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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 10:05 PM
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Car: 91 Z28 Convertible
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AHHH!!! I hate some places

You know that anxious feeling you get when you are without your car for a while when it is getting body work done or paint work. Well my car was hit in the drivers side door my a dork in a Suburban. The car had only been in the body shop for 2 weeks but it felt like forever. I have a whole mess of mods that I was waiting to do when it got back. Well I get the car and at first it think it looks great. Sure enough they did a really crappy job. My mirror vibrates and gives like a 1/4 of an inch back and forth so when the car is idling in looks like I must have the bass cranking. They are like... oh we got pissed that it took so long to mount your door that we didnt check the mirror. Anyway... My point to this post is...

For any of you Maryland folks, do you know of any good body shops. Ones that YOU would trust your car with. I need some other stuff done. Also paint shops. I was happy to get the car back though. The mirror is a minor fix. I have to get the tint redone cause the F'ed that all up too. I did get a couple things done. I modified the console. It used to light up yellow since it was a 91. I redid it to light up blue. I attached a pic. Not the best but I was happy... Did some other lighting and cosmetic thing. Thanks if you can give me any leads on shops....
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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 11:20 PM
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Car: 83 Z-28
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consider yourself lucky man my car has been in the body shop for over a month and a half and its not close to done yet. and thats just with the stuff that i cant do on my own.




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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 11:25 PM
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my brothers car got painted and got a new bumper put on it, it took over 2 months, but it was done RIGHT and I guess worth the wait, sorry to hear that man
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 06:41 PM
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Car: 85 Camaro
Engine: 305 TPI
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don't feel bad, my buddy's rustang has been in the bodyshop since october. seems to keep getting set aside for other jobs
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 07:04 PM
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I not so worried about the time factor. It is the bad job they did in general. I am really just looking for another body shop when they are done fixing it.
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