With the carpet installed and everything together it was time to have a little fun before winter.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Final assembly
With the car back home from a long time at the painter it was time to reassemble. Side pipes, lights, louvers, and it was also time to install carpet. I decided to take advice from the forums and put down some Dynamat and paint the corners of the aluminum black to help hide the carpet seams.
With the carpet installed and everything together it was time to have a little fun before winter.
With the carpet installed and everything together it was time to have a little fun before winter.
Monday, July 10, 2017
At the Painter... for 9 months
In November I went back to check out how things were going. The body was in the primer booth getting ready for a it's first coat.
Everything looked on track, but by January I was starting to wonder how it was coming along. I'm not sure what was going on, but the response was the the primer was curing. I wasn't too concerned since it was winter and I wouldn't be driving it anyway, but still my expectations had been set a 3 months. At the 6 month mark with no status updates I was starting to worry.
I felt good that many before me had taken it to Ken and were pleased, but 6 months with little progress was concerning. Now, do you constantly call, complain, whine, demand progress? Maybe, but I decided to just go with it. I want a good job and I was willing to wait. I did let him know that I was disappointed.
Finally in June roughly 8 months after I dropped it off I got a picture with some progress.
It was a relief and the end was in site. I finally got my car back in July. The paint looked great, and the car fired right up even though it had sat for so long in the shop. I kind of expected a little something for 3 months turning into 9 and I did get an apology, but that's were it stopped.
Overall the paint looks great. Panel fitment is okay. There are 2 places (hood and drivers door) where panels and touching and rubbing. There are 3 drips on the driver front fender that are under the clear coat. Just must have missed it before clearing. There are a couple small pits in the clear that could probably be buffed out, but you have to look hard to find those. Overall I'm glad it's done, I wish it was perfect, but honestly I didn't expect perfection anyway.
Everything looked on track, but by January I was starting to wonder how it was coming along. I'm not sure what was going on, but the response was the the primer was curing. I wasn't too concerned since it was winter and I wouldn't be driving it anyway, but still my expectations had been set a 3 months. At the 6 month mark with no status updates I was starting to worry.
I felt good that many before me had taken it to Ken and were pleased, but 6 months with little progress was concerning. Now, do you constantly call, complain, whine, demand progress? Maybe, but I decided to just go with it. I want a good job and I was willing to wait. I did let him know that I was disappointed.
Finally in June roughly 8 months after I dropped it off I got a picture with some progress.
Overall the paint looks great. Panel fitment is okay. There are 2 places (hood and drivers door) where panels and touching and rubbing. There are 3 drips on the driver front fender that are under the clear coat. Just must have missed it before clearing. There are a couple small pits in the clear that could probably be buffed out, but you have to look hard to find those. Overall I'm glad it's done, I wish it was perfect, but honestly I didn't expect perfection anyway.
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