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My mechanic dented my door replacing the tires. When they offered to replace the door, they mistakenly repaired it instead, but now they insist repairing is the right choice for two reasons. First, the paint job on a new door would be inferior to the original paint job. According to the manager, the manufacturer bakes their paint job to 600 degrees, which results in a more resilient coat. The body shop can only bake their paint job on a new door to 150 degrees.
Normally, that wouldn't be enough to smooth me over, but they also offered to repaint and clear bra my hood for free.
I don't know anything about paint jobs, but the repair appears good (hinges not bent, cosmetically indistinguishable from the exterior, paint not damaged) and the hood paint and clear bra was an offer I wasn't expecting.
Pic related, the initial damage. Thoughts?
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>>17090381
This isn't rotated correctly. For contect, this is the bottom of the driver's side door on a 2016 WRX.
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You ducked up
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>>17090591
Get off yur iPhone u millennial!
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>>17090591
Did I? They say they'll still replace the door if I change my mind. Is it necessary?
>>17090599
Sales rep texted the photos to me and I didn't want to transfer them.
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>>17090381
The more I read about this online, the more I see there's some truth behind the manager's statement about manufacturer vs body shop paint jobs. I think I'll just roll with it.
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>>17090669
you can't beat manufacturer paint. A respray will never be as good. Your guys don't sound like they're trying to do you over.
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Respray would be awful.
Id get them to fix and give u warranty on that spot for 4 years. Just that spot.
Also. How do u fkn dent a fkn door on the car when swapping tires.
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>>17090381
You deserve it. If you were going to have someone do the work for you, you bought the wrong car, kid
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>>17094309
Because OP probably went to a shop full of mouth breathers
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>>17094309
Well probably not taking the wheels off but more than likely from hitting the lift accidents happen sucks tho but hey at least they sound like a reasonable shop
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>>17090381
No. You make them buy a new door and get it factory painted for you, fuck them.
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>>17096010
and by "new door" i mean from fucking subaru, not juans sheet metal fabricators, god DAMN I hate every auto shop in existence
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>>17094309
>>17094577
I took it to the dealer for maintenance. Not only that, the dealer has a poor reputation in town. The tire swap is biannual deal for winter, and I figured something so simple would be impossible to fuck up.
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>>17094660
That's how I was feeling, but now I'm a bit anxious about taking the free hood job. My hood was full of chips, which always bothered me, but now I'm concerned the paint job there will be cosmetically inferior.
They tell me it will be ready tomorrow, so I'll report back then.
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