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GENERAL => General Chat => Topic started by: small_all@hotmail.com on 00:03, Fri 06 February 2009
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just had my car delivered from the garage and quite shock, the boys have slacked a little, side skirts don't sit flush with front quarter skirts, the passenger door doesn't close properly and for reasons that i cant explain (it would take a while) they didn't put any of the trimmings lights bits like that back, and because i didn't take them out im not sure how they all go back, so u might see a lot of posts up on hear about what might seem to be quite simple things :oops: eeeerrrrrrrr its gunna be missions :(
hope u all wont mind
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Thats wrong, if they took it off they should've put it back. And a door that doesn't shut properly...
Does it just not line up with the pin or is it hitting the body ay the top or bottom?
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i would go back down with a claw hammer and a piece of paper and emand u make them write down and list all the reasons y they havent bothered ther arse to do simple tasks especially if ther being paid to do so!
:)
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Dogz, I just followed the links under your post, Did some oficials put your mate's scooby out with a fire extinguiser?
http://www.ecossecarclub.co.uk/Knockhil ... DC11225%20 (http://www.ecossecarclub.co.uk/Knockhill%2025-08-2008/slides/SDC11225%20)[].html
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i got told that the bumper was on fire after the flamming time it was having
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passengers window motor missing, wing mirror mirrors missing, and one mirror is missing the bit inside that moves the mirror, also the plastic separators for the mirrors, that go between the out side and inside, and the one ive got left is snapped (sorry if this doesn't make any scenes) andd my door cards have over spray on them so there all slightly red im sure theres more that i havent found will keep u posted, maby a picture or 2 .......... i just wanna cry :(
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I really feel for you mate, i'v had a bad experience as well but did you not quickly go over the car when you picked it up, i got the ****ers to come out from Banbury to see mine, have you spoken to them yet?
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sorry to hear the badnews mate,i would go straight back withit and complain if you dont get any joy burn the place down :twisted:
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his phones bin turned off all day. and hes moved unit cos he got evicted cos his land lord had a stroke and sold up the land, ill give him a few days, benefit of the doubt and all that and then start talking to people, but its not like hes done a bad job spray wise, just hasn't finished the job :( and i feel like im never gunna get it back on the road.
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yeh mate give him the benifit of the doubt, hope you get it sorted,if i lived any nearer i would have easily came round and showed you where everything goes, im in the middle of building 3 :lol: so it helps, hope it all works out.
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Did you pay him? i wouldn't have given him a penny until all the faults were sorted, money talks...
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i got to know him quite well as a mate, and he seemed to be going out of his way to do things, sorting bits making an effort, proper safe, but then in the last 2 weeks he just became a twat, even my missus noticed it, i gave him the money, when he dropped the car off because i see him as a mate it was also dark and cold, but now hes just blanking calls and text and being a complete cock, i don't mind if he dosent want to finish the job or what ever, its just the fact hes completely switched from some one safe to a complete shity bastard. Thanks for the offer to help, and i would apriticate it tenby05 (or pete) offered to help, but i do feel rude, having people come to help me, and waste there time fixing my problems, im sure i can figure it out myself (with maby a little help from u the collective) still well vexd though :(
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no probs,everybody on this forum is always willing to help,thats whats it all about,dont be afraid to ask :wink:
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nice one guys :)
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right ive just tried putting the dash back in, and;
the bonnet stand isent there.
looking round the body work, and u can see where paint has run, mainly round windowsillls.
paint has crackd.
he hasent painted under the bonnet, so its all white
and hes startting to lose the benifit of doubt, seriously considering suicide, i just wanted "pritty little 5" and now its all fuckd
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go round there and kick the s*** outta him thats not on hes made a complete arse of it,i would be spitting flames did it cost you a lot?
