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dezz Grand Master

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it's @ spencer panels...

shannons wouldn't let me get the painting done elsewhere.... :)

either way its all painted up and looking good...

should be ready this week (but i'm not holding my breath)

What happened to your choice of repairer?

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joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Grand Master

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i had my car towed on the night of the accident to spencer, as this was easy at the time... it was open and my car got locked away.

after this, i spoke to shannons and they decided that this constituted my "choice of repairer"

i went in and inspected the shop and the work, and then decided to leave it there...

i tried to get it painted @ DT, but shannons would not allow it :)

it's ok, cause if i even find 1 thing wrong then i can have it resprayed... and i'm gonna check HARD.

i inspected the car this morning and the paintwork looks mint...

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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hahah dude, if someone is coughing up the $$ (ie Shannons) you wouldn't take it to DT :D I'm not bagging out Vu at all (my car was sprayed at DT, bodykit done at DT) but if i had the choice, i'd be straight to Mr Gloss or Charli Battisti (sp?) for like a $7K respray. And i know i wouldn't offend Vu by sending my car to Mr Gloss, he knows the score ;) Or even Mi-Colour

I'm sure if you said i'd like it sent to Mr Gloss, they wouldn't have cared but yeah, check the car thoroughly, but also keep an eye on it a few months down the track as well.

So what parts have been sprayed?

am i thinking of the right place? is it gardenvale?

still i think it was pretty weak of Shannons to take that as your "choice of repairer"... :)

joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Grand Master

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its in south melb....

i was trying to get it into DT cause i was TRYING to get them to respray the whole car.... no dice...

and i doubt they would have footed a 10k micolour style bill :) (would have been 1st choice if they were respraying it)

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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fair enough if you were going for a full respray...

but still, as i understood it, if you said "Mi-Colour... now" then as their much vaunted "choice of repairer" that shouldn't have been the deal.

Maybe there's some fine print about dropping your car off at a panel beater, or something like that

dezz Grand Master

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i had my car towed on the night of the accident to spencer, as this was easy at the time... it was open and my car got locked away.

after this, i spoke to shannons and they decided that this constituted my "choice of repairer"

i went in and inspected the shop and the work, and then decided to leave it there...

i tried to get it painted @ DT, but shannons would not allow it :(

it's ok, cause if i even find 1 thing wrong then i can have it resprayed... and i'm gonna check HARD.

i inspected the car this morning and the paintwork looks mint...

hahah dude, if someone is coughing up the $$ (ie Shannons) you wouldn't take it to DT :) I'm not bagging out Vu at all (my car was sprayed at DT, bodykit done at DT) but if i had the choice, i'd be straight to Mr Gloss or Charli Battisti (sp?) for like a $7K respray. And i know i wouldn't offend Vu by sending my car to Mr Gloss, he knows the score ;) Or even Mi-Colour

I'm sure if you said i'd like it sent to Mr Gloss, they wouldn't have cared but yeah, check the car thoroughly, but also keep an eye on it a few months down the track as well.

So what parts have been sprayed?

am i thinking of the right place? is it gardenvale?

still i think it was pretty weak of Shannons to take that as your "choice of repairer"... :P

Ditto..

If I ever need repairs/respray through insurance (touch wood), I'll be taking it to the most expensive place I can find...If that means they decide to write it off rather than pay the bill, then so be it. Vu knows he's my man if it's coming out of my pocket, but insurance wise I'll be taking them for all they're worth

joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Grand Master

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both towies had to come out as the car was too low and woudn't fit on the first truck so we had to get the flatbed :P

spencer panels shop is amazing, i left the car there as they have the equipment and skills to do the job properly.\

the only reason i was thinking of going to vu was to get a full respray (spencer wouldn't even let me PAY the difference) and because they aren't too happy about modifying front bars etc, as they normally deal with stock cars.

after work has commenced you can't change repairer... shannons have said that if i'm not happy then i can have it done again wherever i want but i have to let spencer finish the job first

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after work has commenced you can't change repairer... shannons have said that if i'm not happy then i can have it done again wherever i want but i have to let spencer finish the job first

ok, that sounds fair enough :P and by the sounds of it, they know what you'll be getting in terms of quality from Spencers

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DT arent good at all if you ask me, I had my fibreglass front bar repaired there, because my panelbeater doesnt do fibreglass, I asked to have ALL cracks in the damaged area ground back and filled back to original condish, and primer only over the repaired area.

I go to pick it up and the whole thing was painted over with primer...I get it painted a week later at my panel beater and low and behold cracks appear through the paint in the area that they supposedly repaired.

Rubbish work as far as im concerned.

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there's fibreglass, and then there's fibreglass - you can't always guarantee the outcome even if done to what you asked.

you'll also find, unlike some places, they're happy to fix any issues that come up and you can bring it straight back.

DT Panels is good work and cheap prices. That's how i see it. Solid work, but if you want to go higher, then you gotta pay. Mi-Colour does great work but would be way more than DT.

did you take your front bar back to DT?

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Ditto to all of the above. If you'd bothered to speak to DT, they would have rectified the problem. They are the best value for money panel beaters around. Of course if you wanted to pay $10000 for a respray you can go elsewhere, but if you want to pay $2000 and get a very reasonable job then they offer that option :ermm:

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Well considering it cost me $500 to have the bar sprayed after the repair, i doubt they would give me $500 to have it sprayed again as well as repairing it for the 2nd time.

So i didnt waste my time. Just wont go there again.

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well 6 weeks have past and i finally have my baby back!!!

car looks great... spencer panels did a bang up job!

i also tuned on e85 today.... vid in this thread has shot of cars front end :ermm:

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