Took my car in after hitting a deer, needed a new fender, and re paint the bumper.
The only thing i am happy with is the paint matching of the new fender, it matches my bright metallic blue very well, and I cannot tell it is not an original fender (from the outside).
On to the others:
under the hood where my fender connects to the frame of the car, it did not receiver it's final coat of paint, so as soon as you opened the hood, you can tell the fender is a completely different color.
The engine bay is now covered in over spray, littered on the engine cover, battery cover, and pretty much everything else.
The ENTIRE exterior of the car is peppered with over spray feels like sandpaper, my windshield wipers sounds like the are wiping sand paper when it rains, not a windshield. when the sun is in my face, it is difficult to see out of the windshield because of the over spray.
The bumper had to be removed to replace a fog light, when they put it back on, both sides are not lined up properly, and on the passenger side, the fender and bumper cover are contacting, rubbing the paint down.
The buffer work is absolutely horrendous, the brand new fender, with brand new paint on it, is swirled so bad, you can see it on a cloudy day, through the thick layer of dust left on my car. I honestly cannot believe how bad the buffer work is, being a body shop, that should be one of there best traits.
My car was filthy when i received it, still covered in compound dust from buffing, not even attempting to at least wipe it down, god forbid a quick wash. The interior is covered in the same amount of body shop dust, and all the contact points from their hands are covered in grease, and smudges.
The people who they contracted out my wheel repair to did such a horrible job that calliber collision is making them give me a refund. The even painted over my center cap wheel logo..
Now, here's my experience taking my car back to correct the messed up stuff.
I took it back mainly for the un-painted portion of my fender, and the overspray.
After correcting this, there is now a huge, noticeable line from them masking off the frame to paint this portion of the fender.
They attempted to remove the over spray, it was an abysmal attempt at best. Some of it was taken off the engine cover, but only on the easy to reach areas, everything else was ignored.
The windshield is still peppered, still in plain sight with sun, and the sand paper like feeling on the glass and body is now there.
The entire car still has over spray on it, BUT NOW the ENTIRE car is covered in the same swirls the new fender has. Seriously, whoever they have in charge of buffing this car needs to move to the paint stripping department, not correction.
As a weekend warrior DIY detailer, i am extremely upset with my experience. I am going back in a couple weeks to get the bumper gap fixed, and meet with the manager about it.
I was offered a whole car clay bar, and re polish, but i do not want their buffer touching my car again. Know why? because they can't even buff!
It received two stars because the claims adjuster i worked with is extremely friendly, and helpful. Also the paint matching was great. everything else is horrible.