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:oops: 800, it was gonna be a grand, but he said cos he had it so long he would drop the price, he seemed like he was doing a good job all the way, and putting the effort in, and then in the last 2 weeks just thought sod this i cant be arsed any more, me and the misses was just saying though, instead of worrying bout how shit the paint looks, just accept that there are some proper shistey cunts out there, replace all the bits he broke with new ones, get it mechanically sound and all, and then take it to a proper body shop and pay them to fix all the cosmetic problems, sayin that though, i am gunna go up to his yard tonight see if hes still up there or got any equipment i can reclaim my losses with :oops:
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soz pete :cry: , ovcourse ill help mate i will even help get ur money. were theres a will theres a way. :wink: wats this guys name where he work now do u no. :?:
when do u want me to call over. :wink:
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safe man, im gonna try and get the bits i need for next week end, have a bash at it then, tried to have a go today but i couldn't keep the bonnet open to connect the heater matrix back up but got 2 vexed thinking of all the problems,
and the kid works for the RAC, his mate rang me earlier to say he had lost his phone or summing and that's why he hadn't answered his phone, ill give it to monday and if he aint made the effort im gonna go see what i can reclaim, ill keep u posted though :)
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thats as far as my passenger door will shut
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What a mess, no offence it's not your fault.
What is the finish of the paint like on the car? It doesn't really matter about the inside because thats all going to be hidden anyway.
If the finish is ok then just clean up the trim and refit it, give the wheels a fresh lick of paint and already it will look much better. What problem are you having with the door? I can help i have changed a few.
That guy has really fucked you over!
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yeh me and my bird have been looking over it, and the paint its self isn't that bad, there are loads of little bits i didn't take pictures of, but those are the major ones, but most of it is just the way its been put back together,
haven't got a clue whats wrong with he door, they were both sagging before quite bad, i brought new drop pins and the kid put them in, the drivers door closes perfect, but the passenger door just doesn't shut past a certain point, i cleaned the paint out the lock, had a look at the hinge and there doesn't seem to be a problem, any ideas ???
safe
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:o :shock: bloody hell m8 if that was me in your situation he would not be painting no more cars coz his hands would be missing :!:
i feel sorry for you after spending that kinda money aswell
with any look and everyones help on here i am sure it will be back together in no time
cant beleive the overspray on the wheels you do know they are worth a pretty penny ( mine stand me £350 that was buying them/painting them/and 4 new tyres)
keep us posted on your proggress :wink:
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yeh me and my bird have been looking over it, and the paint its self isn't that bad, there are loads of little bits i didn't take pictures of, but those are the major ones, but most of it is just the way its been put back together,
haven't got a clue whats wrong with he door, they were both sagging before quite bad, i brought new drop pins and the kid put them in, the drivers door closes perfect, but the passenger door just doesn't shut past a certain point, i cleaned the paint out the lock, had a look at the hinge and there doesn't seem to be a problem, any ideas ???
safe
Is it the lock that's stopping the door from closing? Try adjusting the pin on the body of the car if it is. It's just a case of loosening it and moving it around then re-tightening it.
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ill give it ago tomorow after work, weathers proper crappy at the monnet,
saaaafe
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get all ur bits together then i will pop over on the weekend bro an we will have a crack at it :wink: whats ur number mate the one i got dont work.
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What a joker. That guys proper let you down.
But as Ash said you could get a fair bit of it sorted out easily.
What about the pink door cards though, thats dissapointing :(
Good luck to ya mate.
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What a joker. That guys proper let you down.
But as Ash said you could get a fair bit of it sorted out easily.
What about the pink door cards though, thats dissapointing :(
Good luck to ya mate.
Give them a good wiping over with some soapy water. I'm sure overspray isn't going to bond very well to fabric.
Or maybe i'm wrong, but it's worth a shot it isn't going to cost you anything.
