Project Gholt: Slower, Heavier, & Quieter

[AwdGSX13]

Good call, Sortafit stuff never really looks the same.

There is certified aftermarket that is higher quality than certifit haha. "capa" or "platinum plus". Sorta fit is awful.

[Kracka]

Update on this:
The estimate rose to $6,706.80

All the parts arrived 2 Fridays ago while we were out of the country on the cruise ship, it spent last week in the body department, and this week in the paint booth. They're working to make sure all the pearl is properly blended (they're going up to the rear doors) and we should have it back early next week sometime.

[93gtpeater]

I bet your happy that it didn't get totaled.

Sorta fit stuff is total junk. You spend more time trying to make that stuff work then spend a couple bucks more for better quality after market stuff. We get our stuff from the dealer or keystone. We try to get everything from the dealer when we can.

Auto nation bought tousley ford up here. They have been price match our price from keystone. Some of the dealers are trying to crush the aftermarket vendors.

[AwdGSX13]

Update on this:
The estimate rose to $6,706.80

All the parts arrived 2 Fridays ago while we were out of the country on the cruise ship, it spent last week in the body department, and this week in the paint booth. They're working to make sure all the pearl is properly blended (they're going up to the rear doors) and we should have it back early next week sometime.

Some of those pearl whites really suck to match, a lot of times you will find 20+ variants of the same color and none are really ever the same. Toyota's blizzard white 3 stage is the worst.

[Kracka]

They found one more part needed during final assembly last Thursday and just finally got approval to order it from the guy's insurance company today. Hopefully it's done this week sometime; bodyshops are about to get slammed due to the hail storms that rolled through last night!

[Kracka]

Two months and still don't have the car back. Happy camper I am not! At this point I'm piling as many miles on the 2017 Malibu (really nice car actually) loaner they gave me out of spite (this is the bodyshop's car, no longer the insurance-paid rental).

[Kracka]

Two and a half months and 5 trips to the bodyshop later, we finally have it back, and it looks exactly like a car with 16k miles on it should!

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/689/medium/0511171810_HDR.jpg

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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/689/medium/0511171811a_HDR.jpg

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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/689/medium/0511171811_HDR.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/689/medium/0511171812_HDR.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/689/medium/0511171812.jpg

[1ViciousGSX]

Nice. Glad you got it back.

[Kracka]

I gave it the full detailing experience yesterday morning (wash, claybar, and paste wax, among other things) and only found one flaw in the new paint that couldn't be corrected with Meguiar's ScratchX 2.0 and some rubbing; it's a tiny run that looks like got a little too heavy on the pearl down low on the rear driver's side door. Luckily, it's not a big deal and I think anyone else would be hard-pressed to find it unless they really searched hard for something. I of course did find some rock chips I didn't know existed so I'll be ordering a bottle of Dr. ColorChip for this car now too. I would rate the final repair job as a 9.9/10 and am quite happy with how it all turned out. Had they done this quality of work the first time around I would be singing their praises!

I'm taking it in to my tint shop later on this morning to get the new hatch glass done in Llumar 30% ceramic to match the sides, and the windshield with Llumar Air90 like I did on the Vette.

I'm also going around and changing out bulbs with LED's...you know, for energy efficiency ;)

[Kracka]

Trunk and license plate lights have now been converted to Philips LED T10 bulbs...YAY. Same bulbs I used on the 'Vette.