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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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A*holes where I live

I called a local body shop to get my brakes calipers painted. I would do it my self but I suck with art ****, so I'd rather pay for someone to do it right. They told me to do it my self when I called. So I called back and was like wtf man are you serious with this? The guy said we can do it but it will cost you $100 bucks. I told him to go **** his up in her ******* and hung up.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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its painting..its like painting your house walls.. I Too would say the same to you and do it yourself lol.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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did you actually say that? or did you say, 'wow that's ridiculous. thanks but no thanks.'
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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I know I'm just lazy and rather not...

He was an ******* to potential customer, of course I said that to him.

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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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i had a nice father son day during the summer when i did mine... i took off the wheels and put the car on jackstands...and my dad complained all the way through
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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haha nice
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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dude... do it yourself... it takes like an hour... piece of cake...
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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lol WTF....


are YOU serious about this?
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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YOU were the one that was an *******, not the shop. $100 seems fair for the amount of work, and they were honest when they said to do it yourself.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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YOU were the one that was an *******, not the shop. $100 seems fair for the amount of work, and they were honest when they said to do it yourself.
$100 sounds actually like a steal.
Assuming they charge about $20-$25 for paint, That's $75 for two-three hours of mechanic labor. That's pretty cheap.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowspeed5
I called a local body shop to get my brakes calipers painted. I would do it my self but I suck with art ****, so I'd rather pay for someone to do it right. They told me to do it my self when I called. So I called back and was like wtf man are you serious with this? The guy said we can do it but it will cost you $100 bucks. I told him to go **** his up in her ******* and hung up.
This, is pathetic. And you wonder why people don't respect you...

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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:36 PM
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ahahaha drive to winnipeg i'll paint em for 100 canadian dollars or 99.4145 united states dollars. hehe.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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lol 100 bucks to mix paint, remove calipers, prep calipers, spray calipers and replace em. The guy gave you a heads up on the price for all that and you told him off .... for trying to save you some money.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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first, if you cant even paint your calipers, you need to take up stamp collecting.

and to be honest, i wouldnt even paint someones calipers for $100
thats a damn good price.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Wow...
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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go get them powder coated, but when you hear the price dont swear at the dude.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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There's definitely an ******* in this story, and the shop owner wasn't he.....
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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So , who was the a-hole again?
Your not even good enough to be a ricer .. !!! J/K
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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just get that engine spray or caliper spray paint from auto zone, i jsut took off two wheels at a time, taped off everything around the car/brakes/grounud whatever with paper and sprayed like 5 layers on each caliper, while one layer was drying i was doing another wheel, if you can use your remote for your tv you can paint your calipers man.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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ibtl!!!!!!
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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you realize that break caliper painting kits are like 15$, a decent brush is like 2$..... lol and an hour of your time.... cmon son..
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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Im sure the body shop is heart broken that they cant paint your **** for u
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobalt30
Im sure the body shop is heart broken that they cant paint your **** for u
W3rD, they are probably rejoicing they don't have some bitchy customer that can't paint his own calipers.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobalt30
Im sure the body shop is heart broken that they cant paint your **** for u
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperchargedSS
So , who was the a-hole again?
Your not even good enough to be a ricer .. !!! J/K
Ohhhhhh........damn....wonder if that hurt him?
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