Thinking of suing garage...any thoughts? Options

[broderp]

I have been having a garage do the welding work for my Celica.

See my thread here:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88228&hl=

All was well, until I got my car home. It all looked ok from the outside, but I noticed that the part they welded that supports the headlights and the bumper cover was crooked. They told me all the parts fit and the bumper goes on just fine, but in fact it didn't. When I went to install my headlights, the metal support was rubbing very tightly on the headlight.

I managed to install the bumper cover, but fit ok on the left side but there were huge gaps on the right were most of the damage was. There were other smaller issues as well, but this was major.

I took it back and showed them everything. They said they would fix it. I got the car back 4 days later. It looked great and I drove off. It rained and the weather was bad, so I didn't work on the car for a few days. I open the hood to see what work I needed to do and I find that they didn't fix any of the crooked welding. They simply replaced the oem bolts with long generic ones and used washers to force the cover up into the proper position!

I could have done that! Am I wrong in expecting them to be able to weld the part and weld it correctly? Or am I over reacting?

I'll post the pictures when I get a moment.

[kmad86]

Give them a chance.

Whatever you do, document document document.


I think this was my first post in about 8 years, lol

This post has been edited by kmad86: Jan 3, 2013 - 2:49 AM