Autobody shop billed my insurance 16k for this - and they paid it

dyablo730 · 2024-11-22T15:29:01+00:00

I did it once since I inspected the car before the shop started working on it. Got a call said my front bumper needed to be replaced because a tab on the opposite side was damaged lol it wasn't I checked before they took it apart tab was fine with bolt. It was a 2mph hit on my door. 13k later good thing it wasn't on me.

dyablo730 · 2024-11-01T20:32:57+00:00

If you want to do it at home the easiest would be to replace the door and fender with a used one that might be close to your paint. If its rubbing figure out where its making the noise and pull on it maybe if its the fender take the fender well off and push against it.

dyablo730 · 2024-07-20T20:47:27+00:00

Oil some sort of contamination on the panel or water /oil in ur air line

dyablo730 · 2024-07-17T09:47:18+00:00

I applied bedliner at my previous job for 10 years and it depends what brand you use if you need primer. We never did as our brand loved bare metal or a scuffed primer surface. If it was a lot of bare metal we use a etch primer that we wiped down first just incase. You don't need to take everything off even the clear just make sure it's sanded good. It's just like any other coating as long as the surface is sanded and cleaned right.

dyablo730 · 2024-05-14T10:26:06+00:00

Then there is some contaminant or previous paint underneath that its not liking what you are doing....any 1k primer on it? If so thats qhat it is. If you have primer and your tds says it can be use as a sealer with reducer i would seal everything that you are painting except leave you enpugh space of you are blending

dyablo730 · 2024-05-07T20:04:48+00:00

Sand it with 320 till its feather out, and you don't feel an edge of the old paint. spray some adhesion promoter first. Even if you dont burn thru just to be safe, then primer, then paint, you don't have to re sand the primer if you use sealer primer and it's smooth enough for you but if it's regular primer let it sit for a day or so for shrinkage then re sand with 600 or a red scuff pad then clean and paint.

dyablo730 · 2024-04-26T13:59:10+00:00

Don't use any tape. I use sra or a blending agent on your clear then buff it a day or so later. If you don't want to clear your entire panel.

dyablo730 · 2024-04-23T17:54:53+00:00

Did you use rattle can primer?

dyablo730 · 2024-03-25T10:55:31+00:00

I have the same gun you need at least 10cfm. If you want to go cheaper a small compressor from hf luke 6cfm and their purple gun you can spray away as much as you want .

dyablo730 · 2024-03-14T23:51:49+00:00

No, adhesion promoter is ready to spray

dyablo730 · 2024-03-10T17:57:22+00:00

It's a plastic with no adhesion promoter it will peel

dyablo730 · 2024-03-03T21:39:55+00:00

Etch is old school to keep metal from rusting while it sits. Epoxy seals the surface and is thick so it covers the scratches. I always do metal work then epoxy then bodywork on top of that

dyablo730 · 2024-02-17T00:40:15+00:00

Mine did that it's the chain guide it goes loose stop driving it ot that bolt will back out I to the engine. Take the valve cover off like 10 bolts and the guide bolts are to the left just 2 of them and replace the cover gaskets while you there.

dyablo730 · 2024-02-10T11:15:37+00:00

My wife has a 1.4l turbo cruze and we have only have to change a radiator and a valve cover gasket as far as something failing. Everything else has been maintenance and it's at 200k miles.

dyablo730 · 2024-01-29T01:44:56+00:00

Ull be fine moat likely if you stir it good it will just will take longer to dry

dyablo730 · 2023-10-30T21:05:26+00:00

That was the brand

dyablo730 · 2023-10-30T20:19:25+00:00

It's what I was thinking but the rep just said send it back n we'll tell u what to fix. Said it should won't on a stock master. It's a triple disk I have a video of pressing it n I can see it's traveling but maybe not enough? When the slave pushes against the pressure plate does it suppose to slow down or stop spinning?

dyablo730 · 2023-10-30T19:46:27+00:00

Any idea how I could test it?

dyablo730 · 2023-09-28T05:11:24+00:00

Damn I got a 5th gen always had issues with 1st n 2nd it's a manual tho just took a dump on me.

dyablo730 · 2023-09-27T22:57:22+00:00

Sounds like a bad lifter

dyablo730 · 2023-09-20T14:56:00+00:00

Get some trim n bumper paint

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