Lookin' good. Can't wait for more pics.
R.
quote:Originally posted by four walling:quote:Originally posted by A Hudson:
This stuff could stick a Doberman to a passing bus.
That is one of the funniest and most graphic descripitions I have ever heard from a non-professional comedian.Are you a comedian by profession?
As it turns out, I'm a non professional everything. But I'm glad you got a laugh of any sort out of it. Thanks for the comment!
quote:Originally posted by Lowmerk:
Hey you can keep your day job. Although I would let you work on my Pantera.
Denis
You mean I should NOT go into professional comedy?!?! I agree, but I don't think I'm right for your Pantera: I'm slow, disorganized, largely untalented but very expensive.
On a side note - I recognize that lady and the cat on your avatar. Isn't her name something like, "Bagheera" or other exotic sounding name? She was a popular model on the west coast, like in the late 80s or something. Am I even close?
Looks great my friend! Don't let them forget to pull the windshield. BTW... How friendly was the insurance company?
They were understandably concerned - as was I - about the windshield sealing, replacement, and potential disaster. They pulled all the trim, front hood, rear hood, side glass, but are 'roping' the front windshield. They got an oxygen robbing paint down in the crevice created and are satisfied with this, plus priming, then paint, then laying the rubber back down. Should I prompt them to do more?
The insurance company was extremely friendly, though the original estimator a bit out of his league. We negotiated to about $5600 or so and all's well (seemingly) at this point.
They're MIXING the paint today, and shooting a test panel (off the car) this afternoon. I'll go by to see it... with one eye squinting... until I'm sure. It'll be fine I'm sure.
Thanks for the inquiry.
The insurance company was extremely friendly, though the original estimator a bit out of his league. We negotiated to about $5600 or so and all's well (seemingly) at this point.
They're MIXING the paint today, and shooting a test panel (off the car) this afternoon. I'll go by to see it... with one eye squinting... until I'm sure. It'll be fine I'm sure.
Thanks for the inquiry.
Now I'm replying to my own posts. Sad really.
I went to see the car today after they had shot 'test panels' with the Glasurit rep who'd come to custom mix the dark green paint. His books yielded no cross reference, and his spectrogram thingy tried diligently, but could only get 'close' to the original color.
Dilemma.
They can do my car in a very 'close' color (one of them I actually prefer over the original) that VIRTUALLY NO ONE who wasn't staring at the original shade would EVER detect. Or...
They sent my hood hinge off to the factory chemists who WILL NAIL the correct color formula (he was emphatic about this).
So, do I wait ANOTHER WEEK for this extra 1% of exactness? Or say, "go for it" with the "almost" color now?
Cast your votes.
I went to see the car today after they had shot 'test panels' with the Glasurit rep who'd come to custom mix the dark green paint. His books yielded no cross reference, and his spectrogram thingy tried diligently, but could only get 'close' to the original color.
Dilemma.
They can do my car in a very 'close' color (one of them I actually prefer over the original) that VIRTUALLY NO ONE who wasn't staring at the original shade would EVER detect. Or...
They sent my hood hinge off to the factory chemists who WILL NAIL the correct color formula (he was emphatic about this).
So, do I wait ANOTHER WEEK for this extra 1% of exactness? Or say, "go for it" with the "almost" color now?
Cast your votes.
I would wait the week. You will have painter's remorse for a LONG time if you constantly notice that your car isn't right. And you will always wonder if others can see it too.
There are my two pennies.
R.
There are my two pennies.
R.
Wait a week.
quote:Originally posted by RobertVegas:
I would wait the week. You will have painter's remorse for a LONG time if you constantly notice that your car isn't right. And you will always wonder if others can see it too.
There are my two pennies.
R.
quote:Originally posted by DeTom:
Wait a week.
Sanity returns. Called the shop - we're going to wait on the Chemist, who has got the hinge and MAY have paint for us early next week. Thanks guys. Sometimes anticipation over-rides rationale.
Happens to me ALL the time. I still haven't completely learned my lesson. Sometimes I pay for overnight shipping on parts that don't get installed for two weeks. Doh!
R.
R.
quote:Originally posted by RobertVegas:
Sometimes I pay for overnight shipping on parts that don't get installed for two weeks. Doh!
R.
Gee, I thought only I did that...
Adams, just to be lone voice of dissent (I love that role), I would go with the close color that your prefer over the original. I mean who's to say the factory got the color right in the first place?
Waiting will give the primer even more time to cure....that's a good thing. I did the rope thing last week myself. It'll be OK... make sure when they paint it it's on jackstands .. nice and high
quote:Originally posted by lastpushbutton:
Waiting will give the primer even more time to cure....that's a good thing. I did the rope thing last week myself. It'll be OK... make sure when they paint it it's on jackstands .. nice and high
Thanks for the encouragement on the primer. Just got back from seeing it - took some more photos but they're boring as heck. More of the same really. (Just fodder for my file and the insurance man if they need it.)
But the chemist from Glasurit (BASF) was on the phone with the paint rep, and we've got us a color. Turns out it was a 'standard' color with 1 gram of black. Wow. They had a 1 gram of 'brown' with the standard but it was a little 'too drab'. This color is on the money.
The body shop has NOT shot enough of the rust inhibiter in the nooks and crannies for my taste, and that point was made clear today (I hope.)
Now "high on jackstands" you mean because of the underbody in the rear? I'll pass that along, but please clarify so I can pretend to be intelligent when requesting. Thanks!