I had this back for one month, one car show, then this, update 12/8/14

[8WHEELER]

coming a long nicely!  What are you going to do about the bumper? Send it out and have it straightened or bend the brackets back to what they are supposed to be?

That turned out to be strange. I took my other front bumper I had the shop chrome at the same time as this one. We also brought in the NEW AMD bumper, that the guy
that runs the shop had.

The AMD bumper fit worse, then the second bumper I had, that was done the same day as the first one, and by the same guy fit perfect    so I am very happy with the fit,
I just need to take the first bumper back. The shop is by far the biggest chrome shop in Washington, and I can't count how many bumpers I have had done there,
and this is only the second one not just right, so it is OK.

I was at the shop today help finishing up the small stuff, Monday it goes to the final detail guy............. and I forgot my camera   

Dan

[miamivice]

Hi Dan,

Was wondering the other day about you and the car.   Glad to see real progress has been made finally!

[bull]

Ugh, what a hassle. Sorry for your misfortune... hopefully it all got used up.

[bull]

8-Wheeler:  Your explanation of the hand controls makes it more feasible to me. I'm not sure I'd know how to drive it in a tight spot any better than he did. We all know the beauty of big engines that produce lots of torque "immediately", but I can see where that could have a downside as well.  Ultimately, you know this guy alot better than any of us ever will. If you believe him, that's all that matters. That doesn't obviate his (and his insurance company's) responsibility to make it right.

The hand controls are not as difficult to work with as you may think. Six of my seven cars and trucks have them. I have been taking cars in for repairs for 28 years, and
all of these cars have them. It is much easier to use your feet than use the hand controls, most people are scared to use them, but I have to, I have no choice.

Dan

Yeah, if he didn't know what he was doing the wise move would've been to exercise more caution than usual. Put on some clean rubber gloves and push the car where you want it, don't drive/wreck it. Have the owner test drive it if necessary.

[8WHEELER]

It just had to happen to this car, this car has been a challenge at every turn, and at three different shops.

Heck my 24 year old handicapped minivan has hand controls and no divers seat, because I drive it
from my wheelchair, and they have never evan dented that, and its been in the shop tons of times.

Dan

[resq302]

Hopefully it is smooth sailing from her on out for ya!     Yeh, sometimes these cars can throw a major wrench back at you sometimes even though you are trying to take care of it.  I know our GTX vert has had some bumps in the road almost like it is fighting us sometimes tooth and nail but in the end it will be just as nice as new.

[bull]

It just had to happen to this car, this car has been a challenge at every turn, and at three different shops.

Dan

Mine too. I swear there wasn't single phase of my restoration that wasn't a tooth and nail fight. Additionally there were only 2-3 vendors I dealt with out of the whole lot that produced a trouble-free experience with genuine customer service.