for what ever its worth.

May have to go down that route to get things done. I bet you this shop is playing this same game with other customers vehicles as well.

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

I hope you get this resolved soon. This has been such a headache for you I'm sure. You have alot more patients then I would in this situation.

TBRays98

Yaj- hopefully it doesnt come to having to go to court, but yes everything has been well documented.

Chris- its not patients its not having another option really.

I would love to post good news about the car hopefully within the next couple weeks.

TBRays98

Almost been a month since my last post and i dont have any good news. The car has had 0 progress made. I am going to tow the car home this week im done with this bs!!

pmcruz781

This whole story sux man, I hope you didn't give them all the money up front!

Aburnette23

Wow man that was awful to see. I have lost it if I were you! I hope all goes well from now on

90camaro355rs

Man sorry to hear about all your troubles. Keep us informed on what comes of it!

SoTexSwoldier

Damn bro! I love the restoration stories, but yours turned out to be bad *** until those dudes dicked you over! Hope everything turns our great! She's a beauty!

nychevyguy

HOPE EVRYTHING TURNS OUT WELL FOR YOU. YOU DID ALOT OF WORK ON YOUR CAR I GUESS THE OWNER HAS NO PRIDE IN HIS WORK OR HIS WORD...

TBRays98

IDK if anyone is still following this thread but i took the car back tuesday. Theres a lot to that story lol

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

Glad you got your car back. I was wondering what was going since you hadn't posted since you said you were taking the car back last month. Must not have worked out so smoothly I'm guessing.

camaro1185

I am watching this thread, glad you got it back. Would love to hear what transpired when you went to get it!

TBRays98

I showed up at the shop with five of my buddies and a tow truck driver. After getting the owner to move some cars out of the way the tow truck driver took her out of that hell hole. Which btw at the time my car was back outside getting rained on again. Once the car was out of there i demanded all the paperwork they had on my car plus extra copies of the contract. This freaked out the owner to the point of him shaking violently. He said, "i dont want to give you these, bc i feel like you might sue me."

While gathering up the rest of the car i went to go grab the hood and i was not really surprised when i saw the hood sitting outside next to one of those big metal storage containers. They had been opening the door into my hood which dented in the hood right on the front and had taken off much of the paint. I brought the owner over to this and of course he acted surprised. He said, "oh **** i didnt notice this." I said "thats weird ive been here five minutes and i noticed."

He was intimidated and scared of me suing so he said, if i give him two weeks he'll finish painting the doors, front bumper, and everything else. I agreed since he does do a very good job painting.

I started my internship at the State Attorney's Office and after mentioning this to him i think it gave him a little extra motivation.

Idk if i should have left the unfinished parts there but im very glad i took the rest of the car home.

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

Quite frankly. He desrves to get sued over this. I don't think I would have left anything there for him to do at this point, but that's my opinion and how I am from my own experiances with shaddy people. He thought he could just screw you around and get away with it, it appears.

TBRays98

Yea but i can still get him to finish everything then take him to court for all the water damage

J. Chris Davis

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So how bad is that water damage now? How long did it sit out side for this time around?

TBRays98

im not sure but it wasnt as bad as last time. I'd like to not have to go to court over this, maybe he'll try to make things right but who knows..

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

I hear ya on that. I hope it all works out for you. At least you got the car back finally that's the most important thing. Think it will be ready to go this year?

TBRays98

im not sure its my last semester of college and im really busy now, but im gonna try of coarse. There's not much left besides reassembly.

TBRays98

Ok i took the rest of my parts home from the body shop today.... Tuesday ill be filling out some paper work and let a jury of my peers sort this out.

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

That's too bad it had to come to that. I wish you luck in getting this sorted out in your favor.

J. Chris Davis

iTrader: (1)

Any updates? Were you able to get your car finished and back together? I've finally been able to tinker some more with mine and drive it a little bit.