That was fun. Well, it wasn't finished Monday. Today, I went to get it, because they called and said it was finished. The tires were flat, and a bunch of sensors weren't hooked up. As far as the job they were supposed to do (replace hood, bumper, lights, grille, driver door, left fender, etc.), I'm not impressed. Here is what I found:
1. The lights aim just anywhere, but not where you want.
2. The fender is mounted too far back, and several bolts are missing. One bolt is loose. The back of the fender isn't mounted correctly, and sticks out about 1/8".
3. The driver door has gaps between the door and the weatherstrip. I can see daylight through them. To demonstrate, I slid my credit card through the gaps, without touching either surface.
4. The plastic piece that goes under the second battery is missing.
5. The plastic insert for the fender is missing.
6. The clips that go under that aero piece under the bumper are about half missing.
7. The front of the driver door was flared to match the fender.
8. They used an angle-grinder on the base of the A-pillar.
9. The A-pillar isn't straight. Apparently, they also bent it, as there was a dip at the top. The dip was filled with body filler and painted, but the lines do not match, side to side.
10. The plastic piece that goes behind the lights is missing.
11. The plastic piece that goes around the latch and across the front above the grille and radiators is very broken.
12. The hood latch is bent, and the secondary release is too low.
13. The hood hinges are bent.
14. The hood itself does not set flat, and does not line up with anything.
15. The cowl was not installed correctly. One of the fasteners was installed under the cowl, leaving an empty hole on the cowl. The plastic piece in the corner between the cowl and the fender was cracked, likely because it was forced into place.
16. The grille does not line up anywhere. Not one single edge lines up. Each corner has a different issue. One side of the top of the grille is below the cover, and the other side is above. On the lower edge, part of the grille is in front of the fascia lip, and part behind.
17. One of the proximity sensors is black, but the other 3 are silver.
18. The left A-pillar is no longer flush with the windshield, and I suspect there are issues with the seal on the windshield.
19. The left headlight, aside from aiming at the sky, is mounted too low, and is recessed.
20. The air dam is not mounted correctly.
21. As far as the paint itself, it looks OK, except that there are glops of buffing compound all over.
22. The front of the fender liner is mounted 1 hole too high, and the inner fasteners are missing. The back has 2 of 6 fasteners, but is too far in, which means they likely drilled holes.
23. I'm not sure what happened to the skirting.
24. The aluminum skid plates are missing.
25. There are braces on either side of the grille that are missing. Or, there aren't braces on their side of the grille, and there used to be.
26. A bunch of the fins on the AC radiator are damaged.
27. There is a missing piece by the main battery.
28. The air box is cracked, because the front is pushed back into the air box.
29. Two fasteners are missing near the hood latch.
30. Looking up from underneath, where the bumper pushes up too high on the left side, there is a plastic piece that was damaged by the bumper being mounted incorrectly.
I suspect that many of the new plastic parts they installed will have to be replaced again. If they drilled holes in the fender to mount those other things, I will insist that the fender be replaced again.
I'm still not sure how to verify if the paint was done correctly or not.
