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Old 06-08-2004, 11:18 AM
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Last summer my car was hit by a "runaway jeep" on my street in boulder. Got it repaired at a local shop that was recommended by dealership. Well now the paint is all chipping very easily and the panels dont even match anymore. Car looked fine after I compalined that their paintjob was crap and they "redid" it. Well a year later all the areas that were damaged are still very yellow and the rest of the car looks like it did before the accident. I dont even think it qualifies as Imola anymore.
What if anything can I do about this chop shop job of a repair???
By the way I'm fvcking pissed.
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Go to a new shop and have them repaint the whole car
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how much does something like that run??? I'm a poor s4 owner
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Figure about $500 a panel, plus or minus $100, at a decent shop.
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Figure out why the paint job sucks and make them do it again. What brand of paint do they use?
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yep, upwards of 3~4k
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They do it again and they are really gonna cut corners.
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Default well the paint job sucks because they painted it too dark and so i complained..

then I guess they either just sprayed the whole car and i was to stupid to notice and it has slowly faded away????
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Take and post some pics.
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I will go and take some pics now and see if the lighting is good enough to see


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