My wife wrecked her 1996 Chevy Cavalier Z-24, and we took it to this shady body shop called Jolley's, and the damage needed to be repaired was the front end. my wife paid in installments, it took about 3 weeks, the guy charged $2,700. But he admitted to buying a front end off of a salvaged 2001 cavalier, and we went pick up the car today, and the bumper he put on it was one from a car that was a 2.0 , not the 2.4 L that our car was, and also one of the clear corner lights leaks water and has condensation on the inside, probably due to a scratch that is evident on the exterior of the lens. Don't you think we deserve the parts to work %26quot;like new%26quot; even if they came off of a used car? I mean, for $2,700, he changed the hood, radiator, charged the A/C, changed the battery, headlights, corner lights, front bumper, hood latch, frame(radiator support), and painted 70% of the car black. Also changed 1 strut in the rear. Do you think I got a good deal? But shouldn't the corner light not leak ?
Auto Body Repair shop scam. Please Read. 1996 Cavalier Z-24?
I worked in a body shop for a while, and you got one hell of a deal. The light should work like you say. But believe me when I tell you the man isn't making much money on this deal, it's a lot of work and time. Just as an example, I have a 1998 Chev, Lumina. I bought a new hood and light. I took it and they installed the hood and light and painted the front end, it cost $1200.00. The hood and light was already paid for. so you got a deal if work was done right.
Auto Body Repair shop scam. Please Read. 1996 Cavalier Z-24?
If he put the wrong bumper on, he should replace it with the correct one, unless it was agreed that a different one was acceptable to you. As to a bad corner light, he should replace that with no question.
If he refuses to make the corrections, at no additional cost, get three estimates from other body shops to correct the problem, and take him to small claims court!!
you should receive the correct parts, and they should work properly even if used. consider small claims court if the dollar amount is within range.
On the bumper, it depends where he got it... If he got it off the 01 salvage, he should have informed you but when you fix with salvage, you sometimes have to take the salvage car's parts.... If he got a bumper from somewhere else, it should have been the correct one unless he couldn't get the 2.4 one anymore (and then a phone call should have been made to clear it with you)
The light also depends upon from where he got it.. If salvage car or not.. but Yeah he should have informed you and tried to make right or at least let you make the judgement call...
I agree that the parts should act like new, but when you rebuild with a salvage car, and don't replace the donor car's problems (like the light) you have what happened here... apparently he was trying to save you money than getting everything perfect and costing you a couple of hundred more....
Apparently, their biggest problem is he didn't apparently keep you in the loop on problems for some reason.
But my question is he painted 70% of the car... How much more would it have been to paint the other 30% and have a total repaint? Lot less problems and lot less masking...
