shit those door gaps were probably worse than that from the factory

I have been in the auto repair industry for over twenty years. I currently work at an auto factory. Although I agree with several points that you brought out on the quality of workmanship on this particular repair, there is not a single shop including yours that can make perfect defect free repairs. Heck the factory can't even do that.

All insurance work should be signed of by this guy. He sees repair work in another dimension.

All signs of aftermarket parts that most insurance companies want shops to use

I bet any paint shop that see's this guy coming they probably say to themselves "Awe shit....here comes the guy with the gauges" This guy has a really good attention to detail. Although I will say on a Dodge Journey a sledgehammer dent would improve the car.

Plastic bumper covers and metal panels will always mismatch in color, even when sprayed at the same time with the same batch of paint. It's called pigment wick. The solvents react differently to the different substrates.

No excuse for the paint work. But most Dodges off the assembly line are not evenly gapped.

Lol no one ever measures gaps 😂 they eyeball it and make it look even all around

I'd like to see this guy fix a $10,000 claim on a car with 0'flaws.

& he is probably the same person that recommends aftermarket or used parts and that has never worked on a car before .

This guy must be fun at party's

That is why I always choose where I get my cars repaired, never let the insurance choose, they choose the cheapest and nastiest repairer.

Some body shops are crooked as hell. They cut corners, wants a lot of money from you and insurance company,but does a crappy/shady job on the work. It not their vehicle so they can care less about other people vehicle. No honest craftsmen ship goes into the work.

I agree with most of this but seriously many of these cars brand new have mismatched gap lines and bumpers.For a base model Dodge Journey just buff those runs out and send it!😂

Fire that paint crew, and whoever is in charge of quality control. But these gaps are better than factory.

Working hard for that post repair inspection fee I see. I have a brand new Fusion with gap issues all over and paint issues (color match, overstay, etc.)..this guy is an ambulance chaser..btw he charges the owner for what he did

Shady repair shop definitions Insurance work: Minimal work, maximum pay off.

ha, the insurance company os to blame for this by sending you to shops that will do the work for less money. the tech isnt going to do anything more than they get paid for. its sad, but these guys want factory repairs, but wont pay to achieve the results they seek. gaps are never right from the factory, go take a gauge to a dealer lot and youll see most cars leave tje factory with at least 2 mm gap difference side to side. new cars with plastic bumpers will never have an exact paint match to a metal fender because they are two different substrates, metal and plastic. every new car comes off the assembly line with a color difference from the fender to bumper unless its straight black..... these guys are a joke, trying to pay less for higher quality. the insurance industry is a scam to make money and pay out less on every claim, then reinspect the vehicle and say you didnt do it fast enough and you didnt do a bunch of free work to make the car look perfect. dont get me wrong, some shops purely do shit work to get money, but besides some paint flaws, this would be an average repair in most cases.

Paint job is poor, but the BS with gaps that doesn’t sound right specially on a Dodge??? Please...

All y'all paint and body guys make fun of this guy, his hands, him being in office clothes, saying he's never done this type of work and on and on...He's not claiming to be a paint and body guy. Just because you spray paint and apply fillers, it don't make you a paint and body man either. Your comments obviously tell me you do this type of shitty work, and you need to go bag groceries for a living instead of touching people's cars. You all are the people ruining $50k plus vehicles. I took a $60k truck in for a fender repair. It must have been one of you all working on it. Curl in paint, bad overspray across entire windshield, bad filler job on scrapes in the fender (the only damaged part!), paint curl across the undamaged door in secondary color of two tone paint where they "blended", and now clear coat is peeling off on "blended" door and hood. Both of which were undamaged. I specifically asked them not to touch any other panels. Now instead of a shitty job on just the fender, I have issues with the fender, the hood, and the passenger front door. HAVE SOME PRIDE IN YOUR WORK or GTFO!!

This man is a joke. Where is the contract for this job and how much did he pay for it? He is a scammer and should not be taken seriously. He is a fraud.

This is what happens when you pay top dollar for your insurance but insurance wants to pay out as little as possible so they fix your car with aftermarket parts and cut corners. trust me I work in the field so much shit goes on it's crazy. Aftermarket parts lower the value of your car Point Blank.

All it needs is a good polish, clean up the overspray and most customers won’t even notice

I understand sometimes gaps don’t always come out to a T but sometimes insurance gives us aftermarket parts TONG YANG impossible to make fit even with reaming the holes. Gotta remember we are humans not robots. But yeah I agree sometimes some shops just absolutely botch jobs.

