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dromano · 10-20-2016, 11:49 PM

Hi All,

Recently had my truck painted (past month) and picked it up today. The truck by no means was in perfect shape and the painter I used was very fair and honest in his price. I am not naive in the sense of "you get what you pay for" but there a few minor imperfections in the paint job that I feel should not be there after what I paid for the paint job.

Specifically, the hood fits poorly and the cowl panel looks like it was forced into place and there is a tiny paint chip where you can see the new paint being lifted off of the cowl panel. I am talking the size of a nail tip. Given the painter and I discussed that this was not going to be a show quality paint job and not "perfect" am I in the wrong asking my painter to address and fix the chip/hood alignment?

I hate to be the rude, needy, anal customer but given I paid around 6k for a new paint job I also feel some what entitled to bring this up the painter.

Any advice on how to address would be greatly appreciated.

10-20-2016, 11:49 PM	#1
dromano Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 34	Paint Job Advice Hi All, Recently had my truck painted (past month) and picked it up today. The truck by no means was in perfect shape and the painter I used was very fair and honest in his price. I am not naive in the sense of "you get what you pay for" but there a few minor imperfections in the paint job that I feel should not be there after what I paid for the paint job. Specifically, the hood fits poorly and the cowl panel looks like it was forced into place and there is a tiny paint chip where you can see the new paint being lifted off of the cowl panel. I am talking the size of a nail tip. Given the painter and I discussed that this was not going to be a show quality paint job and not "perfect" am I in the wrong asking my painter to address and fix the chip/hood alignment? I hate to be the rude, needy, anal customer but given I paid around 6k for a new paint job I also feel some what entitled to bring this up the painter. Any advice on how to address would be greatly appreciated.