mine look pitch black in this weather...damn i love the look of them tho

 

that pic i posted is going to be poly control arm bushings. Who wants a set??? should be ready in 2 weeks.

 

How much? How hard to install? Why do it?
These questions, and others, occupy my consciousness.

 

havent decided how much yet. but it will be cheaper than the JBP ones. Install is fairly easy, i think there is already a how to on this. Benefits will be no more wheel hop.

 

my tints are good but paul can say anything he wants but he SCRATCHED MY CAR! the scratches werent there when i dropped it off. they are not surface scratches and more than likely cannot be polished out( i know i am a detailer). im not very happy right now i have always made an effort to have nothing touch my paint. i have never went to anything but touchless car washes and never used snow brushes on my car. (i tried to take picts but they didnt work)

 

Does it look like this? if so maybe you could see EuteR's detailer. he seems to know how to deal with it. Our cars scratch easy. could have been anything any time or even when it was outside.

Can you take a picture of the area that it happened on or describe which part of the car was scratched?

It sucks but to say he scratched might be extreme. to say I dont think scratches were there before and now I have scratches, I wonder what happened might be more appropriate. I know your just pissed right now and my comments are not going to help the situation or fix your car. I just cant believe paul would do it. He is very careful. He did Dayn's and my car today and there was really know opportunity for him to do that. he even stood on a pail so he was not touching the car. If he did scratch it and noticed that he did it it would surprise me that he wouldnot fess up. I dont know him very well but he has been a straight shooter.

Sorry it happened.

 

did u see may car the black gt when u were there? maybe i being unfair but maybe he ws standing on pails because u wer there watching. when i got there i saw the belt he was wearing and my windows were spotless. considering i drove it ther in the rain hey werent spotless when i drove it there. so him washing my rear window+ belt= scratches thats just the way i see it. i am very very very cautious with my car and if i noticed those scratches anyother day i woulda got them fixed emediatly. and to say OUR cars scratch easey cannot be an accurate statement cause any car scratches easyly.

dont take any of this in the wrong way^^. gj with orgnising the tint but i still have to say i dont believe paul the scratches r in aspot that make me think he is responcible. if they were at the bottem of the drivers door or something i wouldnt think for a second it was him but being close th the rear window in the spot where his body would contact the car to wipe the window makes me think it was him. Just what i think.

 

i made a mess of the bowtie on the trunk when I removed it.. Dont even ask. lol I rushed it to Steve the detailer and in not even 10 mins it was good as new. They were pretty deep, and he said it might need wet sanding, which it didnt. But he charged me 10 bucks (this was the first thing I ever had him do for me) and I havnt looked back since.

I will be getting him to detail my truck when it gets painted.. Only guy I feel I can trust.

Ssnipes, he said he was a detailer though, so Im sure he should be able to remove it himself as long as its not too deep.

 

i can fit my fingernail in the scratches and from previous experiences that means its not coming out. euter where is this steve guy u speek of located? i am still lerning when it comes to polishing scratches out and maybe i could learn something from him

 

he is located near the end of Regent. He isnt very old.. I think maybe 18.. But dont let that scare u. Im sure he would be wiling to show u what products he uses and what not.

 

ok do u know where exactly near the end of regent? and just wondering do u guys have to go back to paul in 2 weeks time to get him to squeegy your tint as well?

 

^^Its at the end of kildare, on Durado bay

 

Ya, he asked us all to come back to make sure the Matrix settles properly. Although Dayn seems to claim that he doesn't have too.... I really won't beleive that till I see it.

Sorry to hear about your car man...
I know he definately was taking very good care of our cars while we were there the other day.. From what I saw, I really can't see him doing it.. Maybe his brother though? I was a bit uncomfortable with the way his brother was handling my doors as well....

At one point he was standing on one foot, holding the door open with his other foot hooked under it, and then trying to messure out a peace of tint for the drivers side window... I gave him a funny look, and he started to do things a little more safely after that.

 

This is what I was getting at. we all are very good at what we do but we dont know everthing. It was a long shot but I figured why not get another detailers help. Good luck with it.

I can only tell you of my impression of Paul and see how he worked with our cars. He did have a brother work with him that day and I did not see his brother work. anyway I did not want to ruffle the fur on the watch dog but I just didnt think it was appropriate to slander someone with out knowing for sure. I was just curious where the scratches were. I may make a connection with what I saw that day. but what ever. not going to resolve what happened right?

Hope you get the scratches out. Oh and paint and clear coat plus the processes used, time, amount of hardener used in the product, quality of the batch of the product used that day, the humidity, drying time between products all impact on the durability, strength, and scratch resistence of the paint job. The GM Paint I find and IMO is the worst. it is soft and does not resist scratching. dont believe it? call Stan Riemer of Color melt. He is one of the very knowledge people I know of in the auto refinishing industry. He will tell you.

