Body shop owner telling me this is rust popping up a year after he repaired the car.

[timtupper]

My father in law has a 2007 F150. In 2010 he was rear ended and it had to have a bedside replaced. Fast forward to now and the new bedside is rotted yet the original is perfectly fine. Truck has 80k on it. Shoddy work.

 

[JHZR2]

I think for most of this kind of work, structural adhesives would be a better bet then welding.

 

[ryanschillinger]

Depends how much he paid. Doesn’t look like a proper repair but I doubt they charged as much as a proper repair would’ve been. I can imagine having to replace the whole quarter panel due to rust, but if it was that bad, the patches would just have been a band aid. Not a forever fix.

 

[TomYoung]

A couple of these could've definitely been rust. But a couple of them definitely aren't.

Not the best paint job ever. But a year and a half ain't bad.

No, it’s pretty bad.

 

[oil pan 4]

I might go poke at it here in a bit.

Poke a hole.

 

[Drew7a]

One body shop tells the OP to do it the correct way. OP says or costs too much and wants a cheap way of doing it. Hires the cheap body shop to do it and now complains. Anyone that knows anything about body work knows, it takes a lot of labor time to get a panel to look perfect. This is why replacing entire quarter panels is the preferred methods, spend more on material bit save a ton on labor.

 

[Nick1994]

You got what you paid for.

Looks like an $1,800 job to me.

Just a new bumper cover is $2,500 these days. And that's a lot more work done than a bumper cover.

 

[dwcopple]

You got what you paid for.

Looks like an $1,800 job to me.

Just a new bumper cover is $2,500 these days. And that's a lot more work done than a bumper cover.

I think they're like $200 on a lot of sites