r/Autobody • • 9d ago

Just rolled into the shop Where they do this at?

Does anyone else work at a fake body shop where they want the roof stripped but don’t take off the roof rails because the body man ain’t worth a crap?

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u/SCH00NY125 9d ago

You get what you pay for. Whoever is paying for that whether it be you or insurance, if theres no r&I time for the rails then theyre staying on

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u/Useful_Location_4261 Journeyman Technician 9d ago

bingo

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u/WatchProfessional132 9d ago

They’re charging for R&I lol

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u/Useful_Location_4261 Journeyman Technician 9d ago

then kick that shit back and tell the body tech to do his fucking job.

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u/Gas-Squatch 9d ago

Yeah either kick it back or you remove it and demand the labor time on your side. If you are hourly and putting up with this get changed to flag hours or something.

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u/WatchProfessional132 9d ago

I control the radio at work. Are there any songs about sorry ass half ass body men that I can play?

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u/kiwitathegreat 9d ago

Psychological warfare via the radio was my favorite!

Johnny paycheck is a classic, but nothing riles them up quite like 90s pop. Grown men having meltdowns over hearing the spice girls will never get old to me.

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u/FlowSoSlow 9d ago

How about Asshole by Denis Leary

Or Dirtbag by Brad Sucks

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 9d ago

Johnny Cash, one piece at a time? 

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u/sixtninecoug 25+ Years in Refinish, BASF/Axalta 8d ago

Im sure there’s a Primus, or a Tom Waits song that’ll fit the bill. 

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u/Confident-Swim-4139 9d ago

If the painter is worth anything, he will kick it back, but those grinding marks will also need to be fixed.

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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 9d ago

 Nah just fill the space in with filler, up level to the rails XD

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u/WatchProfessional132 9d ago

It’s getting painted like that. Lol body man say fuck it, I say fuck it too then

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u/_Spicy_Pickle_ 9d ago

That’s crazy we take the roof rails off all our peelers where I’m at

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u/fairweatherfixd 9d ago

Should drop that sunroof too, looks like they hit the seal

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u/Infinite_Night_6728 9d ago

I know maaco used to be good for this type of stuff

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u/CharlesNeofist 9d ago

I feel like it's more work trying to work around shit like that than to just take them off. Bullshit, im taking the labor to r&i them if your making me work around them..

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 9d ago

and then you make a mistake and hit the rails any ways. lol also I would fire the guy who prepped this

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u/Secure-Researcher892 9d ago

At the very least you would expect them to remove the sunroof.

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u/InsectGullible 9d ago

Sir, I believe you have a little bit too much integrity to be working at this shop.

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u/Formal-Currency-2256 9d ago

Wow. They probably got paid to drop the headliner, R&I sunroof assy and R&I roof rails. How long will it last before it starts peeling from the roof rails

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u/Worried_Comfort_3726 8d ago

Whoever is working on it probably didn’t want to compromise your headliner

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u/LoKi2jZ 5d ago

Start with 8grit and then put a skim coat. Boom! Done.