 

The key is that will all u guys u were there watching i wasnt so i dunno how well they took care of my car or how safe they were. if i was paul i would be more careful with all u guys watching as well. ssnipes its not that i dont believe u i just think that all paints scratch quite easeyly car companys are cutting back on materials to make the car cheaper for the buyer. the scratches are [IMG][/IMG

 

we werent there for dayn's but there for part of mine at the end.

look am not saying it is not possible but lets face it. If he scratched lots of cars he would have a bad reputation. Because of his reputation and referral from another person I know is what got us going to him in the first place. He just would not be in business long.

doesn't matter. He scratched your car and there is no proof to get him to fix. so I guess you will deal with it. It just sucks period your car has scratches. Guess I should wash mine and check it over.

 

im sorry but i just have a sence of distrust when other people work on my car. never once did i say he did it un purpose and when he did do it and didnt notice he did it that would be fair as well.

 

Hmmmm..... dont think that would be a belt buckle unless he was standing on a pail and fell on the car. I am tall and I dont even think My waist line is that tall. what else was he wearing that would cause scratches up there that was midchest. he is pretty short.

 

seriously, i am not much taller than him and i just went and stood by my car and the spot was at or below my belt buckle. that picture is not an accurate depiction of where the scratches are its just a general idea

 

ahhh....to be honest there is no real way of knowing for sure. I'd just get it fixed - treat it like thedings you get in parking lots and from stone chips, ie: life. The stress isn't worth ith. I hear you 06 on getting everything fixed asap - I'm like that too. But don't stress too much about it - I would recommend fixing it and forgetting. Next time you go back to get your matrix checked for the tint, watch like a hawk.

 

SHOW ME UR TINTS..lol or atleast tint %...

 

Ok I was also worried about scratches in that exact spot while watching him do it. Mainly because his shirt was rubbing against that spot on my car which had dirt and crap on it. I have no scratches though and he used a pail to get the middle of my rear window measured so if it was a belt it would be in perfect spot WITH him on bucket. Either way I have no scratches.

His brother on the other hand I watched do the sunband and it was hard to watch without nagging him. He was no way near as gentle. However the brother only touched the inside of the cars not outside.

So far my dot matrix on the rear window is still in great condition. No sings of it doing what it has on the other balts. He commented to wes and I that our dots were not raised as much as every other cobalt in there BUT he also sanded them down. That could be the diff for why mine is still good.

The work overall impressed me but I have a small tear in the black vinyl so I can see a yellow dot that is quite noticeable. This was not there before I brought the car to him but it could have happened on the drive there I guess. There are a few very very hard to see bubbles in my right windshield too but my eyes are far too good I can prolly find some anywhere. Though the nick in the black vinyl annoys me because it is this yellow dot that STARES at me everytime i am outside on the driver side (very noticeable). Plus getting it fixed will prolly not be cheap so I am about to go put some perm marker on it.

Paul though does the tinting for a lot of dealerships. So I will give him the benefit of the doubt on my nick. I can't see him making a silly mistake like leaning on a car with a belt buckle (he wasn't even wearing a belt except his tool belt which didnt have a buckle that I could see). Where my Vinyl is torn it looks like his xacto knife hit it since the vinyl is not stretched or torn just has a piece missing. Oh well though it could have happened from a stone also from driving anywhere.

Oh I remember Paul DID not wear a belt at all when doing the rear. He held his knife in his mouth same when he did the doors. He put his tool belt on when he went inside the cars. Though it would be pretty hard to get a deep scratch in that spot from anything other than a belt buckle. So you could still be right.

I hope you get it worked out

 

sorry to hear about some of the misfortune. Not really much u can do unless he actually admits to it and is willing to work with u. If it was even him at all.

Dayn, I cant quite picture wtf u are talking about vinyl wise? lol

Sometimes its better if you just dont watch.. I know I would never watch someone work, because I ****** hate having someone looking over my shoulder. I find that is when more **** ups happen, because you are trying so hard not to **** up that you make stupid little errors.

On that note.. Good night.

 

so far I am happy with my tint, didn't notice scratches or anything. It looks great. I got 20% on the back 3 and 35% on the front 2 since the front 2 are illegal in Sask... I am still in the city so I will post pics once I get home and get the car all washed up.

 

If it were a stone or xacto knife you could tell easily. it would be a cut or slice with a well defined edge. stone would be a tear. that would be rough edge, perhaps some pushing up or wrinkling of the vinyl. Dayn can I look at it again if you think it is cut? I was there to see your car and that it was there at the time of pick up. if it is a cut I may be able to do something about it for you.

Glad you were out and could be involved in the GB. Sorry we didnt actually meet.



Well that is the end of the 1st GB. Future GB's can be had. Let me know what you guy's want for your car next and perhaps we can get a good deal on parts (intake for example). Maybe RIMS or TIRES. Yes Tires. who is getting close to replacing theirs? that can be a long range plan. could be a purchase for different brand too really.