Recently, I received my truck back from the body shop, after they fixed the back fender. Initially we were quite happy with the work - panel looks good as new from arm's length. I have no quarrels with the quality of bodywork, or the paint matching. In most light, it is impossible to tell where the new paint is. The shop personnel have been patient and helpful with my questions/concerns so far.
From closer up though, I found some imperfections. I'm not sure if I'm being nitpicky or not, thus this post.
My truck is dark green/silver two tone. The first thing I noticed was that there's some green on the silver near the repair - they've already agreed to fix that. It's faint, but noticeable.
Also, the rear backup light no longer works, despite a brand new light assembly. The old one did work, after the accident. They've agreed to have a look at this too.
Later, I've noticed the following:
- There's an area of paint toward the front of the panel - probably where some blending was done - that looks like someone wiped a sponge over it and it dried, leaving a water stain that dulls the paint. However, this won't come off, and is still noticeable after I tried waxing it.
- On the next panel over, there's a roughness to the paint that won't wash or wax out. Since it's up by the window, I have no idea what it is, 'cept it wasn't there last time I waxed. It's unlikely to be environmental though, as it's behind my bed box.
- Looks like they created some little chip marks to the corner of the neighboring panel, which they touched up. But those chips weren't there before, and are now quite noticeable despite the touch up.
Now all of these are small, but to me they add up to a less-than-perfect quality control. But what I need to know is - is this normal, and should I let it slide, or am I justified in pointing them out and asking to have them fixed? What sort of quality level is expected for some relatively minor body work?
Thanks for any help.
jmc