Is this repair standard acceptable?

[zedda]

Evening all. So I picked up my car last week from the panel beaters. On first glance it appears to look not bad at all, until I checked it again on a dry & sunny day.
1st pic, repair was new skin /repaint whole front door. (they didn't bother to do the door handle!)
2nd pic, smudge mark UNDER clear coat!
3rd & subsequent pics, bottom edge of door not aligned enough with rear door in relation to skirt/sill.
If your car was returned to you like this, would you accept it or demand it be redone to a higher standard?

 

[itsagixa]

Take it back to them mate, they may tell you to go away but just tell them your not happy with work....if they are an approved repairer threaten to take the work to the assessors and see what they say

 

[impulsive]

take it back to them, tell them you want it how it was off the showroom floor, if they argue in the slightest call the assessor..

 

[Jonah 101]

Yup take it back.

Dont try fix it yourself.

 

[Low06VZ]

Also depends on your insurance company to mate. If it was done that way, some companies offer a lifetime warranty on repairs, and they have to be done to YOUR standard. Don't be afraid to take it back to them. I got my xr8 repaired after it was keyed and there was some run marks in the paint. It did take another week for them to repair it but i refused to accept it until it had been rectified.

 

[Luke V8]

I've had mine back 3 times getting things changed that I wasn't happy with after a respray. Not had one issue with the repairer , they have been happy to help as they want the referral business .

You've come on here and said about fixing it and should you stand for it... At the end of the day your obviously not happy so therefore take it back. They might be nice about it and you've stressed yourself over nothing.

 

[Jonah 101]

Something I will do next time is inspect the car before I move it anywhere.

Bit hard to prove they munted your front bumper after you drove it home and back : /

 

[King diddy calais]

As the other fella's said, take it back. Get them to fix the mistake that they made, you pay BIG MONEY to get a panel beater to touch your car, you should expect nothing but a near perfect job, that looks like an apprentice or a back-yarder! especially that smudge, they cant go pin that on you. Best of luck.

 

[matt-chops]

That's shocking. Near enough is never good enough. If you can tell it's been fixed, it's not actually fixed.

 

[TinSnips]

Pretty poor IMO. Decent panel shops are becoming harder and harder to find.