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get all your bits together then i will pop over on the weekend bro an we will have a crack at it :wink: whats your number mate the one i got don't work.
safe Pete ill pm u my new number now, try and get all my bits out the garage and all i order
and ill try and get the pink door cards back to normal and also have a look at the lock and other bodge jobs to, my only problem is because i didn't take it apart i don't no how it went, and if i knew i was gonna have to be putting it back together then i would have stuck around to it my self
nice one guys :D
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ok safe we will sort it we got loads of help from peeps of here :lol:
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i spoke to the boy and told him i would kick the shit outa him and steel all his tools if he dident sort it out, he said he would drop the bits back down some time this week and when he gets a unit / place to spray hes going to hopefully sort all the bits that he managed to mess up, so fingers crossed :)
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good news, i nicked some anti graphiti spray from work, give it ago on my door cards and its took the over spray right off, as for the crappy paint job, i found this guy steve at xtreme kustoms (cf14 2jp) he id the paint for the skyline on the front of this months red line, so hopefully he can give me a proper new slick paint job, and make my 5 look factory fresh :)
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this guy hwo ever he is needs a proper good beating...for thinking hes wide enough to do that to anyone is just a joke hes ruined a brilliant set of wheels what a dick i wouldnt have even let him speak...money back or sore face
my god i hate when people do things like that id be well guteed hope u get a new respray and i double hope its a real good one if u get it back and its a grade a job all the previous problems will go away!
:)
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i dunno how much is air brushd cos i no the mags make em look a little bit better but this is the last thing to leave his shop
http://www.redlinemag.com/resources/red ... read06.jpg (http://www.redlinemag.com/resources/redline/RED139.spread06.jpg)
i would say thats a good start to see things to come
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wtf !!!!!!! seriously mate i'm not sure what to say but if that was my 5 i would be getting my money back with extra for compensation, or i an what happened next would be all over the front page of the next days news paper. i would do better than that with aerosol cans
get your money back, if you need help with fixing the paintwork properly, i can help
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hes not pro sprayer, he works for the RAC and dose it out a garage on the side, its my own fault for trying to get it on the cheap, ive got (most) my bits back and its a bit of a mission to try and get in contact (although i have just seen him down a cruz)
tenby05 came over on the week end and let me have a go in his raider, he also made me realize that i was losing out on precious "turbo time" by leaving it on my drive (stripped) waiting to get the factory finish paint job, he also made me realize that the job dosent actually look that bad and at the end of the day its a r5 people wont be noticing the shitty paint job - ill be going to fast.
if i could get the shit bits touched up for cheap it would be cool, but again after driving his just up and down my road got me wet for it, ive started putting it all back together (with help from tenby05)
(sorry for the lengthy bit)
he also said that if i get it running and working i can drive it while i save up for the paint job, and the sprayer should do a good job of taking it all out and putting it back
the guy i have asked to spray my car again has a good portfolio and a few people have recommended
cant wait :)
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Ive been in the trade for a long time now and its pricks like that who give us all a bad name, over spray on everything thats a proper school boy error how hard is it to throw a bit of sheet over said items. The thing it comes down to though is if you pay someone 800 nicker for a full re-paint your not going to get much of a job, your looking at the best part of 500 nicker in materials and thats not even using good paint. Dont worrie about the runs, if he has put 2 or more coats on you can flat them out a piece of piss, and the back of the bonnet you could piss with an arsehole can providing you prep it and mask it proper. Whats the finish like, is it peeley, if so give it a little tickle with some 1500-2000 and mop it up. As long as everything is covered its not to hard to put right unless there are proper big bits of shit in the paint. If you need any tips or what ever give me a shout.
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the paint needs to harden a little bit, and i think he put a few coats on so i could flat back :) but i just wanna get it on the road specially before the summer comes round, the smell of petes raider (engine/cockpit) just reminded me of last year, windows down music at a reasonable level blasting round the streets in the sun loving every second of it and feeling good 8) just gota learn from my mistakes take it on the chin and get on with shit - although i might see about getting some money back but ill wait till the boy moves into his new unit and hes got all his tools and things in :twisted:
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Bollocks waiting for it to harden, it will be a proper bitch to polish if you leave it to long. Was it not baked off?
