Headliner Work - Blemished & Damaged.

[SNOWti]

Don't you hate it when you take something to get fixed only to find they broke things to fix it?

I had my headliner done recently, when I picked up the headliner looked great, all in place, except a petulant smell of Epoxy... and then after stopping to clean the insides a bit I find a small clip and attached to it a plastic knob thingy, a broken interior piece.

I didnt like it. The dude broke something. Then I realized the stitching on the side windows didnt match, meaning the thread lines went vertical on one and the other horizontal. A very OCD thing of mine I had the guy redo the driver side to match the other side.. it looked grainier and puffier... He then takes a screw driver and IN FRONT OF ME, rips into the weather strip, bending the inside metal rubber covered clasps that go along the insides of the strip AND scatches the nice Alpine white paint underneath.

I say nothing until I take a closer look later to find scratches inside. BUT here's the kicker, the dumbfuc k actually glued the side bar top to the headliner edge. I dont know what to call them, they're the side column plastic covers that go inside either side of the windshield. He starts hacking away at the fabric, Im like easy! Use this... a razor knife. Thats where the epoxy stench is coming from. The dude BROKE... broke the inside plastic clips, lost one, I found one and instead of telling me or fixing it, he does a Mickey and GLUES things together.

He leaves epoxy glue finger mess in the lower driver side of the window I find scratches on the other side inside the weather strip.

I know they are not big deal parts, they eventually are not exposed but I paid, then I dont know now if I need a new side panel if it doesnt hold and IM NOT glueing alo pendejo this part.

NOw, in light of other major things in the world, this is insignificant and petty, but I get specifically angry at the lack of respect, care and detail and hurriedness of the job, the lack of attention to caring for some else's property, thats the issue. Its like a ding by a jerk. I'll get over it, just need to let it out, I now have to spend a little time and mend small details but really, never again.

[tiFreak]

that really sucks, there's plenty of members in SoCal, couldn't hurt to post the name so no one else gets screwed by this guy

[MacUser]

That's why I'm trying to do as much stuff as possible on my own. That way, I know what's been broken and who broke it! Also, I go to realoem.com and find out the prices of various parts ... you don't want to break a $25 part trying to protect a $2 part from breaking. Looking at the diagrams, I can predict which parts I'm going to break and order them ahead of time.

Doesn't Pelican Parts sell the headliner preinstalled on that pre-cut-to-fit composite material???

[SNOWti]

Originally Posted by tiFreak

that really sucks, there's plenty of members in SoCal, couldn't hurt to post the name so no one else gets screwed by this guy

Armando's Upholstery in East Hollywood off of Santa Monica and Ardmore. Avoid at all costs.

I had the work done previously on my silver ti and I was probably in more of a rush at the time, looked great afterwards and not until this happened on my white ti did I go BACK and notice the same sort of damage to the weather strip and inside body.

Never again do work with someone that does NOT speak fluid english, sorry, I speak spanish but I've HAD it with people who simply DO NOT understand caring for not only their property or valuable hard worked for things but OTHERS as well. I simply have NOT found a single person of that side... that does NOT do QUALITY work or know what they are doing. I can get nasty about it but I know that there will be a few offended but its been a proven fact for me to realize. I'll drive down to Irvine or something next time, pay double...! The standards are just not there. I do professional work in my field, I take care and pride in my work and consider every detail and care going in.

Learning lesson number 12.

[roadrash]

Originally Posted by SNOWti

Never again do work with someone that does NOT speak fluid fluent english

Fixed.

Sorry to hear about your experience, but that made me LOL. heh heh

[SNOWti]

Im so angry Im turning mislanguaged! ... that was pretty funny...!

By the way, whats a good method to remove slight messy epoxy glue on the inside of the windshield, the idiot left traces of his fingers leaving epoxy on the lower driver side inside windshield. I dont want or will use a razor as theres a good chance at scratching the glass. I may try goo gone and a hard plastic scraper, any special methods? Thanks!

[tiFreak]

I use razor blades all the time to take inspection stickers off (old ones, I work in an inspection station ) and I've never scratched a windshield

[cooljess76]

+1 on the razor blades, I use them all of the time. Just make sure you use it to scrape, not cut. Now if the epoxy is on a tinted window, obviously you don't want to use a razor, but generally speaking, a razor isn't going to scratch the glass unless you intentionally try to gouge the corner of the blade into the glass.

[MacUser]

Originally Posted by roadrash

Fixed.

Sorry to hear about your experience, but that made me LOL. heh heh

I chuckled when I saw that, too.

I don't think "fluid" is necessarily wrong in this case, but I agree that "fluent" was probably the word he was looking for.