LT/LS Grille on my SS.. HELP
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From: West Chicago, IL
**** I'D BE PISSED!!! that explains why they were fighting so hard to have the gay chrome grille. *******...
and they did a **** job on cutting the crossbar out! bunch of frigging hacks man the dealers these days are plain retarded. You have guys in the aftermarket shops like me that can diagnose and fix issues better than they can for alot less money too. I would go up to the bodyshop manager and lay his ass out 
(sidenote) i have a SC grille ill sell ya cheap
(sidenote) i have a SC grille ill sell ya cheap
And haha nahhh. Don't even wanna RISK losing money, even though I know what's right.
&&&&&&&&&&& I'll be heading to the dealer in about an hour and a half at 1:00 sooo i'll keep ya guys updated after thaat.
SHUT UPPPPPPPP! I'M TRYING TO FINISH MY DAMN CHERRY COKEEEE.
Kidding.. Once I finish this coke, we're off... F it.. it's going on the fridge.. Be back ina couple minutes with updates!
.. Hopefully they don't wanna keep the car because i'm going to get a tvs this weekend.............. yikes..
Update!
Not leaving til 1:30 because step dad has to finish some **** on the computer :P
Kidding.. Once I finish this coke, we're off... F it.. it's going on the fridge.. Be back ina couple minutes with updates!
.. Hopefully they don't wanna keep the car because i'm going to get a tvs this weekend.............. yikes..
Update!
Not leaving til 1:30 because step dad has to finish some **** on the computer :P
Local dealership printed out picture of what it's supposed to look like based on my vin.. which is normal and how I want it.. they automatically knew that didn't belong on there.. on my way to body shop right now
"I'm sorry for doubting ya this whole time" ... got printout of bumper and whatnot.. took it to body shop.. as soon as he came out my step dad said "we went to Boose (local dealership) and they gave us this picture, and this stuff just isn't right".. body shop guy didn't SAY A ******* WORD.. ripped the paper out of step dads hands and started walking away.. mumbled "i'll order it and paint it and call you when it's done".... so **** YES <3
like Sox said....I would speak with your insurance agent....what insurance do you have? Most have some kind of gaurantee or something that I think this would apply to. As odd as it sounds even if they just "googled" Cobalt SS and looked at images there would not be any like that....
complain to your agent that it was fixed wrong - they can make this better.
"I'm sorry for doubting ya this whole time" ... got printout of bumper and whatnot.. took it to body shop.. as soon as he came out my step dad said "we went to Boose (local dealership) and they gave us this picture, and this stuff just isn't right".. body shop guy didn't SAY A ******* WORD.. ripped the paper out of step dads hands and started walking away.. mumbled "i'll order it and paint it and call you when it's done".... so **** YES <3
That's what I was kinda thinking... I mean it's a bumper and grille... I'd rather him just paint it and give it all to me to put on..
my second concern would be installation issues
my third concern would be sabotage
oh wellllllllll.. I don't think he was mad at US (me and step dad).. but he was mad at the dealer.. he said he ordered the parts for my car from THAT dealer that I even went too.. so now he has to pay out of pocket for the right stuff.. sooo i'm not sure if he's "in to get me"
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Ive worked at a paint/repair shop and stuff like this use to happen all the time. They will always re-do stuff they dont want people to talk bad about them, if they do they might not get as many customers.
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From: Sarver, PA
Same here.. When my pap would paint a car, if the customer had an issue, we'd fix it. We might not have liked having to do things twice, but we'd rather it be right than have people tell their friends we did a bad job, especially when it's a little place in the middle of nowhere and it's your livelihood..
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From: Hightstown, New Jersey
Glad to hear everything worked out
do you have any prior business with this shop or did you just go to a random local shop.
I always go to places where friends neighbors and family can vouch for quality work. i would never leave my car at some random shop.
do you have any prior business with this shop or did you just go to a random local shop.
I always go to places where friends neighbors and family can vouch for quality work. i would never leave my car at some random shop.
Last edited by GRok25; Mar 22, 2012 at 09:13 PM.
Prolly the most popular body shop in my town... been in business for like 35 years.. everyone knows em.. always heard good stuff.. step dad recommended it and said he's taken all of his cars there with no issues.. I know my moms car was there not to long ago and came back fine
if you look closely that grille was on the 05 Concept car, and it was painted body color, i think it looks kinda cool. i was going to suggest painting it gloss black and see what it looks like, but it looks as though they are fixing it.
