12-04-2019, 02:13 PM
Been taking my sweet sweet time getting this thing BaT-worthy. Done so far: tires, new rear bumper, accessory belt, battery. //TODO: front lower control arms, PDR two places, maybe wheel refinishing. I didn't notice until months after the tires were done that there was minor damage to a couple of the wheels from the mounting - I thought it was just the leftover tire mounting goop. Might swing by DeltaV to complain but don't expect much. I've always wanted to see how they would look in the factory Chrome Shadow color, but the closest place that can do that is 5 hours south in NC and it'd be $185/wheel. Would I get that back in BaT bucks? I'm on the fence.
On top of the wheel thing, the body shop experience for the bumper was more of a todo than it needed to be. At pickup, the bumper wasn't pushed in all the way (a simple shove fixed it) and the trunk wouldn't close. "We didn't even open the trunk" was a blatant lie (I swung by and have a picture of the whole thing removed), and they shoved some universal clips on the trim the latch was hitting and lied again "been doing that awhile, latch is all scraped up." When I got home, I had to adjust the bumper vertically to make it fit right, threw some OE clips on the trim, and fixed the trunk gasket they didn't remount correctly. AND this was the shop DeltaV recommended. I feel like I'm satisified with 10-20% of any service I get, whether car or house related. Tired of that shit. So...fingers crossed in the f80 warranty department there.
Rambling aside, at this point it's probably best to wait until after the holidays to list it on BaT, right?
On top of the wheel thing, the body shop experience for the bumper was more of a todo than it needed to be. At pickup, the bumper wasn't pushed in all the way (a simple shove fixed it) and the trunk wouldn't close. "We didn't even open the trunk" was a blatant lie (I swung by and have a picture of the whole thing removed), and they shoved some universal clips on the trim the latch was hitting and lied again "been doing that awhile, latch is all scraped up." When I got home, I had to adjust the bumper vertically to make it fit right, threw some OE clips on the trim, and fixed the trunk gasket they didn't remount correctly. AND this was the shop DeltaV recommended. I feel like I'm satisified with 10-20% of any service I get, whether car or house related. Tired of that shit. So...fingers crossed in the f80 warranty department there.
Rambling aside, at this point it's probably best to wait until after the holidays to list it on BaT, right?
2001 M5
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3