I had received a few nice sized dents from some kids throwing rocks in a parking lot, and had the hood, fenders, roof, and pass. door painted (thanks to insurance!).
anyhow, the day after i picked it up, I noticed some overspray on a few other panels, and in the process of painting, my window regulator broke (vw, i love you!). the bodyshop let me know about the window regulator, finished the job, and i made an appointment to get the window regulator replaced. i`m not sure what would make someone do it, but whoever re-assembled my car used duct tape to hold the window up (on a freshly painted door!!!). Now, I had the window repaired last monday, but noticed that whoever worked on my window used SOMETHING abrasive to get the adhesive residue off the door. now I am left with the following items to repair:
<ul class=`bbc`>[*]two areas on the top of the door which are SUPER dull and VERY scratched. by looking, i can`t tell whether they have any clearcoat on them at all. the area IS smooth, but very very dull.[*]re-wax entire car, seems like they stripped it all. Not sure why, they didn`t paint the whole thing.[*]first attempt at touch up, using DavidB`s instructions, more of fixing their mistakes...[/list]
it`s unfortunate that I need to pick up the pieces from the bodyshop, but i`m not really too excited to have them even touch my car again. after they do their work on it tomorrow, i`ll update and (of course) ask for advice on handling the paint issues i`m sure they`ll be leaving me.
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