paint shop pries off chrome trim, to do bodywork Options

[scrz914]

I just picked up parts taken off my car before bodywork/paint and was horrified to see that they pried off the trim that holds in the door and targa seal. I told them that I would have new seals but didn't expect them to go ape on the trim. Those are only held in by small screws accessed by taking out the rubber seals. Unbelievable.

So, how hard is it to obtain those chrome pieces? The two that are attached to the "A" pillar for the three sectioned seal and the two that are attached to the door post for the door seal. I need to get a value as I think they should pay. I doubt they are even available new.

[realred914]

I went with a so called Pro auto restorer for my two cars, he had a nice pretty photo album with all the neat porsches he worked on in the past. Looked good, and he talked the talk, sold me a on him, fronted money to him (my first big mistake). he get my car and (356C0 and he repairs rust in the door bottoms, then stops work on the doors mid way thru and switches to the nose, he uses a fucking plasma cutter to cut the bottom two inches off the front trunk the floor and all four sides ruined, why? he thought it looked too low! =then he wants me to pay for new metal (it was new metal!!) I say stop on the trunk and just finish hanging the doors, Opps, the doors dont fit! he made them wrong, infact one door was 3/4 inch fatter than the other, so much for perfect number matching perfect gap doors! meanwhile my 914 sitting in the corner get a big dent on the front fender top, like something fell on it, I tell him that needs fixing, a few days later we move the 914 around an I find a big oil canned dent that moves back and forth. the shop owner tells me it happened aw hile ago when his friends where in teh shop, but he would take care of it.

meanwhile he ruins more metal in the front trunk by drilling 30 holes in a perfect panel to remove the panel he damaged with the plasma cutter (he did this after my stop work order.

finally I arrive to inspect my cars, and he shows up late, then takes lunch, then tells me hee has to run a quick errand, (takes his plastic bottles to recycle while I wait) then he comes back, starts to work on my car for about ten minutes, excuxes himself to the bathroom, and comes back 15 minutes later stoned as can be.

this guy had an impressive resume, and very nice portfolio of 356 cars he worked on in his daddys shop when he was younger. yet he had no ability to work on my car, and his customer service sucked. he lied about taking responsibility for the damages he did (he has no insurance)

so dispite all the fancy assurances and portfolio, I got ripped off big time. I was not dealing with an honest person, and thats the bottom line.

so much for Rennsport Vintage werks in Pleasanton CA owned by the infamous Jerry McCarthy

avoid that place like the plague. I feel sorry for the other suckers that still have there cars with him. he tends to suck people into multiyear restorations. I can see why, the damages he does during the repair would keep him in bussiness forever.

over $10,000 later, I got two wrecked cars. avoid this guy like crazy, dont be fooled by his pretty potofolio he cant do the work he promises.