Smash repairs who not to use

[race_snooze]

I would like to get some other ppls experances of having to use smash repairs.

We know it happens to even the best of drivers. Mine has been of the road for close to 9 months now and the work is Pathetic nothing lines up properly, runs in the paint, extreamly bad customer service, like saying i own them for buffing the car, and I had to find the parts, the whole thing has been a nightmare from day one when really i should drop the car off and then get it back in perfect condition and not find the worst work and find out they wont fix it. Then to top it off he makes me look like a prick, and after having the car there for a while I find out that other skylines have been in there and a week later there front bar falls off. WTF. There is a lot lot lot more to this story but it would never fit in here, and I dont want to swear all over the thread. Now i am worried that the prick will do something to my car if he sees it.

[choochoobaa]

same with my car. i have taken her to several places and none have done a good job. my fault for finding the cheaper places but still the work they did is shocking and i got into a fight with one of the workers cause they tried getting more money out of me

[race_snooze]

Same who was it (almost a blue today), this all covered within my insurance, and there only starting to help now.

[Duncan]

Feel free to post your experiences, but as per the forum rules, you *cannot* name the businesses involved.

If anyone wants to know the workshop involved, please PM race_snooze.

[race_snooze]

Ok thought as much thanks

[choochoobaa]

yea i knew that. im uninsured (mates crashed my car twice(both times i was drunk and wasnt paying attention. long story)) so i had to find cheap places. the second time i took it to a poplular workshop and it took them months to fix and it still looks dodgy. so i dunno where i would go next. hopefully i wont have to take her anywhere again

[Duncan]

gee I hope you meant "I only have 3rd party property insurance" not "I'm uninsured".

If its the latter just think of the kid with a $10k bill who drove into our car the other day

[choochoobaa]

lol yeah i have 3rd party. im stupid but not THAT stupid

[Veilside R33]

if you want a good smash "creator" use quikeze towing, they did a great job of destroying and smashing my rear pod and then refusing to pay for any damage.

[race_snooze]

no i dont need any more headacks i just found out that the job that was done will prob have to be done again some other time to fix what was ment to be fixed in the first place, if you understand that good.

[choochoobaa]

u got lucky. i cant take my car back to certain people cause they cant do a better job even tho i spent thousands getting it fixed. and my car has been towed twice and both times my front bar was smashed

[race_snooze]

Thats crap

[choochoobaa]

thats my life

[PhantomS14]

It took 10 months, three attempts and two workshops to get some minor accident damage repaired. By the 3rd attempt it was at a different smash repairer. It's better than the previous place, but still some things that need to be fixed up (buffing of paint runs and paint pimples).

Insurance company and assesor appeared to lose interest with my predicament after a while and nothing happened, but after kicking up a bit of a stink in a polite way things finally got done.

race_snooze, it didn't happen to be a repairer in Mitchell by any chance? I've discovered a number of people since my car went to them that had their cars with them and were unhappy with the work, and unimpressed with their attitudes towards customer's cars.

[race_snooze]

It sure was in mitchell, same thing as what happen to you the asser didnt care about the job, he has now sold the bussness I think he was in with the smash repaires making a shit load of money out of it.

[jnr_j]

Small place in Fyshwick called David Hand Smash Repairs did a good job fixing a rear bump last year for me. David was a top bloke, can recommend them.