I have the 07 Accord and it had peeling paint on the fender behind the headlight. I let the dealer do a touch-up job, and the paint did not stick, so I told them to spray the fender.
Car came back mauled from the shop process and poor unmatched paint (red). When I brought it in for the work, I had my CF hood on the car so they are blaming the miss-matched red on the fact my black hood was installed. I have the red oem hood back on now and it does dramatize how bad the match is because they (could) not "blend" the hood. (you know, 2 different colours on the same panel)
Well, the match is so bad you CAN see the "blending" they did on my door....car does not match rear to front, nor does their paint match any of the car at all. It looks like a Clown Car. So, the dealer blames ME for their bad work! I had a sit-down w/everyone from Honda reps, dealer svc manager, body shop VP. Nobody claims the paint matches, just they they are jogging through excuses (including me "buffing", the rest of the car's paint, lol) to screw me.
I really don't care how lousy a shop they wish to run in terms of fixing up used car lot vehicles and insurance jobs, but this is a warranty repair...it should be their best work, done to MY satisfaction...resembling the factory line work is a good standard. Instead, I got some shop class project grade work I'd give a "D". Honda told me it's between the dealership and me. I'm like "what"?, I'm still waiting for my car to be repaired PROPERLY!
I'm not crazy, my experts think it's a bad match. My only recourse now is court at a DJ. I'll pump up the estimate to $900 or so. Any other tips you want to pass along? I don't think their CF hood excuse hold merit. Part of the job is to match paint, the hood is irrelavent, just making their poor work more apparent. If I lose at DJ, I'll drag Honda to Common Pleas Court along with the dealer bodyshop. I just want some feedback and catch phrases for court. grr. btw- I'm super-nice to everyone involved and maintain that I won't yell and make 100 phone calls about this, just drag them to court.
Car came back mauled from the shop process and poor unmatched paint (red). When I brought it in for the work, I had my CF hood on the car so they are blaming the miss-matched red on the fact my black hood was installed. I have the red oem hood back on now and it does dramatize how bad the match is because they (could) not "blend" the hood. (you know, 2 different colours on the same panel)
Well, the match is so bad you CAN see the "blending" they did on my door....car does not match rear to front, nor does their paint match any of the car at all. It looks like a Clown Car. So, the dealer blames ME for their bad work! I had a sit-down w/everyone from Honda reps, dealer svc manager, body shop VP. Nobody claims the paint matches, just they they are jogging through excuses (including me "buffing", the rest of the car's paint, lol) to screw me.
I really don't care how lousy a shop they wish to run in terms of fixing up used car lot vehicles and insurance jobs, but this is a warranty repair...it should be their best work, done to MY satisfaction...resembling the factory line work is a good standard. Instead, I got some shop class project grade work I'd give a "D". Honda told me it's between the dealership and me. I'm like "what"?, I'm still waiting for my car to be repaired PROPERLY!
I'm not crazy, my experts think it's a bad match. My only recourse now is court at a DJ. I'll pump up the estimate to $900 or so. Any other tips you want to pass along? I don't think their CF hood excuse hold merit. Part of the job is to match paint, the hood is irrelavent, just making their poor work more apparent. If I lose at DJ, I'll drag Honda to Common Pleas Court along with the dealer bodyshop. I just want some feedback and catch phrases for court. grr. btw- I'm super-nice to everyone involved and maintain that I won't yell and make 100 phone calls about this, just drag them to court.