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pete asked me the same thing, and na, just a heat burner, and it was done the same week we had the snow so it was cold as a polar bears arse i dunno what to do then, at the momet its not secure because only the passenger side of the car has glass in, this week ends im gonna try get the windscreen put back in and the rest of the glass, and then leave it out in the sun to try and harden, dunno what else to do relay, as this is my first experience with paint (on cars)
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Does look like hes rushed it and thas no excuse when he said he would take his time on it and save you some money, total lack of prep work aswell. I took mine to a bloke named steave at xtremekustoms up in landaff only had a few things done but the work wasnt bad, but been told theres alot beter places in cardiff one being in barry behind the luxary car wash dunno what its called but supposed to be top work
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Does look like hes rushed it and thas no excuse when he said he would take his time on it and save you some money, total lack of prep work aswell. I took mine to a bloke named steave at xtremekustoms up in landaff only had a few things done but the work wasnt bad, but been told theres alot beter places in cardiff one being in barry behind the luxary car wash dunno what its called but supposed to be top work
yeh i went to see steve, he quted me like 1700 for a new spray, gunna take my raider to him definatly,
also u got a 5?? an where abouts u from?? nice one
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Yea mate I own a r5 heres the link to mine
http://www.renault5gtturbo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5183
needs a bit of updating thou changed a few things since
And I live by merthyr tydfil
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fair play, u evea come down to cardiff?
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yea I come down now and again was down there the other week for the big south wales cruise come say hello if you ever see me down there :)
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yeh i poped down in my raider, it lookd a bit tatty cos it had just had new sills puton, with no skirts or any thing
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And there was me thinking mine was the only r5 there :lol:
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yeh me to, i herd some people saying some things about a raider beeing about, i met the kid and now i own it, ive seen a red one and a white one about, but i only catch glimmers of them shooting across a junction or summing, :x
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ive seen one of 2 about up this way aswell a silver one and a white one with an orange cage in
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true thinking about it, i saw a silver one with yellow writing by the indicators, like samco sparco and so on, and it had all orange interior 2, but it was a blond bird driving it (no that that matters :D )
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Hey mate just thought I would add me 2 pence to this.
I know the garage your on about that Austins in Canton. He is a complete wanker.
A few people i know havegone to him after he did the skyline, the skyline was my mate Bens and has been the only car to come out of the garage right.
What you wont of heard is that it took them 18 months to do all thebodywork to the liner !!!
One of the boys went in for a spray job and came back with the car covered in glass as someone had broke in - austin replaced the glass but dnied that the car got broken into.
I know probably most of the people in Cardiff in the modifying scene, one of the best garages I know is by Radyr train station
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its a funny story - i brought my mates raider of him becasue he needed the chas quick time, and then a few monehts later he offerd to by my phase 2 of me, so we have eneded up swapping cars,
theres a guy in llandaff thats got a good reputation, he did a skyline that was on the front of fast car/max power a while ago, so when my hours / money pick up in the summer im gunna take the raider there to maby get a new lick of paint, but im open to ideas, and shopping about, the guy in llandaff said it would be around 2500 for a complete strip down and thats with what ever rust is there to be sorted as well,
but liek most places he said it would be cheaper if i did the taking apart and rebuilding, but to be onist, i would prefer to pay a professional fitter - just so the car looks like its rolled out of the factory
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Are you on about the purple skyline with white wheels???
Bit of bad news the guy in Llandaf is also Austin thats his old shop and the skyline was also Bens R34 lol
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na a difrrent guy, i think hes down as an acident reapir kinda person, but dose ammmazing spray jobs
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f*** mate!!
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bad i know, i don't own the car no more though i do no where the kid lives, im not going to threaten him with violence or any thing like that, but i might just go put a big dent in his door, hitting peoples pockets hurts more than hitting them :lol:
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wtf? nah dont do that, thats just as low as them confront them and ask for compensation if you can prove thatl fuck em up more than something like kickin there door