Hey guys,
My front end was recently destroyed after hitting a deer. My airbag deployed and hood, front bumper, headlight, DRL, fog light, radiator + support, serpentine belt and airbox were destroyed.
The shop used all OEM Subaru parts and my assumption was they would come pre-painted SWP from Subaru but it looks like the shop had to paint the parts. I got the car back on Friday and noticed a few things regarding the paint work and I'm not sure if this is the norm or if I should send it back to be corrected. I've only had to bring a car in for bodywork one other time in my life so I'm not sure what the normal expectation is regarding quality of bodywork. The shop is a preferred shop for my insurance company (also my employer) and the shop owner is my mothers neighbor and my mother also used to work for him so I had confidence going there.
- Drivers-side windshield pillar (IMG_20171028_120554) has a weird defect in the paint. This part was not damaged in the accident but I guess they painted it in an attempt to make the paint match. Passenger-side windshield pillar has what looks like over-spray but it's not as bad as the weirdness in the drivers side pillar.
- Hood has specs of dirt dried into the paint in multiple areas.
- In the opening of the front bumper, bottom side, the first 2cm or so the paint is not smooth (boxed in yellow in the pic). My concern is I plan to get PPF and I doubt it would stick to this.
I don't want to be a pain but going into this he knew the car was pampered by me & garage kept and I expected a higher level of quality.