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Yea, that's what I've learnt now! And sorry for recline ding him to you...only if I knew... Glad you didn't go there!

I said it was nothing to do with me what happened between you and him! Just like it's nothing to do with anybody else what happened between me and him - I'm not blaming anybody else for it, just warning people! Without trying to blow this up or go into tiny get ails it still sounds to me like you still lack insight! And this this is what was/is annoying about the whole. You recommended someone to me who gives me the run around, does a really bad job and when I complained to you about this after the end of the protracted saga, you said it's none of your business what happened between the 2 of us👀! This comes accross as unsympathetic and selfish. You fail to see that what happened is that I got a shocking service by someone you recommended! It wasn't a social complaint though is behaviour is also shocking! I was'nt asking you for a refund but some acknowledgement that you misled me and this guy has messed up. This is taking responsibility. The least could have been on the lines of "i"ll speak to "my mate" to see how this can be redressed or to let him know you were unhappy with the service", Not its nothing to do with me because it does👎. I'm not blaming you for his actions but for claiming he was a professional when by the evidence of it all you where guess or quoting his words without substantiated evidence. So it's good the same treatment was metted out to you despite him being your mate and highly professional ( "very anal about his work" as you put it!) Well, I'm sorry for recommending him! I did speak to him about your job - but he just chatted so much bullsh*t, making out it was your fault and that - so I just left it, as already had my car in bits and didn't want to cause an argument before we even started. And I was angry at the time as you sold me bumper as we agreed...with just 1 crack... But then it appeared that mesh is home as well (even that's the point you've spent 5mins on the phone toe saying how good it was etc) and it wasn't just 1 crack...hairline cracks all over and so on...but that's nothung to do with this thread! At the time I was sure that he is good at his job - after all them pics he was sending me... If I knew he was crap - I would never recommend him to anyone and definitely wouldn't take my car there!

Provisionally sold. Awaiting payment

Thanks mate. Not sure about qualifications, probably none, as he is quite thick! Experience - I know he worked for couple of bodyshops before and had his other bodyshop for couple of years before moving into new unit. But since this, I had few messages from people who used to work with him saying that "he was sh*t years ago, and looks like he is still sh*t" and he was sacked from one of the bodyshops as well, which I only found out recently.

Oh I'm glad you avoided it! I was looking through my messages to see if I can find it - but couldn't, so thought I post it on open forum!

I said it was nothing to do with me what happened between you and him! Just like it's nothing to do with anybody else what happened between me and him - I'm not blaming anybody else for it, just warning people!

Haha may be that's what it is! Lol

I know... It's quite sad and annoying... But for some reason I'm not that annoyed as I thought I would be haha may be because it looks ok ish from the distance and I kkow that it will be sorted properly soon lol

I know what it's like as well when you trust people to work on your car and the results are far from satisfactory despite a good outlay of cash or in your case time & cash. I had some body work/spray painting done on my Zed last year locally which although they did "good" work in some places like my front bumper, side skirts & roof their work on my rear quarter was really poor. Going to be a job for another body shop now but I have no idea who to trust locally so I'm not rushing to throw my money at it just yet. I know what it's like as well when you trust people to work on your car and the results are far from satisfactory despite a good outlay of cash or in your case time & cash. I had some body work/spray painting done on my Zed last year locally which although they did "good" work in some places like my front bumper, side skirts & roof their work on my rear quarter was really poor. Going to be a job for another body shop now but I have no idea who to trust locally so I'm not rushing to throw my money at it just yet. yea, it's really hard to find out how good are they! I'm glad I've got a choice of 3 places now, which are highly recommended and was gonna go to one of them originally, until he said he will sort me out! I thought he was good as he was chatting all that stuff...like anal he is about everything and will re-do the job if he is not happy (even tho customer is happy) and all that! I stupidly recommended him on here before and 1 member took his front bumper to him.... which as far as i know - was messed up as well! I suppose we learn on our mistakes!

Thanks As I said in your thread before - I can highly recommend Southam Bodies... give them a call and arrange a visit and speak to the guy - he knows his stuff, done many show cars and got his own old Porsche in there now - when he took covers off it - my jaw just dropped - never seen a car in such immaculate state!

Nnnnnniiice!

That's right... it was a private deal and I wasn't gonna say anything on here or FB.... but he asked for it himself! Cheers man It will get sorted soon!

