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Ever have this problem?
I dropped my 71 4x4 off to the body shop 3 moths ago, and it still isn't done. I'm going to kill this guy! I know from other people who have used this body shop that the owner is slow, but three months?? And I'm really over a barrel because the truck is in pieces, bed off the frame, and glass removed and interior gutted. I did check out his past work and it is awesome, that's why I went with him.
I know that I'm not paying him our agreed price, due to rental car costs. My truck just gets pushed back for insurance jobs and quick bucks.
Just wanted to vent.
I know that I'm not paying him our agreed price, due to rental car costs. My truck just gets pushed back for insurance jobs and quick bucks.
Just wanted to vent.
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Same thing happened to me. The owner told me he couldnt just stop everyone in his shop , to just work on mine everyday. The shops are relying heavy on collision work, because insurance jobs pay better, and they need to keep doing them daily to keep the insurance companies business. Few body /paint shops can survive on restores and repaints only. ..
After my truck had been stripped by me and put in the paint shop for two months, I drove by the painters shop and saw my truck get pushed out in a field in the morning and back in to the shop at night for dry storage for the first two months. I finally stopped in one day and made my displeasure known about the lack of work being done on it. He fired me and I fired him. I brought the truck home and did it myself. Not the best way to have done it, but no shops would take it, after this guy had already started it. 3 to 6 months on old trucks can be a standard time frame in good paint shops for a complete job. Be patient, you dont want to get stuck with a truck no one else will finish up for you. good luck, and jmo
After my truck had been stripped by me and put in the paint shop for two months, I drove by the painters shop and saw my truck get pushed out in a field in the morning and back in to the shop at night for dry storage for the first two months. I finally stopped in one day and made my displeasure known about the lack of work being done on it. He fired me and I fired him. I brought the truck home and did it myself. Not the best way to have done it, but no shops would take it, after this guy had already started it. 3 to 6 months on old trucks can be a standard time frame in good paint shops for a complete job. Be patient, you dont want to get stuck with a truck no one else will finish up for you. good luck, and jmo
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A complete paint job with bodywork is a lot of work. Plus add to that the fact he is taking it apart for a quality job and has insurance jobs to do to pay the bills, which he makes far better money on then your truck. Plus once you get into an old vehicle you can find many things that need to be fixed that weren't seen or known about by originally looking at it that were hiding till the paint was stripped off. Be thankfull he agreed to take the job, and you already said you seen he does good work. Many shops would either quote you a ridicously high price or tell you they don't do that kind of work. You typically would have to take it to a place that specializes in restorations, and the labor rate normally higher at those places.
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Actually, I didn't have any problems finding a shop to do the work here in Spain, It all boiled down to who was most recommended, everyone quoted the same prices within 500 Euros. My mechanic friend has known the body guy for years. Many people have work like this done while they are here because it is fairly cheap and the work is excellent. One of the perks of military stationed overseas!
I haven't gotten mad or rude with him, I just keep bugging him because I need the truck. I will be shipping it back to the states in October, and that is fast approaching! I want to get a camping trip out of it before I have to transfer back to the land of the big shopping mall. Good things come to those who wait I guess....
I haven't gotten mad or rude with him, I just keep bugging him because I need the truck. I will be shipping it back to the states in October, and that is fast approaching! I want to get a camping trip out of it before I have to transfer back to the land of the big shopping mall. Good things come to those who wait I guess....
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I don't know how it works in spain. I was talking about here in the states how things are. Bodywork is very time consuming, most people don't realize how much. In a large restoration shop you could have several people working on a car and they won't be doing collison repairs. If it is one guy working on an old vehicle in a bodyshop, that means a bunch of work for him, but the collision repairs are quicker and bring the money so they get pushed ahead.
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Spain is no different than the states! Collision work pays the bills. There are four guys running around the shop like little worker bees. I stop in once a week and see three to four different cars getting dents and scratches fixed. I expect I will be helping him attach all the new chrome I bought to help speed things up but it has to be painted first!
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