Body shop messed up this 2010 Camaro.. and I fixed it!
05-02-2010, 03:18 AM
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Body shop messed up this 2010 Camaro.. and I fixed it! I had detailed this camaro back in Febuary, and recently he had a SUV back into his front bumper, so he took it to a Chevy Dealership to get it fixed. Well they fixed it.. and he told them specifically not to touch the rest of the car since he had it detailed. Well.. of course they had to cut and buff the front bumper, but I think what happened was they accidentally hit part of the hood with their rotary buffer, tried to fix it and failed miserably and made it much worse!
He brought it to the dealer's attention that there were so many swirls and holograms on the hood and bumper and it was unacceptable. They told him they would fix it, so he left it with them for an additional week. After a week, he came back and it was worse than the week before! Haha. So he called me and I told him I would fix it, and see if they would reimburse him. They gladly handed over the keys and I went to work.
The pictures look BETTER than it did in person.. it was absolutely JACKED up. Holograms everywhere, swirls were even worse. They went halfway up the hood.
When he brought it to me, the camera mainly picked up the holograms... but the entire hood and bumper were covered in COBWEBS of swirls.. I cringed when I saw it:
So I went to work. It took about 7 hours of correction on the hood and bumper alone. I had to break out the big guns to correct what they did... they hit it hard! I used 2 machines, 4 different pads (yellow, orange, white and grey) and 4 different compounds.
I used Meg's 105, followed again with 105, followed with Menzerna's SIP, then Meg's 205, finally jeweled with Menzerna's PO85RD.
I tried using just Meg's 105 and it didn't get all of it out. Then I tried it again with Meg's 105 on a stronger machine and pad and it would mar the paint. 205 would not clear out the harder marring, so I had to follow with a ligher swirl remover and then 205 and then polish it up with PO85RD.
After it was all said and done.. here's what I got:
And here are some random correction shots:
Before:
After:
Swirls all around the edge of the bumper.. you know the previous "detailer" didn't pay attention to avoid corners. So I had to be careful not to rip through this fresh clear and paint.
After careful buffing with a compound:
And finally hitting it with a finishing polish:
Unfortunately, this is an everyday issue with body shops.. they don't put the time and care needed to get your care pristine. As long as it looks good in "most" light it looks good to them.
Enjoy!
He brought it to the dealer's attention that there were so many swirls and holograms on the hood and bumper and it was unacceptable. They told him they would fix it, so he left it with them for an additional week. After a week, he came back and it was worse than the week before! Haha. So he called me and I told him I would fix it, and see if they would reimburse him. They gladly handed over the keys and I went to work.
The pictures look BETTER than it did in person.. it was absolutely JACKED up. Holograms everywhere, swirls were even worse. They went halfway up the hood.
When he brought it to me, the camera mainly picked up the holograms... but the entire hood and bumper were covered in COBWEBS of swirls.. I cringed when I saw it:
So I went to work. It took about 7 hours of correction on the hood and bumper alone. I had to break out the big guns to correct what they did... they hit it hard! I used 2 machines, 4 different pads (yellow, orange, white and grey) and 4 different compounds.
I used Meg's 105, followed again with 105, followed with Menzerna's SIP, then Meg's 205, finally jeweled with Menzerna's PO85RD.
I tried using just Meg's 105 and it didn't get all of it out. Then I tried it again with Meg's 105 on a stronger machine and pad and it would mar the paint. 205 would not clear out the harder marring, so I had to follow with a ligher swirl remover and then 205 and then polish it up with PO85RD.
After it was all said and done.. here's what I got:
And here are some random correction shots:
Before:
After:
Swirls all around the edge of the bumper.. you know the previous "detailer" didn't pay attention to avoid corners. So I had to be careful not to rip through this fresh clear and paint.
After careful buffing with a compound:
And finally hitting it with a finishing polish:
Unfortunately, this is an everyday issue with body shops.. they don't put the time and care needed to get your care pristine. As long as it looks good in "most" light it looks good to them.
Enjoy!
05-02-2010, 08:23 AM
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Looks alot better. The same thing happend to my friends 2010 ss. He paid $700 for a detail. Then they gave his money back. Now he is getting the car painted and they are paying for it!
05-02-2010, 04:26 PM
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I'm located in Houston, TX. If you need any tips on getting your ride back to pristine feel free to ask.
You would be surprised. Check out this "brand new" car. It's another 2010 camaro, it came to me 2 weeks after he bought it and the damn thing rolled off the delivery truck!
05-03-2010, 09:47 AM
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Good job, looks a lot better. I'm surprised the original detail came out that bad, for $700 you should know what you are doing. I would imagine the original marring came from the car just being washed in a lot with a hose and sponge and then dried with some crappy towel. At least that is what I have seen them do at the dealers around here.
05-03-2010, 12:01 PM
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Good job, looks a lot better. I'm surprised the original detail came out that bad, for $700 you should know what you are doing. I would imagine the original marring came from the car just being washed in a lot with a hose and sponge and then dried with some crappy towel. At least that is what I have seen them do at the dealers around here.
