1/4 panel damage?
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Melting Slicks
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1/4 panel damage?
Very upset about this but today I had a new Carriage house garage door installed and waited for 3 weeks for it to come in so pretty excited. Guy shows up a couple hours late and gave them plenty of notice that I work 2nd shift. Anyway I had to back the cars out of the garage one a pristine 82 Corvette that has never been in the rain since I've own it (7) years and a 2016 Hellcat Challenger. I pull the Vette off the side of the driveway into the grass so he could back the truck up closer. We had very high winds that day and when I came out to see if he needed any help he said no but one of the garage panels flew off the truck rack and hit your car. I went up to it screaming it cracked the fiberglass. So much to the story but won't bore you so after looking at the pictures how hard will it be to fix? Looks like it spider webed in a circular wave pattern that don't show. There is a horizontal and vertical crack
Last edited by alconk; Jan 11, 2017 at 12:58 AM.
Burning Brakes
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From: The Buckle of the Bible Belt. Joplin Mo
Ouch! Thinking the contractors insurance should pay for the damage. Take the vette to a good shop and get an estimate for the repairs. Then give it to the garage door installer. Not your fault.
Le Mans Master
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From: Pittsburgh suburbs Pa.
A lot of careless nitwits out there . Contact his insurance carrier right away and tell them that you won't except anything short of a corvette specialist to do the work. Good Luck
Team Owner
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Hi alc,
Sorry to see this. I can understand how upset you must be.
I'm not familiar enough with later bodies to know for sure where on the body this happened. Is this above and behind the right side rear wheel?
The horizontal damage APPEARS to be at a bonding strip location. If it is, this may require a different repair than the damage that's in a panel itself.
Also, I think paint match may well become an issue and thus how much of the car gets painted may come into question.
Again, I'm sorry to read that this happened!
Regards,
Alan
Sorry to see this. I can understand how upset you must be.
I'm not familiar enough with later bodies to know for sure where on the body this happened. Is this above and behind the right side rear wheel?
The horizontal damage APPEARS to be at a bonding strip location. If it is, this may require a different repair than the damage that's in a panel itself.
Also, I think paint match may well become an issue and thus how much of the car gets painted may come into question.
Again, I'm sorry to read that this happened!
Regards,
Alan
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Melting Slicks
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2011
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Hi alc,
Sorry to see this. I can understand how upset you must be.
I'm not familiar enough with later bodies to know for sure where on the body this happened. Is this above and behind the right side rear wheel?
The horizontal damage APPEARS to be at a bonding strip location. If it is, this may require a different repair than the damage that's in a panel itself.
Also, I think paint match may well become an issue and thus how much of the car gets painted may come into question.
Again, I'm sorry to read that this happened!
Regards,
Alan
Sorry to see this. I can understand how upset you must be.
I'm not familiar enough with later bodies to know for sure where on the body this happened. Is this above and behind the right side rear wheel?
The horizontal damage APPEARS to be at a bonding strip location. If it is, this may require a different repair than the damage that's in a panel itself.
Also, I think paint match may well become an issue and thus how much of the car gets painted may come into question.
Again, I'm sorry to read that this happened!
Regards,
Alan
Team Owner
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From: Westminster Maryland
Hi alc,
There's a tremendous amount of Corvette activity in Illinois so I'd think you could find a good shop.
If you're interested I could give you the contact person's info for the local NCRS Chapter and perhaps they could give you a couple of suggestions.
Regards,
Alan
Body Shop Dust!!!!!
There's a tremendous amount of Corvette activity in Illinois so I'd think you could find a good shop.
If you're interested I could give you the contact person's info for the local NCRS Chapter and perhaps they could give you a couple of suggestions.
Regards,
Alan
Body Shop Dust!!!!!
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Melting Slicks
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Hi alc,
There's a tremendous amount of Corvette activity in Illinois so I'd think you could find a good shop.
If you're interested I could give you the contact person's info for the local NCRS Chapter and perhaps they could give you a couple of suggestions.
Regards,
Alan
Body Shop Dust!!!!!
There's a tremendous amount of Corvette activity in Illinois so I'd think you could find a good shop.
If you're interested I could give you the contact person's info for the local NCRS Chapter and perhaps they could give you a couple of suggestions.
Regards,
Alan
Body Shop Dust!!!!!
Thanks,
AL
Team Owner
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From: Westminster Maryland
Hi AL,
Lot's of misinformation about early-ish Corvettes around!
Here's the info:
Illinois Chapter
Jay Stahl - Chairman
5229 High St
Roscoe, IL 61073-9423
Phone: 815-623-7562
E-mail: JAY65L84NO3@AOL.COM
Web: http://www.ilncrs.org
I'd think he may be able to give you some advice or the name of someone who can.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
Lot's of misinformation about early-ish Corvettes around!
Here's the info:
Illinois Chapter
Jay Stahl - Chairman
5229 High St
Roscoe, IL 61073-9423
Phone: 815-623-7562
E-mail: JAY65L84NO3@AOL.COM
Web: http://www.ilncrs.org
I'd think he may be able to give you some advice or the name of someone who can.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2011
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Hi AL,
Lot's of misinformation about early-ish Corvettes around!
Here's the info:
Illinois Chapter
Jay Stahl - Chairman
5229 High St
Roscoe, IL 61073-9423
Phone: 815-623-7562
E-mail: JAY65L84NO3@AOL.COM
Web: http://www.ilncrs.org
I'd think he may be able to give you some advice or the name of someone who can.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
Lot's of misinformation about early-ish Corvettes around!
Here's the info:
Illinois Chapter
Jay Stahl - Chairman
5229 High St
Roscoe, IL 61073-9423
Phone: 815-623-7562
E-mail: JAY65L84NO3@AOL.COM
Web: http://www.ilncrs.org
I'd think he may be able to give you some advice or the name of someone who can.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan