Well... for those of you who don't know the story, I initially dropped off my car on 6/25/03 at Body Pros in Garden Grove, CA to get a JDM front painted/installed, side skirts painted, and new 98+ rear bumper painted/installed.

My front end was finally completed on 11/12/03. My sideskirts and rear bumper didn't match though, so I left them there along with my gas cap (for colormatching) to get resprayed. Finally, last Friday (1/16/04) my rear bumper and sideskirts were finished.

The rear bumper and sideskirts don't match, and there is still quite a bit of orange peel left on the front end work, as seen in all of the pictures below. Another thing is that he painted the black part on the rear bumper when he wasn't supposed to, so he ended up having to repaint that black, and did a shoddy job at that too.

I'm filing complaints with the BBB and BAR against the body shop, who coincidentally, is in the process of being audited by the state board (I guess for not paying his payroll taxes?) Anyhow, enough talk for now. On to the pics!



This picture was taken when I went to see the progress on my car on 8/08/03



This one was taken when I picked up my car to go get smogged on 8/19/03 (my registration was due in September) Notice that the color difference between the front and rear doors?









(notice the orange peel on the front door and fender)







How's that for "professional" color matching? He even had my gas cap to match









(those spots are paint from when he repainted the black parts, not dirt)

I'm going to be putting my '97 bumper back on later, but not until after the next SoCal Fuddrucker's meet on the 21st (I want to "show off" the quality of Body Pros' work to you guys in person)

I'm not sure what my complaints to the BAR and BBB will do, but hey, it doesn't hurt, right?

Also, before you guys say "go take your car back and have him fix it", I'm sick of dealing with Wally at the shop. He's the owner of Body Pros now (his brother, Derek, left a while ago) and from what I have seen over the past 6 months, is having a lot of trouble running the business. I haven't seen a worker stay there for over 30 days. Two weeks ago, he was down to two workers, and last Friday when I went to pick up my bumper and sideskirts, it was only him and his wife there all day.

Keep in mind that this shop has done work for cars in several magazines (RJ De Vera for one) and several cars for SEMA shows.

Anyhow, the next plans for my car are bronze Rota C8's, and installing my Eibach Pro-Kit (I already have Tokico Blues). Cheers




Modified by B U N M A N G O at 6:08 PM 1/27/2004

 

Finally

 

Who cares if he's having a hard time ask for some money back! His fault for running a shop like ****. On another note; they lookin for more people? All you REALLY need now is so slam that bish and it'd look 10x better.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .jefs0ng &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Who cares if he's having a hard time ask for some money back! His fault for running a shop like ****. On another note; they lookin for more people? All you REALLY need now is so slam that bish and it'd look 10x better.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, I'm tired of dealing with him and his wife. The only way I'm dealing with him from now on is through a lawyer.

I'm not going to slam the car either, I had RS*R Down springs installed back in high school (2" drop) and it got tiring. I'm only looking for a mild drop, something that the Pro-Kit should provide.

 

atleast you got your car back

 

Nice car. Shady paint shop.

 

nice accord sedan.... that body shop cant paint match worth crap... hope the BBB shuts that fingerpainting shop down! props to the bunmango for getting his ride back tho... front end looks awsome

 

I wish my brother didnt crash my si and destroy my old front bumper or I would of added some pics of the body work they did on my car and gave that to you to help plead your case.

 

nice nice...i want oh sooo nice

 

looks nice

 

More like Body Amateurs...

 

nice jdm front man...wish i could see it...dont feel bad about your bumper...this guy out here did the same **** to me...and when i complained he repainted and the idiot painted all over the black part of the rear bumper on mine too...but it was only a little...i had to mask it off and use touch up paint on it...it made that part look better...but the color matching is like maybe 8 out of 10...anyway...thats a sick *** front end you got...and i hope it all works out

 

Damn finally huh........how come didn't shave side moldings? Looks "pretty good" to me.

 

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He wanted $900 to shave the moldings along with all the other work I was having done. Needless to say, I declined

 

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haha.. funny.. don't you think? no hating here, but aren't you supposed to be "JadeDM"?

 

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yeah dont deal with them anymore allen. seriously just live with it. my car has alot of scratch and ive learned to live with it (if you know me, you know how **** i am about my car). Allen keep your car stock height. Stock height ownz. its not worth the money droping it .25 inches with the springs. my car is back to stock height!

 

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Body beginners. That back bumper looks like complete garbage.

 

i would def file a complaint with the BBB just to show the shop your serious. but it still looks good.

 

That sucks about the crappy body work Not really feeling the JDM front on the 4-DR looks too moch like an Accord. I would probably feel differently w/ some rims and a drop. Anyway good luck w/ the BBB.

 

Body noobies?

 

Gosh, Body Pros used to be one of the best shops around (at least when they painted my car). Too bad Derek is not in charge anymore. It's a crying shame what is happening with your car.

If Derek was in charge, I'd go down there and talk to him.

 

I wish the word would get out not to go to Body Pros. My car took like 4-5 months for a simple paint job (exterior only). They didn't even touch the car for like the 1st month. They give you the run around, make false promise, etc.
A friend of mine had his car there for a year! It pisses me off a lot.
Stay Away From Body Pros!
Sorry you had to go through this experience.

 

Very nice!!

 

900 for shave moldings? damn ask him does that also come with a reach around? MUAHAHHAAHA