Did they replace everything with stock parts? If so are the brakes still crappy?

 

All they're going to do is wet sand that area, and re-clear it. Peice of cake. You should be proud! You probably just got a free paint repair job. I guess you probably should get a boobie prize, for your $3500 brake job. I'm curious to know how they knocked that piece of clearcoat off, without damaging the area around it. Hmmm....must be a plot! Those mechanics are pretty sneaky that way.

 

If you were so concerned with your paint, you wouldn't be setting your beer on it.

You sure it wasn't there? I tend to only notice damage like that when washing, although the vette is pretty low, it'd be visible.

What kind of brakes did you get set up with for that price?

 

The beer is sitting on the glass top...it's not painted. Also, yeah I am 100% sure that that was not there when I took it there. I had just washed and inspected the car before I droped it off. Also about the price, I forgot to mention that the price also included a new alternator, belt, etc. plus labor for that.

 

I see youre in SD, which dealership was this at?

 

Quallity Chevrolet(ironic isn't it).

 

Yet another thread about how the dealership screwed someone. Sorry, to hear about. You had better check everything else out really good too. For example, make sure they did not crush you floor board with the lift. I had to beat mine out after making the mistake of taking mine to a mechanic. I decided to try again after 15 years of never letting anyone touch my car. Nothing has changed in 15 years! I am still fixing things that they screwed up!!!!!!

This is by no means a slam on the REAL mechanics that actually CARE of this forum.

 

I don't know how much piece of mind is worth to you, but that's pretty pricey. Give me a hollar next time you need some work done, I'll save you some bucks.

 

I'll keep you in mind. Thanks.

 

Don't worry, even though it was probably not the dealerships fault and just due to crummy GM clearcoat (very common in the late 80's, early 90's) they porked you enough on the price of the original repairs to easily accommodate a simple paint fix.

 

sorry to hear about the clear.....but we could have fixed u'r brakes and shipped u'r car to IL and back for the price of that brake job....P.S not all mechanics are out to ****U....some still care about cars and people but the dealer is prob. not the best place to find that.....I hope all is well when done Mike

 

Thanks for the reponses guys, but this thread is not about how much I payed for the break and alternator work. It is about the damage that was done to it while at the dealer. Also, I never said that all or any mechanics were out to "**** me". I just said that I have witnessed first hand, many times, mechanics doing very careless things.

 

Before I take my car to anyone, I make a pre-visit claim that everything on the exterior and interior is perfect, e.g. no scratches on my new paint job or stains anywhere else.

 

I've been on the other end of that. Accused of things that I didn't have anything to do with. Explain HOW a guy working on the chassis delaminated the clear coat on the top...a condition that can be seen every day on cars that have never been in your shop. If your complaint was goofed up paint in the shape of a hand print due to brake fluid, a crack in the hood due to a tool being left when the hood was closed, or a rip in the seat due to a screwdriver in a back pocket, then you'd be onto something. As it stands, your picture coupled with your story is in the same line as if you posted a picture of a muffler with a hole rusted through it. Your story would be it was quiet when you left it at the shop and it became noisy as you drove home. Look at that rust. Wasn't that way the last time you saw it. Obvious conclusion. Quiet before, noisy now, their fault. The b*stards! Agreeing to repair is not an admission of fault. It can mean they want you as a repeat customer and are willing to do extra to make you happy. It can simply mean they want the sniveling to stop.

If you REALLY want to know, take your car to a few body shops for an estimate. Ask the pro's how this happens, if there's any way a person could cause this, and if so how. Then report back what they tell you. I for one would like to know what they say. You should too if you want to be sure you're on the right side of this.

 

I find it disappointing so many CF 'ers are siding with a dealership; taking the side of an unknown against one of our own Vette bros....
I just went out to pop my hatch and confirm what my thoughts are.
That area is very near the left hinge and right over a stress point. Any non-vette guy could have either hyper extended the hatch (especially if the struts are weak) or tried to close the hatch by not pushing it squarely down from the center causing the panel to hyperflex and disturb the paint layers. And yeah, yeah, yeah it might be a color/coat separation, but one that big did not spontaneously materialize in that short period of time. Furthermore, I cant believe Saniterium or any one of us would have over-looked a hickey that big especially when it is right there under your nose. Like San said, it's not about how much they charged him, or what he was getting done... They screwed up his car! You'd be pissed, too.

 

FOr that kind of money you could have replaced your stock brakes with some brembos, baers, wilwood brakes.

The only guy that toches my car is Charlie at Chas performance. Fair prices and unbelieveable work. 858-549-1166

 

For the hundreth time, the price wasn't just for the brakes. It was for a new alternator, belt, etc. aswell. Also I'll keep that number in mind. Thanks.

 

I'm not taking a side, I just think a person who makes unfounded, and possably untrue accusations simply because someone was in the vacinity risks making himself look like a ignorant fool or a jerk. I'm thinking most people don't want to come accross that way. If you don't even know if or how something could have happened, it's not reasonable to assign responsablity to someone for damages. If the guys in the shop know they didn't, and in fact couldn't have caused this problem. What do you think they're going to be thinking and saying of this complaining customer? I'm just suggesting he find out how this could have happened from a pro to avoid looking foolish. If the pro's say 'yeah, looks like someone opened/closed the deck lid to hard, that will do it', fine. You've got a possibility. If they say it just happens and there's nothing anyone could have done to cause it, then he was out of line. If we don't care, the dealership is always wrong no matter what, flame away at them. I prefer the restitution and flaming be based on facts myself.

 

All I'm saying is that there was absolutely no peeling or blemishes AT ALL before I took it in. That big of a piece does not just jump off. I took it in, stated my thoughts on what happened, and they said they would pay for it. I never ONCE made an acusation towards the mechanics at the dealership. I just told them that it was not there when I brought it in. The dealers would not agree to pay for the damages unless they thought they were fighting a loseing battle. The fact that they didn't feel the need to tell me that it even happened, and were hopeing that I wouldn't notice should tell you something. If that makes me look like a "fool", then so be it.

 

The story went from "raising hell for an hour" to "I took it in, stated my thoughts on what happened, and they said they would pay for it". Which was it? First story sounds more like it.

Agreeing to repair is not an admission of fault. This is a small labor job. They could very well have agreed to fix it even if they were sure they didn't have anything to do with it because (1) you already spent a bunch of money there, (2) they want a happy customer, (3) they want you to go away and are happy to spend $60 to make that happen.

If you end up with any kind of customer service job when you're out of school, you'll find those are common reasons to do favors for people whether they're owed or not. All I'm suggesting is that you educate yourself a little bit about the nature of your paint job. You can't be bothered though. Someone else has agreed to pay, that's all that matters.