View Full Version : my body shop turned me down
so, everyone knows that I have recently been into an accedent...but I had this idea that I would be able to replace the parts with a body kit and I would pay the difference ($ of body kit - $ of stock). I print up prices and pictures of how it would look exactly...and as soon as I broke out the first pic, he said, "Oh, that's cr@p, you don't want that...noone will buy the car if u do that to it- keep it stock" $#%$&#%& what a D*<K!!! I didn't get out 2 sentances b4 he turns away my business....oh well, looks like it's stock body 4 me :(
-sorry so long, just had to vent...i've been P'ed off all F'ing day...
JScullin
02-04-2003, 12:27 AM
Doesn't your insurance company cut you the check and not the body shop? That's how it happened to me with my old car.
yeah, but they won't do the work for it...and now my parents are slowly siding with them...(the car is in their name)
EckoCougar
02-04-2003, 01:35 AM
hey take it to another grage and then another one untill they will do it and do u pay for ur car cuz then just tell them mom its not nothing bad its to make my car look better and the truth is u can get more then the blie book value with body altering
JScullin
02-04-2003, 10:28 AM
Soon as you add a bodykit you immediatly decrease your selling audience. Depending on the kit you may not be able to drive it in the winter (or should not anyway), if that bumper gets ruined in an accident by either you or who you sold it to then insurance may not cover it because it's not a factory item. They may make you replace it with a stock bumper.
EckoCougar
02-04-2003, 01:57 PM
well if i was u i would go for it but thats me
TheCouga
02-04-2003, 06:45 PM
just keep it stock and do hte engine up...make it a sleeper....personally i think cougar body kits look like crap but thats just me
gcougar99
02-05-2003, 09:16 PM
no way... i agree about making it a sleeper that was my plan untill the hit and run that happend to me. Now im going to get a kit or atleast the front bumper to a kit just because i might as well do it all at once. but yeah sleeper is a good idea, except i do believe body kits are lighter than stock bumpers and such.