Picked my car back up from the shop to have work done that was beyond me and my tools.
I sure wish I had the money that everybody saves by working on their own cars.
I will definitely be doing all of the mechanical work myself. Always something to work on (disc brakes, locker, etc..).
Based on all of the stories I hear, I guess I was fortunate to have a shop that took my car just three weeks ago and completed all of the following:
1. Repaired and painted a rust through issue on lower right quarter (the paint matched perfectly).
2. Repaired and painted cowl area behind passenger side door (a section of seam sealer fell off and exposed surface rust).
3. Completely removed the front end and realigned all panels. The previous owner had dropped the front/raised the back too much. I started having contact issues (hood to fenders, passenger door to fender, etc..).
4. Repaired/painted the front valance (bad skim coat prior to painting).
5. Polished out the strange water marks on all upper surfaces. Not sure what falls out of the sky in California (my car's previous home) that etched in to the paint.
6. Installed TinMan subframe connectors.
7. Replaced starter solenoid. Not sure what happened there. They had an issue when they started it today.
8. Repaired broken weld on caster rod adjusting bracket.
9. Touched up areas that needed it.
I would have to say that the subframe connectors made a huge difference. I could actually tell that my suspension was working instead of the body flexing. No more rattles and bouncing around.
Here are a couple of pictures.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4193140139_2f9a5fca2e_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4193901038_58cbcbb8da_b.jpg
I sure wish I had the money that everybody saves by working on their own cars.
I will definitely be doing all of the mechanical work myself. Always something to work on (disc brakes, locker, etc..).
Based on all of the stories I hear, I guess I was fortunate to have a shop that took my car just three weeks ago and completed all of the following:
1. Repaired and painted a rust through issue on lower right quarter (the paint matched perfectly).
2. Repaired and painted cowl area behind passenger side door (a section of seam sealer fell off and exposed surface rust).
3. Completely removed the front end and realigned all panels. The previous owner had dropped the front/raised the back too much. I started having contact issues (hood to fenders, passenger door to fender, etc..).
4. Repaired/painted the front valance (bad skim coat prior to painting).
5. Polished out the strange water marks on all upper surfaces. Not sure what falls out of the sky in California (my car's previous home) that etched in to the paint.
6. Installed TinMan subframe connectors.
7. Replaced starter solenoid. Not sure what happened there. They had an issue when they started it today.
8. Repaired broken weld on caster rod adjusting bracket.
9. Touched up areas that needed it.
I would have to say that the subframe connectors made a huge difference. I could actually tell that my suspension was working instead of the body flexing. No more rattles and bouncing around.
Here are a couple of pictures.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4193140139_2f9a5fca2e_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4193901038_58cbcbb8da_b.jpg
