Spot the difference - post repair seams!!

[portzy]

Nah!, I wouldnt stand for that. Maybe some adjustment could be made to 'paralell' the bonnet between both wings but then you would need to reference the top of the bonnet in respect to the windscreen and the bottom of the bonnet in respect to the grille.

What I mean is you may gain some visual acceptance down both sides but then lose it elswhere, top and bottom.

If the wings are really that far out then you are on to a loser. really.

Portzy.

 

[goldestate]

I have encountered similar problems with the rust warranty work on my E320cdi including areas rubbed down but not painted, a mismatch of colour by a long way and primer showing through on tailgate around glass, overspray, sagging metallic, black lines in paintwork, scratches,pit holes where sandblasting has taken place, and rust completely missed, it was clear that the dealership had not looked at the car before returning it, to cap it all no car was available whilst these things were being corrected,correction SOME of these things were corrected, we all had to squeeze into a Micra for a week, and people accuse us poor customers of getting shirty, I then have it serviced at same time (stupid me) and get estimate for replacing electronic parts that clearly had been disconnected ,oh it must have been knocked off whilst it was being serviced Sir !!!!! plus astronomic time estimates for jobs needed they are taking the P++s this dealership is owned by Inchcape who should be ashamed of themselves, this year after a long delay I am in a position to purchase a new one, should I start kicking myself now or look elsewhere?

 

[PeterE320Cdi]

I had my car serviced and MOT'd last week. The garage had to remove and dry out one of the fog lights as a rain pipe had been stuck into the wrong hole in the fog light so it was filling it with water.

I wonder how long it will take till all the mistakes made by the bodyshop are sorted.

The car was misted up very badly today and the seatbelt felt damp too, not sure if this can be related to the reuse of door rubbers etc.

 

[bitonw]

The problem of these days is that most body shops don't want to pay good money for the sprayers. In the time I was working at Safety Kleen and visit lots of garages, factories and body shops I heard the stories. Also I saw big differents in quality of the body shops. Most of them were so dirty... while some others were very clean and tidy... And yes, I was in the workshop of Honda Mugen F1 Racing team to clean their Degrease Tanks but also in very very dirty body shops... Where you don't want to have your vehicle being serviced...

 

[stats007]

As i've said before, it seems almost impossible to get a good paint job done these days, my C230K is just back from having its 3rd round of rust repairs, most of it's pretty good but certainly not top quality, still deciding whether or not too take it back, trouble being Mercedes don't have their own bodyshops, mine has to go 60miles and was away 4weeks whilst we had a smart car. Now i've got it back my Jag has to go back in for the 3rd time after damage to the door was badly repaired by an insurance approved company, now it has to have one whole side, bonnet and boot lid re-finished in an attempt to get the colour right. I have to say though that DCUK are doing a fantastic job in an attempt to put right these corrosion issues, they realy must be furious at MB putting them in this position, my car must have had about £4000 of warranty work on rust so far, working for a company that imports German made vehicles myself, i feel for DCUK as they are probably having to foot the bill themselves.

Mercedes do have their own bodyshops - the trouble is you wouldn't want to use them.

 

[Glenn Smith]

Mercedes do have their own bodyshops - the trouble is you wouldn't want to use them.

Apparantly not, they use other shops that are approved, so MB told me.

 

[ddentrec]

That looks like a nasty alignment...I'm sure I can see the nuts holding the wing on!?

Methinks that the bonnet is a pattern part..or the wing..or even both. Cetainly one of them does not fit.

 

[mioba]

That looks like a nasty alignment...I'm sure I can see the nuts holding the wing on!?

Methinks that the bonnet is a pattern part..or the wing..or even both. Cetainly one of them does not fit.

agreed

 

[PeterE320Cdi]

Latest update, got my car back from its 3rd visit a few weeks ago after it had been given some polishing to try and remove the scratches which show up in sunlight.

Today was the first sunny day for a while and quess what - I can still see scratches in the paintwork.

I think they were originally caused by buffing too soon after the respray had been done.

Has anyone ever successfully removed this type of scratches by polishing or do I need to be pushing for another respray?

EDIT
One more thing, the front wiper, which was new a few months ago, seems to have lightly scratched the windscreen. I read another thread about paint ovens damaging wiper blades, could this be the cause and if so is there any way to test the rubber?

Thanks for all the help.

Peter.

 

[sye73]

Crickey Peter, sounds like this episode is turning into a REAL pain. I sympathise with your situation as I have never had a paint / repair job that I was happy with, and I'm not talkiing about being super-fussy either , I just want a good job done.
The problem that I guess you face now is that the more you return for corrective work, the greater the chance the bodyshop manager will become more unwilling to help, seeing you as ' a pain ' . I hope this is not the case because, like me, you expect a good job done and not to have to still be dealing with this weeks and weeks after.
Anyway, it is normally possible to remove scratches with appropriate mops - Hopefully the company will do the right thing and sort this for you.
I suspect the windscreen damage you refer to had been caused by general bodyshop debris collecting against the wiper blade which then scratches the screen as the wiper is used. I think light glass marks can also be polished out with the appropriate machinery

 

[Dieselman]

Definately the swirls and hologram effect can be polished out with a rotary polisher but before opting for this have a paint thickness check performed.

Most bodyshops can't properly polish paint, they use too agressive pads and compounds. Their job is to reduce unlevel and orange peel effect paint. What you need is a paint refinisher to give the car a polish with a rotary polisher, or do it yourself (but understandably, you don't want to).

Due to the use of waterbased paints it is much harder to obtain a decent paint job and finish so the only option may be to refinish what's there.

Funnily enough I am just starting the process of refinishing my paint mainly for this reason. Only done one door and boot lid so far but results are good.