Just come across this thread which is very interesting. Could not believe the amount of tape on the imperfections. Probably most people would be seduced by the just painted look & drive away. That's what they rely on. Promise the earth but fail to deliver. At least they accepted it was not good enough. I imagine there were a few home truths after you had gone. Gould to see you stood your ground & had them re-do it. Terrific job with the ceramic coating. All my cars have Gtechnic coating. Car looks better than new. Go & enjoy it.
Thanks, I was so patient with them and for so long, that I couldn't believe the condition upon initial presentation. I think that the main thing that caused them to look inwards was my patience and courtesy throughout, in addition to my steadfastness when it came to inspection.
Thankfully, having been around bodywork all my life (my dad is a mechanic), I have an eye trained to spotting imperfections... as I have fingertips trained to recognise fabrics from having worked in menswear retail for many years as a teenager!
They were contrite and returned with a 95% good job, but subsequent discovery of the bumper over-run, rust in bottom corner of osr door and possibly behind rear number plate suggests that they didn't do the groundwork as promised, to the standard they should have done. I wouldn't go back to them, as it was too painful.
Nevertheless, it was a good job for the money and I believe that they were earnest, just struggling to cope with a high quality job with the high volume of work they were getting.
Also, I think that when clean, the car looks mega and really highlights a very nice design (as I think that all E class estates exhibit, to be fair).
