Kevin Campbell
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That poor repair probably helped.
Gave the water somwhere to go instead of being trapped in the foam they use. 😉
JC,
That’s pretty typical of almost every Honda built car that’s more than 7-8 years old around here.Getting asked for estimates to repair rust more than usual, but not seeing people have the work done. By the time they see the rust, it usually pretty bad.
I guess I’m not competetive. (I don’t really care either)Some of what I’m running into is that they come in for an regular estimate, and then they shop for parts after and call back asking me to work off the original est. Makes it harder to adjust the labor then.
I had my brother work for me at one time when I had just started chemo.
We don’t speak anymore because of it, and just about put me out of business.
He would finish up his work at 3:30 and leave for the day. At midnight his wife was calling and leaving messages on the answering machine asking when he was coming home. Add to that he damaged a lot of vehicles with stupid mistakes, and had more comebacks than were acceptable. Wouldn’t listen to what I needed him to do like blocking out hail damage after primer….
After I had to let him go he files unemployment against me. My contribution rate went from %0.6 to %8.
One thing I’ve learned is you can’t be a boss to family without it affecting your relationships.
Very nice place. Where in Illinois are you?
I like the track lighting. I’ve been thinking of adding that to my office when I Re- do it.
I think your desk is too clean though.
All very nice work. Even being in this industry for 26 years, it still amazes me the product that we collectively put out.
I see the circus came to town.:lol:
17×8’s in the front, 18×9’s in the rear. As much as I like the big wheel look, I feel it needs to be tempered with a decent sidewall ( no rubberband tires. Add to that, when you jump up to 20’s, it costs twice as much for everything.
“Thats one of the prettiest ugly cars i’ve seen. Nice job. Our production manager has a gremlin which is also pretty and ugly.”
I know what you mean, I seem to have a penchant for odd cars. Mostly because they’re inexpensive to buy. I was given this one because my friend wrecked it, and his parents were going to junk it because it was sitting in front of their house.
Yep, Still have it.
It was a lot of work. More than I had planned on, but no sense in doing it halfway.
If I still have it in the spring, I have a 454 sitting in storage waiting to be rebuilt and installed.
Can you imagine trying to explain a black tricoat to Progressive adjuster?
I only have done it a couple of times, and both times I used the foam only to get the basic shape I wanted for a one time deal. Left the foam behind the surface layer for support. I had no intentions of making a negative to cast parts off of so it didn’t matter.
Once was for a school project for son (again). Needed to make a nosecone for a rather large rocket. Built it up w/ great stuff. then covered it with fiberglass. Wound up melting and sinking in some, but it did harden, so I just filled it with body filler. The second time I had a customer with a 300c that they wanted to have the rear license plate retract from the side into the bumper (who knows why, but I don’t ask, I just give them a price). After reengineering the plate mechanism because it was set up for top to bottom instead of side to side, They wanted the license box closed in tighter to the plate. Scuffed the original bumper, filled most of the box with great stuff, shaped and covered with bumper repair material. Bumper repair material melts great stuff too. In the end it turned out looking good, it just took more filling than I would have liked.
I’ve tried similar with great stuff, but didn’t cover the foam before glass work. Just to let you know, fiberglass resin melts the stuff, so cover it with tape or something to make it keep shape.
I had thought it would be similar to what they use to make surfboards, but it didn’t hold up as well as I had thought.
From everything I’ve gathered from him he “desires” a candy job, but has put a strict limit on the price. He’s already stated his wife won’t let him spend any more than what I quoted him for a BC/CC. It’s a very clean car, basically sand & shoot. I gave him a quote to repaint bc/cc, and for a 3 stage, but he only heard in his head the bc/cc price. Most of the bc/cc red pearls I’ve shown him he’s discounted as being “Too dark”.
The biggest problem is. He’s not real definitive in what he wants. He brings in pictures of cars printed off online forums, but no codes. Sometimes they are the same picture on two differnet pages, and they look completely different. He brings in dealer brocures with tri-coat colors, but doesn’t quite understand that it’ll be more for those colors. Sometimes he picks out copper colors and says they look nice.
I’m going to cover my behind and do a few sprayouts of some colors including B/c, 3 stage and candies with the prices right on the card. When he decides, I’ll make him sign and date it in permenant marker.
One things for sure, I’m not going to buy my work.
I use it quite a bit, a lot better than the original feather fill. I don’t seem to have any issues with it not spraying, but I usually add some acetone to slow it down a bit, and it also thins it down so that I can spray it out of a normal primer gun. One thing to be sure of is to not activate it then shake it, sure does dry fast in the can then.