Thanks mate! That's what others said! Other comments I had were: "My 3 year old son can do a better job" "I'm having a baby girl in 1 week time... give her 1 month and she will do a better job" and many more that actually made me laugh It will get done properly soon... just a shame about wasted time and was hoping to have car sorted for the Fast Show next Sunday... won't happen now! But I know it will be done properly next time

WARNING: BAD LANGUAGE Finally got some time to do a little write up about this. Some of you already seen this on my FB. Story started last year... when so called "mate" asked for help setting up his new body shop. I've spent weekend helping him out... he knew i needed my front end respraying - so he said that he will sort it out for me, free of charge, for helping him. So I thought I help him as much as i can, as felt bad getting him to respray my front end for just helping him out for 2 days... So in the end I've spent there 7 or 8 days over weekends. Few months later he started saying "when you bringing your car in?" and then straight away giving me quotes for like £600-700 to which I said "this is not what we agreed on?"... so in the end he said "yea, ok, i will stick to my word". Took my car there last month to have front bumper repaired and resprayed, arches resprayed and carbon bonnet sprayed same colour as the car. We pretty much spent 3 days on the car non stop...i got there 9am on tuesday and left bodyshop at 4pm on Thursday.... but he hasn't touched my car till Wed evening (messed around with his mates all day tuesday, smoke breaks every 10mins, sitting in the office checking FB and so on) ... I was doing everything i could myself (prep wise etc) - but obviously im not specialist, so told him to go over it and double check.... on Wed evening he finally decided to start on my car... On Thu morning he lost it...we had an argument...i nearly punched him, but needed my car finished, so i didn't He was screaming that this is costing him so much and im getting it for nothing and so on. That nothing cost me around £1400... Let me break that down Lets say i was there for 7 days.... That's £50 in petrol every time i went there = £350 Them 7 days i could've worked for around £150 per day = 1050 Total 1400 (even more if i was there for 8 days... can't remember now) But he is keep saying that it cost me nothing? Plus I've paid £100 towards paint, paid for his breakfast/lunch/fags etc etc etc! I wasn't gonna put anything on FB or anywhere... but as soon as i left bodyshop - he blocked me on his FB and started calling me a "c*nt" and other things... that I've used him and all that! And aparently, when i was leaving body shop, i said that i will pop back in and will bring him £200 extra for the job.... Hmmmm.... i think someone was day dreaming and until this day he thinks his job was a top notch and im in wrong! Here are some pics of the top notch job 1. Front bumper Back of lip completely missed and still in primer Same bit but on other side... loks like lacquer was just p**sed on Oversprays and no straigh lines (ignore hole in the bumper...it was my amazing driving skills day later ) Bubbling on the paint Nice and smooth Other bad bits: Barely any lacquer on arches and bonnet! He never polished it up.... so i took to a local, very decent bodyshop with 20+ years of experienece to get it all poliched up and shiny - on what straight away he said "i wouldn't even touch it as there is not enough lacquer and it wilg go straight through to the paint" and he said to get it ALL(bumper,arches,bonnet) right - it will need to be sanded down and started from the scratch. Not my own words and same thing was said by another bodyshop! And to top it off - i had new rear window spoiler to put one (Tarmac one) which came in gloss black plastic and looked perfectly fine to me - but he insisted that he paints it gloss black.... and guess what? Yep, he messed that one up as well... primed it... painted it... but missed nearly half of it. I resprayed it myself at home and done a better job with a rattle can So yea, if you want your car ruined - I can hook you up with his details But if you want to avoid him - its "CAR Specialist", based in Redditch (Howard road) and his name is Eddy Harris/Hinds (uses 2 surnames). Warn others! Edit: Forgot to mention about bonnet... I did say that bonnet and arches have barely any lacquer on them, but while arches at least look half decent, parts of bonnet dried out like rush because if just few drops of lacquer. Also he didn't wait wait for it to cool down and masked it away while lacquer was still soft - there are few lines from masking tape now.

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Wooohooooo! Looking forward to this! Have you bought new big hammer?

P.s. Yes, they will fit any Z

Yep, that's correct mate

Is it done yet? Can I take it out for a spin yet?

For sale brand new, still in the sealed box, GoPro HERO action camera. These retail for £95-120. I'm looking for £90 posted. More details: http://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero/CHDHA-301-master.html

Car looks bad ass, Uncle K

He can do my bushes soon as well

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Near banbury I would reccomend Southam Bodies - in business for over 20 years and top notch guys (2 of them), done many show cars in past years and now they finished their own old school Porsche - and it looks amazing! I think i will be taking my car there to get "fixed" after "CAR Specialist" ruined it.

Surely a comma is needed there? +1