Seattle Convoy for Perrin Meet

[JL_FRS]

Just got my car back from the shop. Thanks USAA! Now if only they give me DV comp.

[Wildseven]

Originally Posted by JL_FRS

If you are bored this was my POV.

latepost.
This was the POV at the front of the convoy if anyone was wondering... Hope everyone's doing okay from the accident; thanks to the STI for accompanying us and trying to get us some flyby footage. I got my BRZ since my G35 got totaled from being rear ended, so I can sympathize with you guys on how a pain it is to take care of.

[ame]http://youtu.be/y8-sa_iGecs[/ame]

[Pete156]

Originally Posted by Wildseven

latepost.
This was the POV at the front of the convoy if anyone was wondering...

Thanks for posting! I was actually the lead car (white BRZ) and watched this video carefully.
Sorry the incident/accident occurred on the off-ramp for all involved. It appeared participants in the last convoy were driving respectfully, attentively, and carefully up till that point, when an unfortunate lapse in judgement must have happened. No injuries, thank God.
Hope a group of us can band together for another 86 WA convoy this time!

[Sayte]

Just a quick update on my car. Before I start.... I visited it while it was still in the estimate process with just the bumpers off and what not. They had it parked outdoors in what seemed to be their staging area. The only problem is that it was under a row of trees that an auto body place should probably never have on their lot. I noticed multiple spots where it appeared that tree sap had dripped down onto the paint of my car, I simply asked if they could move it due to that and they did. It was supposed to be done about two weeks ago, but they were waiting for my exhaust to get shipped in (Yes, they replaced my Invidia N1 ). I got a call on Monday to go pick it up, so I went there. Everything looked beautiful and new... minus one thing. There was what looked to be a dried white residue on the roof and some of the side panels, clearly the tree sap. I asked them if they could buff that out or do something about that since it most definitely happened while it was in their care. They said they would see what they can do.

Tuesday comes around and I called them for an update and spoke to my estimator there at Titus Will Collisions. He said that they attempted to use a chemical designed to remove tree sap without any luck and are now at a loss of what to do. He called Subaru for advice apparently and they told him that it was an environmental defect (Obviously.... tree sap.... duh) and that to be careful because these cars have a very soft clear coat. He said that is the reason why he does not want to attempt buffing the spots out. At the end of the conversation I was told he would talk to his manager and give me a call the next morning (This morning). Still haven't heard anything back so I will probably end up having to call them again for an update late today.



tl;dr - Car repairs took forever and then had to wait on my exhaust to be shipped in... car now has tree sap on it from while it was there that they are having trouble removing....

[Pete156]

Sounds like the shop owes you a full detail at a professional shop. Body shops can be careless, and it sounds as if yours was in this case. An expert should be able to take care of this, regardless of what got on the paint. Don't accept the car till it's perfect. My two cents.

[Sayte]

Originally Posted by Pete156

Sounds like the shop owes you a full detail at a professional shop. Body shops can be careless, and it sounds as if yours was in this case. An expert should be able to take care of this, regardless of what got on the paint. Don't accept the car till it's perfect. My two cents.

Agreed, thanks for the input. In my opinion a good clay bar would take it off. Just got off the phone with the manager at Titus Will Collision and they are VERY reluctant to do anything else about it, saying that it definitely isn't tree sap because they would be able to get it off if it was and the sap doesn't damage paint/clear coat that quickly (I call BS since it probably sat in the sun for a couple days with that shit on there). He says it is a defect in the paint or clear coat from Subaru. I know I shouldn't let them take advantage of me or anything... but I'm probably just going to get the car back tomorrow and drive over to Griots Garage which is luckily right down the street. If anybody can get it off, it would be them and their products! So nice to have them in our area.