At Carmat in Santa Cruz. If any of you remember a surfboard hit it and it had to be replaced. They replaced the hood, front rubber hood liner, grill, and a headlight bracket. They painted the hood as well. Everything looks good except for the fact that there seems to be about 20 or so little specs of something that either dried onto the paint or was on the hood when they painted it. If you watch a lightbulb or the sun reflect off of the paint and move your head they are easily visible. Also, if you run your fingernails over these little specks you can definitely feel them. There is no other place on my car that has something like this. Is this something that they should have made sure didn't happen, or is it something that just happens when parts get painted outside the factory? They did get paid over $2,000 for that work so I'm sure it wasn't supposed to be a shoddy job or anything. Will a clay bar remove something like this? Does anyone even know what it's called when this happens? I need to know if I should call them and tell them about this before it becomes too late.

 

good to hear chad. the claybar should be able to remove the specs. gluck and hope see you at the meets soon.

 

if the shop worked on the hood, then of course go back and have them do the right job.

you shouldnt have to spend any $$$ or time for this shoddy work...

 

It was probably just an accident. They do GREAT work.

 

welcome back, chad. good to see you again.

 

Thanks guys. ^^

Well I got it back again and the hood looks much better. Not completely perfect, but I'm an **** sunuvabeyotch and I think it's a good job regardless. One good thing about it is that the few rock chips that were on the hood before are completely gone. I'll consider myself ahead of the game on this one.

One question though. What's the timeframe I have to wait before I can wash and/or wax the hood? Is it a month?

 

You should be able to wash it tomorrow!

 

good to hear that it's looking better for you now. I've gone through them 4 time (yeah, pretty sad isn't it. all non-fault too!) and they've done great jobs for me.

 

Right on Chad... Hopefully I'll see you around HMB more often!

 

I will still feel a bit naked until I've got a few new zaino coats on the car and I take a serious crack at getting the ground-in brakedust off of the damn rims..

 

chad,

Woo! Glad to hear that the STi is fixed. Guess we'll see you at the meets again.

shadowcat

 

Welcome back Chad, so now you don't have any excuses not to show up to meets anymore





:banana:

 

Haha. That's true! Maybe next monday