Well Ben...I definately understand your frustrations!!! You have me
literally beat by a mile....smile, the miles will come!!!
I think you are right to be concerned with the area that was welded.
The guy that did my body work filled that area in when he was doing some
patching and it is already cracking :~( He said that there was nothing
he could do about it. Unfortunately, this is just one of the many
things I have found wrong with a paint job that was promised to be
perfect. If you do a color change (don't flame me please) wouldn't it
be expected to completely remove the doors...and if you removed the
doors, how could you miss a large portion of the door where it meets the
body??? If you remove the old color..how could you still have areas
that are the original color???? This list goes on and on. I am still
trying to decide whether to demand my money back (which would probably
wind us up in small claims court), adjust the value of the paint job and
demand partial monies back, or forget it and chalk it up to a bad
experience and when the car needs to be repainted...be a better
consumer. Any advice on this would be appreciated.
Becky
69 MGB roadster with 0 miles in last 2 years
Ben Ruset wrote:
>
> Well, the car is back from the body shop. Unfortunately, the tow truck
> driver who brought it over scratched the hell out of the front driver's
> fender. Consequently, it will be back at the body shop getting the fender
> resprayed.
>
> I also found out that the resivoir that holds my brake fluid was leaking,
> due to a large crack in it. Hence, no brakes. A trip down to Doug's MG Shop
> found me buying one for $5. This is about the only good thing that has
> happened with this car these past several weeks. My mechanic was unable to
> install it today - so "maybe" tomorrow it will go on. Great -- I can have
> the car when I'm supposed to be working.
>
> Anyway, the fact that the vertical seam under the doors (78 MGB, by the
> way) are welded is really starting to get me worried. Does the car flex
> there? If so, will I start to see my metal bending soon? The fact that it's
> not right makes me worried that I've killed any value the car has and that
> I will be laughed out of any show I go to as well.
>
> All I can say is so far, the "MGB experience" for me has been fairly
> traumatic - at least over the past two weeks.
>
> I do wish that I was able to attend the convention in MD - unfortunately,
> responsibilities up here beckon, and while my girlfriend's parents are in
> Bermuda, I get to drive them to the pier in New York City that Sunday. We
> (my girlfriend and I) may take the rest of the day and roam around Long
> Island or something. I was thinking of a trip to Montauk or something...
>
> *sigh* I've only put ONE MILE on the car since last October. =(
>
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