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Ive been down to the bodyshop today and found that they haven’t done anything to the car :roll: My g/f was with me and she went mental shouting at the manager :twisted: Then the owner turned up who we’ve never met and she shouted at him. Ive never seen her like that and she scared the **** out of them and me :lol: The owner agreed that its taken to long and was actually a really nice guy. He went through all that need doing to the car and checked how much my quote was then says he’d take £200 off for our inconvenience which im obviously very happy about. He then told the manager that he’s working overtime this weekend to get the car ready for Wed/thurs next week and that he’s going to personally check it before calling me to come and collect 8) So it looks like im going to get the car back before xmas :D 8) :D

:lol: :lol: :wink: If you want to make sure its ok while your at work then I dont mind looking after it for you 8)

8) Nice one mate. If only everything was so easy :lol:

I dont want to rush them it just I really hate it when people say one thing and do another. Neil the painter @ Clarke’s told me today that he wants to get it just right before he lets me have it back. Then he asked if id want to sell after getting it done :D so im sure its in good hands its the manager that needs a kicking :lol: I wouldn’t run a business like this :roll:

Just found this on the website "Insurance approved accident repair centre" :roll: Looks like your right :lol: http://www.clarkesautos.co.uk I was told that id have a courtesy car but when i dropped my car off I was told that it was busy so im driving around in my G/F's diesel Saxo :oops:

Sorry for this really long post but ive got to get a few thing off my chest :oops: My car went into the bodyshop on Monday 14th November for a few little dings and a full respray as my 15 year old paint wasn’t looking its best 8) The bodyshop quoted me the price and said it’ll be about 7-10 days as ive already stripped the car for them so its just a rolling shell with a dash and drivers seat. Well its been 4 weeks yesterday that the car was dropped off with them and they’ve done nearly jack shit on the car :x :x The first week they told me that the car in front of mine had held them up and that it would be started on the Thursday. So the Friday I went to look and the place was shut, I later found out that the Manager want feeling well and sent everyone home early. Week two and the car was in the main bodyshop and they started sorting the bodywork and got everything sorted at a great speed of knots and now every panel looks spot on. Week 3 and my car was pushed to the back of the shop and two other cars were being worked on, mine wasn’t touched all week. I was told that the extra work had come in and so they had to pull people off my car to get the others sorted. Mine was there first and im a paying customer so not really an excuse for me !!! Week 4 and the car was put into the paint booth and they called me wanting me to go in URGENTLY and choose the exact colour that I wanted as the car was about the be painted. I went in chose the colour and was told that it would all go smoothly now and ill have it back in no time. So yesterday was the start of week 5 and I popped round to see what has happed (as id not had a call from them) I got there to find that my car has been taken out of the booth and put in the main warehouse 10’ in the air on a car lift. No sign of any paint and a new car in the paint booth. Ive held my tongue with the bodyshop as I know that their work is A1 but to only work on my car for 1 week out of 5 is really pissing me off so I had a little word with the manager. He looked like a scared rabbit when he saw me coming lol He’s promised that its going back into the booth today and they are gonna paint it this week. Im going to go back on Thursday and check but don’t hold your breath. The thing is that if they told me that it was going to take 5-6 weeks to do then that would have been fine but to tell me 10 days and then make excuses and false promises without even a phone call to say sorry its running late is not on. Its not like I can go and get my car as its got no doors boot or bonnet on it so they have me over a barrel. Ive spoken to the guys who work there and they are really excited about getting my car done as they are also Dub nuts so I know they are going to do a good job its just the manager who gets them to move from job to job without finishing. This work on my car is a xmas present from my G/f and she wants to go over and speak to the manager but I know that he probably wont be alive after a verbal assault from her :lol: :lol: she’s even more pissed off than me lol I miss my car…………… :(

I got one from Tempest ages ago but left it in the box til yesterday when the bodyshop painted and fitted it for me. This is from the day I got it 8) just balanced on the back :lol: and the car needs a wash :oops:

LOL Everytime I go to the PO old ladies push in front of me, id say something but it’ll probably kill em :lol:

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Mines on steels at the now as my alloys are being refurbed, so ill probably keep these on til spring :D This is that last pic I took of my car before I started to strip it down for the bodyshop :( + 8)

I didnt mine online not so long ago :D http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/

They look good mate 8) Mine are still in the box :(

:x Dont you just hate people sometimes :x

Mine should be pretty good once it has the new paint on it :lol:

Recording 8) I love Sky+ :lol: So much rubbish I can record now :lol: :lol:

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Ive seen you drive :wink: :lol: :lol:

I had to leave early as its two buses to the bodyshop. Now I remember why i dont use public transport :roll: Thanks for the suggestions though :D but I think ill leave the grey primer stripes to you Henny :lol: :lol:

Well after looking a god knows how many different blacks at the bodyshop this morning I found a really nice Mercedes black 8) I think the code is 040 I cant really remember :roll: but I saw a Merc on the way there this morning that was all polished up and even in the gloom it looked good :lol: EDIT - Just seen your post gsbellew Nice choice :wink: :wink:

Nothing wrong with it :lol: Just wondered what my options were 8)

As always :lol: :lol:

This is how I did it. Make a mark on the old dizzy and were it meets the head so that you know how every thing lines up. Undo the two bolts either side of the dizzy and carefully pull it out. Then line up the new part with the head looking at the marks left on the old one and then tighten up the bolts. Swap over the HT leads etc and check the timing. Mine needed a little adjustment on the timing but it wasn’t far out :wink:

My car is currently in the bodyshop :D and I was going to have the respray in L041 VW Black but the bodyshop showed me loads of different colour chips today and now im confused :D :D Im after a really deep dark :lol: black but NON metallic. What black cars have you guys seen that look good ?? Good thing about the bodyshop im using is that they email me 10-15 photos everyday as im at work and cant keep going over to see it.

I had this very same problem last month. I phoned hundreds :wink: of garages and was basically told (by supposed professionals) that I shouldn’t have such a low car :lol: I found a back and beyond garage that was still using the old system of bolting the equipment to the wheel instead of putting over the wheels. £20 and the car feels much better :D I must agree that up north does seem to have a lack of decent garages, It was much better when I lived in London (And the north is so cold for us southerners :lol: :lol: )