Thanks !

Jesus.. i just can't sleep. I think I'm gonna fired my lawyer in the morning and hire the one who can help me to take my car out of hell ASAP! this gotta be worst thing that ever happened to me in my life....... smh

Just relax bro. Play cool and everything will be alright soon.


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The bottom line is the insurance company cannot legally force you to use an incompetent body shop.
1) make sure you have photos of everything as is
2) get at least one other pro body shop to inspect the current condition
3) have the dealer inspect the vehicle
4) get it fixed where you want (within reason and at a justifiable cost)
5) launch a civil suit against both the insurance company and the bodyshop.

I know this may be more expensive to you for the moment, but it will be better for you and the car in the long run. :twocents:

No!
 

This experience has really been hard on you, and understandably so, but it's just a car. No lives are at risk, and you can deal with this upset any way you want. So don't let the b@$%#&ds get you down (that way, they win). We're all rooting for you.

^ that's exactly what I was gonna do. I'm so glad that I have all the photos from beginning!!! I think there is some kinda insurance fraud going on bc my adjuster is almost begging me to stay there ..

Yeah. Fraud for sure! The adjuster probably raise the cost of the the repair. Then charge the insurance. I believe this is not the first time they did this. Put them both in a jail!!!


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Just hired independent auto appraiser!! Heading down to the shop tomorrow morning.

Good luck, man! :tup:

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The Shop and the insurance violated repair law at least in two areas!! I'm Building solid case against the shop and the insurance!! Its gonna take some time but they will pay for their unlawful acts!!!

That's the punishment of fraud. Agree!!!


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Any updates as of today?

General attorneys office will contact the shop in few days.
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I just got the car back.. and there r tooled scratches in few places but it looks much better tho. Well even tho. I'm not 100% happy with it, but the shop gave me $1000 check for parts that I brought to them and he is gonna do some paint on lip kit for free. After all Its just a car and it was my fault that I wrecked it and took it to wrong place at first place!!. I'm done stressing about the car and its time to move on!! Thank u for all ur support!! It meant a lot to me!! U GUY R AWESOME!!!!!!!!

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Cheers!!!:)


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Glad to see it all worked out in the end, James.

LOOKING GOOD!

I have learned my lessons as well. I had a similar experience years ago. I had to fight to have my insurance to have it fixed at a different body shop after some shady work was done. Ever since, I have to make sure and let the shops know that I take pride in my ride and I will make sure the work they do is proper, and if it is not I will be returning to make sure they get it right. I am not some little old lady who doesn't care if they do a good job or not.

I always do a walk around on the car also, to make sure they see that the car is in good shape before they touch it! Even when getting new tires!

I think that most people let stuff slide and these body shops get complacent and do crappy work. They need to learn their lessons. :)

I get in 3 times of accidents and always bring it to the dealer's body shop or dealer's recommendation body shop. The good thing about them is when u bring back your car and they honor to fix it for u. No question if they see what u point out and unacceptable. So guys. Whatever happens. Don't listen to random body shops. They might offer like take care of your deductible or whatever. But they do some crap work and don't care about your car. But I'm glad for James that everything work out for u buddy! Don't blame yourself. No one expected they like that. Just don't ever go back to that shop anymore.


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This was my first accident in 12years..
I shouldn't have driven my car like I was in Cali.. lesson learned..

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Its probably still best if you just sell or trade the car off on something else.

What did they do to correct all the drywall screws put into the rocker panel area.

This area should have been spot welded in place and properly sealed. Once area is properly fixed the repair should be undetectable.

From the pictures it looks like they just hammered in the screw areas and then used bondo and resprayed them.

Since you live in a very damp state and driving the car in the rain or left in a moisture will tend to cause rust around every screw they put in the panels and then the paint will blister and lift.

You should have really settled for more than a $1000 for this case and had another professional shop do the work correctly.

Before you have a body shop do any work you need to make sure that they have enough professional tools and experienced body shop workers.
Make sure you see some shop guys that are at least in there late 20's and 30 and up.

If you see a lot of young kids take your car and run.

Ask for a tour showing the following tools, if they don't have one of these items, most likely they are hacks.

1. professional down draft paint booth separate from body shop area, note you can't paint a car in the same building where body work is done, ( to much dust etc.)
2. Welders- spot welders, oxy/acc, mig welders etc.
3. frame straightening machine.
4. Electric Weld on dent pullers, if they say they drill holes, to pull dents than run.

Listed above are the basics for any body shops, anyless and they are not professionals.

I will have the dealer body shop to check my car on Monday. thanks for ur help!!!

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Yes absolutely! That's your foot bro! U can't go anywhere without a car. So have to take a good care. Keep us updated!


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The pic of screws on side skirt area was not his car...

Kinda...
Well I check my car and match perfectly on the latest pictures. And I don't think random body shops can do it or match it like oem. Well in my mind the shop might bring it to the dealer and let the dealer fix it for James if that's true then should be perfectly fine...


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Glad to hear the Dry Wall Screw Job wasn't your car. What exactly did they do to your car, panels , dents, etc.

Replaced back bumper and quarter panel!!





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Wtffffffffff..

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From when they took it on joy rides. Their teenage garage kiddies can't turn corners and/or parallel park, clearly.

Smfh. the shop is begging me to Sue them. that's brand wheel!! Awesome.!!!

Scratch is on inner line of my wheel.. I guess it happened when the Body shop owner took my car to local tire shop to have them mount my new wheels and tires!! :mad:



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Yup, that's curb rash - from someone taking a corner too sharp and scraping the wheel on a curb. That's one of the rear wheels, right?

Yup. It is. It doesn't seem like curb rash tho. Ima take it to tire shop where i got my tires tomorrow to ask them.. whoever did it its on the body shop owner bc my car was under his supervision!!

I can't believe I'm going so much trouble bc simple car accident!!
and my grandmother just had cancer surgery yesterday.. I really don't need **** in my life now.. jeezz

I HOPE THAT NON OF U GUYS NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT IM GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW!! LEARN FROM MY HORROR EXPERIENCE!!!

DO NOT GO TO THE BODY SHOP JUST BC GOOD FRIEND OF URS SAID SO.!!
JUST GO TO THE DEALER OR ASK THEM WHICH BODY SHOP THEY TAKE THEIR CAR TO!!


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Sorry to hear man, just relax and make sure they fix all the issues. Bottom line. They need to pay and learn...

What your going thru is nothing, compared to what life has in store for you !

Marriage,Kids,Divorce,Child Support, Death of parents etc.

Your young , in good health , and you have your whole life ahead of you, so your out a few bucks, its all part of lifes experiences in store for you.

You just need to sit back and laugh at it all, its life.

Once you realize the true nature of life and the world, the better off you will be.

The facts:
Life sucks, your born its a struggle, adult hood is a struggle, old age is a strugge then you die.

Everyone is always looking out for themselves , and will try and screw you if it benefits them.

Trust no one, even friends and family, only trust in yourself.


Make your choices in life wisely in order to minimize, there future impact later in life.

Always plan for the unexpected and in the event disaster comes , you will be ready for it.

The other thing is never recommend to anyone a bussiness, doctor etc. to friends or family, it can come back to haunt you, just tell them to shop around and research the bussiness or professional they plan to use for any bad references online or BBB etc.

Disagree with this.

Your mind would quickly , change once a friend or family members screws you over.

Once it boils down to money or a situation, that goes its either your *** or theirs

Me too! I disagree. Friends might be. But family? I always trust them!:) well let's get back to James topic!:)


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