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iTrader: (14)

are you serious? they didnt replace the towers, i can see from the pics that the holes were simply patched over and spraypainted over.

600 each? i think you were taken for a ride there.

am i wrong? i clearly see patches and overspray in all those pics.

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iTrader: (14)

circled the patches and oversprays, im a bit confused on what was done and what you think/was told was done.

the black strut mounts look like they may have been swapped out with nicer ones, since the original ones were pretty rusty, but they are not "new", they look like they may have come from another vehicle, and new stock mounts are dirt cheap, so why didnt they use new parts?





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Pillsbry10

iTrader: (1)

i dont think your wrong either it looks half a$$ done to me in those pics. they arent replaced

they look roughly patched....dont look sanded hardly at all, and tossed a few coats of paint on them.

sorry dude but i think you got hosed for 1200 bucks

do you really think thats a good job? have you seen a pic of what they look like stock with no rust because that isnt it

The_Maniac

iTrader: (2)

I hate to say it, but if the shop agreed to REPLACE the strut towers, the pics you shared thus far do not look like replacements. Odds are, if you look from the wheel well, there are probably big metal patches. Not to mention the over spray on the camber plates again make it awfully suspect you did not get the service you agreed on.

I'd inspect it and be sure of what was done (was it a bad paint job on new struts or simply patching the old ones). And if you agreed it was to replace the towers and not patch them, you will need to contact them and get some business straightened out.

chrisbarrondc

It's all new metal. Saw it from the wheel well.

The_Maniac

iTrader: (2)

Yeah, but is it an actual new tower or were the original ones patched? Not saying patching strut towers is bad, but if you agreed on full replacement of the towers and all they did was patch the, then it's not what you paid for and agreed for.

This is an entire strut tower (plus more) clipped off of a car (something for my up coming projects):

GTFiero

I think you guys are just seeing the new seam sealer that was put on, not just a patch

though on a second look, why would they just put seam sealer on exactly where the "old" problem areas were and not anywhere else?

Pillsbry10

iTrader: (1)

Yea it's just low quality work simple as that. The color doesn't match very well either

The_Maniac

iTrader: (2)

Another point to make, if this job was a true replacement, I don't understand why the camber plates would have over spray on them. I would think those would go back on AFTER painting the towers (and as a result, the car would probably require an alignment).

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iTrader: (14)

reading maybe?

the OP say/was told, the entire strut tower was replaced, not holes patched. so there is no reason for seam sealer in that spot. if the holes were patched (they were), thats fine, but if he was told the entire tower was replaced, and charged 600 bux per side, he was ripped off badly.

eseibel67

There is a pic of a good, used part in post #56 above. That's what the body shop should have used.

Attached is what virgin strut towers look like.

Your body shop likely welded metal patches onto the rust from underneath, filled it a bit and sprayed it with whatever light blue paint was laying around the shop.

sofakingdom

iTrader: (1)

D00d, you need to take off the rose-colored glasses.

I hate to break it to you, but you just got a SERIOUS reaming, and a heavy dose of rectally administered sunshine on top of that.

Who did this "inspection"?? The body shop that "fixed" (I won't say "repaired") this for you??? And why do you supose they told you that? You don't think that maybe it was because they KNEW that if they TOLD YOU THE TRUTH, they would have LOST A $1200 SALE? Have you actually got under the car yourself and LOOKED AT IT?????

What they have just done is to put lipstick on a pig, and charge you supermodel price for a dressed-up pig.

If you actually believe that it's somehow even POSSIBLE, let alone LIKELY, that rust could eat ALL THE WAY THROUGH the car in JUST THAT ONE PLACE, and THE WHOLE REST OF THE CAR (including where it's made out of even thinner metal) somehow never got the salt on it, then .... well, I'm not going to say that, it would be unkind.

Bottom line: I think you have an altogether worthless rust heap, and if you peel back the carpet, I'll bet you'll be able to see the pavement under the car in ALOT of places; and the body shop KNEW IT, but LIED TO YOU so they could TAKE YOUR MONEY ANYWAY. Basically you could have spent a couple of hours differently and just driven down I-95 a couple hundred miles and bought A WHOLE CAR, and got one IN FAR BETTER SHAPE than that POS you've got there, for LESS THAN you just got ripped off for "fixing" that one, instead of dinking around with a body shop for those same couple of hours; and you would then have had a rust-free Southern car instead of a rusted-out hulk with a couple of scraps of sheet metal welded over a couple of the most conspicuous holes just enough to cover them up to an untrained and gullible eye.

I'm sorry to see stuff like this happen. While I hate to see these cars junked as much as anybody, I hate even worse to see n00b hobbyists getting ripped off by crooks like this. My heart goes out to you. I hope your front seat doesn't fall through the floor while you're doing 65 mph down the freeway.

83RecaroTA

Mind if I ask what had to be removed from your car to put the replacement towers in? I need to have my drivers side tower replaced on my 83'.

oamhmad

iTrader: (1)

Those strut towers were not replaced. Its probably too late now, but all you really had to do was ask the shop to see the old strut towers that were supposedly cut out.

That's a patch job for sure.

Look closely from under the wheel well. You'll probably be able to see where they patched in new metal.

Formula_Fire

I know this is a way old thread but I find it funny that after this the OP SOLD 5 cars on here lol.

visitor

Thats awesome.