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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2009 19:08:00 GMT
hi ian here in ayrshire , just got my car back from the paint shop . now i could never be confused with someone who is interested in having a perfect car . but i do have some pride . got the car back initially i was thrilled with my one thousand six hundread pound paint job. but it was raining when i collected it . so four days later when the rain finally stoped i took it out of the garage to have a look . they had also replaced all four door skins , good job of door skins , generally a good paint job ,but then i pulled the choke to start her , it came away in my hand , sigh , poped the bonnet , only to find the bonnet catch was brocken . my steering wheel badge is for some reason up side down , both front door switches are missing , and my cracked passenger mirror is now on the drivers side , o and all the screws on the doors are chewed up plus the doors are not hanging right.
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Post by Kev on Dec 9, 2009 19:35:44 GMT
Get yourself straight back round there and have a word....or 2 with them,£1600's pretty good for everything you state, but not good if your not happy.
Big Kev.
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Post by David on Dec 10, 2009 16:42:33 GMT
Take it back and ask them to sort it.
Saying that, for what you had done, £1,600 is very cheap.
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Post by norvin on Dec 10, 2009 18:06:38 GMT
Like most things in life you get what you pay for! you would not feel so bad if they had told you all this when you picked up the car, but then you would not have paid them untill it was put right.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2009 18:44:08 GMT
hi guys thanks for replies , good to know that it is generally fealt that my paint job was good value , i am feeling a bit guilty now for moaning . respray was a three qauter one not full . because the doors were sagging a bit "front ones" and the screws were all chewed up i carried out a wee trick an old mechanic showed me . i jacked up the end of the doors to correct the angle . GASP i can hear you all . but it does work they now close almost as they should .
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2009 21:39:29 GMT
I have this problem too, could you elaborate as to what you did?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2009 19:24:38 GMT
hi gareth sorry i took a wee while to get back , before i tell you what i did i must firstly use the word disclaimer just incase you damage anything . now as you know the door hinges are made of aluminium , this is partly why they sag over time . so get yourself a trolly jack , open the offending door and place a good sturdy short two by two under the bottom edge of the dood as close to the furthest part from the hinge and jack it up . you need to hold it all together as the door will want to close and jack it up . the car will come too but do it a wee bit at a time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2009 22:25:35 GMT
thanks ayrshire, very much appreciated
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Post by Warwick on Dec 17, 2009 23:48:07 GMT
This is similar to the technique we used on early Holdens. The FX and FJ doors were particularly heavy and tended to sag. The method used involved opening the door slightly and placing a length of timber under the back edge of the door with the end of the wooden lever on the door sill - and then lift the other end of the piece of timber. It worked very well.
The Holden's hinges were steel and did sag, so bending them back up was appropriate. Occasionally the door dropping was caused by movement at the hinge mounting screws. When this was the case then adjusting the hinge at the screws was appropriate.
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