Camaro's of East Texas Car Club 02/11/2012

[wullger]

Why so early?

[6bangerBOOM]

Originally Posted by Uhoh5oh

Not sure I will make it now. I may be working on the bumper to try and fix it. Got screwed hard on this deal.

Aww man. My heart feels for ya bro. What happened?

[Uhoh5oh]

Originally Posted by 6bangerBOOM

Aww man. My heart feels for ya bro. What happened?

Here comes the long winded response......

When I first took the fascia to Garage Junkies they said they could do it with no problem. Scheduled a test fitting on March 10, and I quote Chris, "Let's do a test fit to make sure it will work with no major problems. I don't want to send it off to get painted and then it not work and you be stuck with bumper that you can't return." The two weeks passed and I dropped my car off on March 10. Went back to the shop March 11 in the afternoon to get the car. Chris stated he would have to do some fabrication but he could do it. I asked for a ballpark figure on paint and install. Chris said he wanted to take the fascia to his paint guy in Dallas to make sure it had a good color match. Chris told me he would get me a quote once his paint guy had looked at it. This was all discussed on March 11. Fast forward to April 8!! Chris text me to let me know he would have a quote to me that afternoon. At 7:16pm he finally text me back and said $350 to paint and $225 to install but that could go up due to fabrication. I agreed. Chris told me the fascia should be back from painting on Monday April 13. On Thursday April 23 Chris told me he would be picking the bumper up on the 24. I went all weekend without hearing anything from him. I contacted Chris on Monday April 27 to ask if we could schedule the install later that week. Chris said he had Thursday and Friday open. I set the install up for Thursday. I dropped the car off on Wednesday evening, everything was still going as planned. I text Chris Thursday at 3:37 to see if my car would be ready that day or to wait and get it on Friday. Chris told me Friday would be a safe bet. Seven minutes later Chris calls me on the phone and tells me I need to come pick the bumper up, that it is trash and they can't make it work on my car. Completely different from what I had been told for the past month and a half. When I got to the shop Chris was on the phone and acted annoyed that I had showed up. I spoke with the tech that was putting the bumper on. He walked me over to where my car was and this is what I saw. My factory bumper had been removed from the car. The factory grille was laying in the new fascia, no attached, merely laying there. The tech proceeds to tell me how crappy the bumper is. He clamied that he had the bumper laying under a heat lamp to get the urethane to straighten out(this should have been done before it was painted). The tech showed me where the paint has started to crack due to the bending the bumper has done while they were attempting to get it to shape right. The tech said the bumper was way to flimsy and it would never hold shape. I then noticed they hadn't even removed the shipping supports from the bumper and where attempting to install the grille with them in place!! I asked him how long would it take for him to put my stock bumper back on. He said 30 minutes because he needed to get my car out of the way for other projects......and there it was, the truth. They realized they didn't know what they were doing and needed to get it out of shop. Once I got the bumper home a friend with a lot of experience in this area came over. Not only did they not remove the shipping supports, they never mounted any of the hardware from the factory bumper into the new one for it to hold shape. The bumper was also never properly prepped before painting. It wasn't sanded. There was one layer of primer and one layer of yellow!!! I've seen Jaymie's finger nail polish hold up better than this crap. When I contacted Chris about the paint, the only thing I paid for, he merely replied with a picture of my bumper with primer on it. I told him I know it was primed, but it was never sanded. Chris told me he would call me in the morning to work it out and guess what.......still no phone call.

I am now assembling a team to do this project the right way, on my own with help. What a freaking nightmare this has been. Don't think I will ever go back to Garage Junkies for anything.

[6bangerBOOM]

Man I hate to hear that. All that aside is the bumper still workable for install?

[Uhoh5oh]

Originally Posted by 6bangerBOOM

Man I hate to hear that. All that aside is the bumper still workable for install?

I think so. It's going to take some time and work but I think we can salvage it. The paint is shot though. So I will have to get it repainted.

[T-Rae]

Originally Posted by wullger

Why so early?

Registration starts at 8:00 show starts at 9:00 and I'm figuring 45 min to Kilgore. If we leave Hastings at 7:30 we should arrive there around 8:15. We can move it to later, you all just let me know what time you want to leave Hastings and I'll be there.

[Cal's bee]

I'm thinking 7:30 and leaving at 7:45.

[Cal's bee]

A little early for some that are traveling further.

[Cal's bee]

Jeff, that is why I like doing stuff myself. That is one bad horror story.

[Uhoh5oh]

Originally Posted by Cal's bee

Jeff, that is why I like doing stuff myself. That is one bad horror story.

I have learned my lesson.

[Green Machine 2010]

Originally Posted by Uhoh5oh

I have learned my lesson.

7:30 meet and leave at 7:45 sounds good to me! So did they put the old bumper back on for you im guessing?

[Uhoh5oh]

Originally Posted by Green Machine 2010

7:30 meet and leave at 7:45 sounds good to me! So did they put the old bumper back on for you im guessing?

Yes they put the old bumper back on. I won't be making the meeto tomorrow. Going to start work on fixing the bumper. Good luck to everyone!! I'll have my fingers crossed for yall.

[Green Machine 2010]

Hey does anyone have a canopy for tomorrow? Its supposed to be pretty hot. If not i will go 50 50 with someone to get one.

[Green Machine 2010]

Originally Posted by Green Machine 2010

Hey does anyone have a canopy for tomorrow? Its supposed to be pretty hot. If not i will go 50 50 with someone to get one.

I went ahead and got one. It was only like 50 bucks so not too bad.