e30 vs ignorant truck = :(

[mkcman17]

thanks barry, i do. they rattle can'd mine and they look like horseshit now. i'll bring you cash next meet..

[///digitalme]

Is it me or does the color not match ?

[mkcman17]

you tell me...

[///digitalme]

Alpine 2 is more creamier looking. That's how mine looked when i primed it now that I found white parts mine looks great just need a passenger door. That sucks Mike hopefully you get it properly fixed

[CoelhoSport]

that blows

[Rsully70sev]

Your paint looks like granite bro, what are all those contaminates? I think I saw a hair in there.

-Cracked turn signal
-Grills wont mount
-Bent radiator support (By original guy, pre-existing or shop? You can't prove anything now.)
-Hood looks like shit, bent and some other weird shit going on
-Is that valance a joke? Tell me that's a shadow in p.7 picture #5 it looks like they used a wall brush.
-What did they paint your valance with, primer? They couldn't sand it down?
-That fender moulding comes off in 3 seconds with a screwdriver lol they painted around it.
-Obviously you haven't "been there, won that" in court or you would have done this in the first place.
-You were foolish for not getting the police involved.

/end rant, good luck...but fuck come on man.

[mkcman17]

i have tons of pictures beforehand showing proper hood/grill/valance alignment. even proper pictures with the original damage. that i can prove. i've been to court before and won. the collections process is the joke i'm referring to. a white piece of paper with a stamp and signature carries very little real weight. i will admit lesson learned, but again, on the harsh side there. i'm 22 and have never had to deal with something like this before. it's a learning process and i'll take what i can from it.

[MR 325]

Damn Mike, I'm sorry to see this man. That job looks like it's straight out of Maaco.

If I were you I'd go straight to insurance on both ends.

[Rsully70sev]

i have tons of pictures beforehand showing proper hood/grill/valance alignment. even proper pictures with the original damage. that i can prove. i've been to court before and won. the collections process is the joke i'm referring to. a white piece of paper with a stamp and signature carries very little real weight. i will admit lesson learned, but again, on the harsh side there. i'm 22 and have never had to deal with something like this before. it's a learning process and i'll take what i can from it.

Are you kidding bro, collections is ridiculous? UMMMM, they give the defendant 30 days to pay their JUDGEMENT against them. This effects their credit-renting a house, buying a car, running a company, etc. People don't fuck around with judgement's and their credit, it follows you your entire life. This isn't some little bullshit paper with a stamp on it. I got a $960 check for a $26.99 turn signal in less than 12 days.

[Vivek]

At this point I'd run down there and take your beautiful wheels off before they fuck them up too. Good luck man...

[FunfGan]

1. This sucks man, hope you actually get some real compensation.

2. Why the hate on Maaco? Everyone gives them a bad name, but they actually do quite good paint jobs. The issue is everyone buys the bottom bucket $500 package then bitches when, for some reason, their $500 paint job looks like shit.

[mkcman17]

Are you kidding bro, collections is ridiculous? UMMMM, they give the defendant 30 days to pay their JUDGEMENT against them. This effects their credit-renting a house, buying a car, running a company, etc. People don't fuck around with judgement's and their credit, it follows you your entire life. This isn't some little bullshit paper with a stamp on it. I got a $960 check for a $26.99 turn signal in less than 12 days.

now you're being naive. i won a $1700 case against a tenant that bailed on a lease THREE YEARS ago. after nine trips to the courthouse, two JDEs and two civil motion to arrests, i have been able to collect just over $200 of that judgement. some people do not give a fuck about their credit, that's simply a middle-upper class concern. the judicial system doesn't really care about enforcing a thousand-dollar claim either.

whatever the fuck, i don't want to argue about that anymore. you're out to pick a fight and that's the last thing i feel like doing right now. so kindly take your criticisms and holier-than-thou attitude and get the fuck out.

[FSUJBP]

...whatever the fuck, i don't want to argue about that anymore. you're out to pick a fight and that's the last thing i feel like doing right now. so kindly take your criticisms and holier-than-thou attitude and get the fuck out.

I would just take a step back and calm down a bit. It's really not worth getting upset over.... the argument I mean.

[nickflic3]

I would just take a step back and calm down a bit. It's really not worth getting upset over.... the argument I mean.

I believe that's why he ended it...........

[mkcman17]

I would just take a step back and calm down a bit. It's really not worth getting upset over.... the argument I mean.

Honestly, I'm tired of it. I'm tired of people getting upset with me about this. Obviously, trusting this shop was a poor idea. I get that. But now I feel like the system turned against me. The paint shop is rude to me, the guy that hit me is unfriendly and unwilling. Last thing I want is to go back and forth in hindsight about what I could have done differently with some asshat that wasn't even here and thinks he knows how to work the system.

I'm going to deal with the situation and get it taken care of.