Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:09:26 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
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regarding paint shops and quality of work.
Really good paint work ..............is a RARE, RARE thing......
I can count on one hand all the car or vanagon paint jobs I've ever seen
that were actually good.
Most paint and body work is very poorly done, regardless of how much one
pays.
That's not to say people haven't gotten good paint jobs on vanagons
sometimes,
I personally much prefer 'original with minor flaws' over re-painted.
the perception is that 'new paint job' is a good thing is not a well-placed
notion in my opinion. Most paint work is pretty lame frankly.
Actually , lots of car work of any type is very poorly done. It's a crime
even.
I've even told a car painter guy on a BMW Coupe I had, I wasn't that
worried about how much it cost, just how well done it was.
And I paid 3 grand, and I had to take it right back to fix lots of lame
parts of the job.
Wish it wasn't that way ..............but pretty much I'd say don't expect
paint work to be done really well, casuse usually it's not.
I know of exactly TWO paint guys that do perfect work.
All the rest..........overspray on the exhasut system parts, overspray
though vent grills, paint on the spare tire............you name it .......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Speier" <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
> vent window first, than the rollup.
> florian
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:44 PM, M'obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:
>
>> When you reinstall the front glass do you put the wing frames in first,
>> and
>> then the roll ups, or the roll ups and then the wing.. and then there's
>> the
>> rubber in three parts around the roll up windows....
>>
>> And... VW really screwed up as far as the metal just behind where the
>> electric window switches go, there is a strip of metal that curves
>> outward
>> (or really, as far as passengers are concerned, its inward) and will do
>> damn
>> good job scratching your roll up glass. There is felt above this most
>> jutted
>> out area, but odd that its so miserly doesn't cover enough of the area,
>> its
>> just a little square bit of felt.
>>
>> Had someone install my glass.. either they scratched my paint during
>> install of the glass... or the crap place that painted my Vanagon is
>> responsible for spraying my vanagon with instantly peeling paint. No one
>> should ever use Maaco. The argument, that so-and-so place does a good
>> job,
>> better than "other" Maaco's doesn't hold up to reality... its a cheap
>> bastards fantasy. Paying them doesn't change this fantasy's delusion.
>>
>> Bettery to just grab a spray can of paint and vandalize your Vanagon
>> before
>> ever considering Maaco. If you have a problem, their solution is to hang
>> up
>> on you when calling them. In today's economy especially, they need to go
>> out
>> of business.
>>
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