No excuse for the poor paint, but as far as gaps, this guy can pound sand!!!! Failed to mention that parts were more than likely aftermarket parts!!

One important thing to remember: this vehicle is a Chrysler product, so any mismatched gaps and poor paint job might be totally normal on this crappy SUV from the factory. ;-)

I called Ron this morning on a small issues with my car, I drove to the shop and within a matter of a couple of minutes Ron took car of it for me. This is the second time I went there and walked away a happy customer. I highly recommend the shop.

Worst car to do this on, I work for dodge and they come from factory all misaligned already lmao.

I remember having some minor bodywork done on my car after a door was smashed by an uninsured driver. The work the shop did exceeding Honda's factory in Mexico on quality. The paint was smoother lol Though they screwed up the buffing on one surface which left swirls, but I pointed it out and they made good on it.

How can I get this done ? I have three shades on my car and mismatches

This guy is worse than my wife!

I wonder how many years since he smiled or laughed about anything

What is sad is that this was probably done in a shop with a paint booth with more-than-adequate lighting. If I can do much better than this in my garage, there is no excuse.

Its the insurance fault! Im a painter and labor rate on that is around $52 here. Mechanic is 80 or even 100 some places. The ins companies only give certain amount of time per panel and per dent. But they try to short on fixing the car EVERY WHICH WAY they can. Instead of fixing it 100percent back with oem parts. The whole auto body industry should stand up, its only gonna get worse and soon theyll get guys from mcdonalds to paint your car. I cant make a living hardly as a painter nowdays. Its sad

This guy should come to India because almost all the paintjobs and denting works done by our people is so horrible

That's not a run its no charge rust protection

🤣😂😂😂 That hood looks like one of those New York graffiti train.

Paint is obviously flawed but so is the panel beater who worked on it. Not stripping everything and not adjusting panels properly. The bumper bar is a given, always a different colour from factory

Picky, picky, picky. They should do quality check on brand new cars at the dealerships. Gaps are bad. Cars will never come out of a collision repair 100% the same. Restoration shop cars are full of body filler. I want to see these guys do body work. Body techs get all the blame. The real ones to blame are the insurance companies.

i would like to see this guy doing the work with his beautiful nice and smoth lady hands, i see this kind of ladies everyday , but when you ask them what would be a solution or tell him to show you what would he do about it is scrap the whole paint again is what they say , when you know that this cutie ladies sont want to pay enough to buff and polish the entire car

So what happens now? Is the owner simply out of luck?

total vehicle alignment in the modern unibody is something that many in the collision repair field do not have training or knowledge of.

Plastic parts and metal never matches

Thank you for the video. It helped me.

90% of bodyshops rush em in and out No time to play with doors and fenders and hoods ..Get them on fix the gaps best you can and move on to the prep and paint ..grab the next car The other point of it is the detailer needs to catch these problems along with the service advisor (runs blemishs overspray Buffing polishing paint touch up and overall little things...Lights horn Interior clean..Not only from the dirt from the shop but the customers too

call dodge to complain about those gaps in all fairness, everything else makes sense and i agree with.

you do sometimes get a colour difference from bumper to the wing . even straight from factory

I love how thorough you were, I need some help with a brand new truck we purchased with some lot damage, please help us

What he is not saying is that insurance companies can require after market parts that are garbage on repairs

who is this guy and how can I hire him. love his attention to detail.

What marker is he using to mark the car???

You guys are great but where can I contact you to evaluate my paint job.

Did the same work to my car people beware of caliber collision

I bet he never even worked on cars in his life.lol office junkie at his best!

Listen, most of these cars have really bad gaps as it is so STOP! The paint issues are legit. I’m sure if I looked at the work coming out of your shop I could pick it apart to. Guys like this piss me off. Bad work is bad work but nitpicking is another!

Yes he's good at pointing out mistakes, but has he ever even done any body work himself?

They got that "Earl Shive Special" $99.99 while supply's last. 😆👍

This guy is literally justifying his paycheck, and clearly loves the little bit of power he's been given. All I've seen in this video is 1 camera shot that shows a little overspray on the windshield, other than that there's no evidence in this video other than all the sharpie circle's he drew that the camera couldn't show the faults labelled !! And he fails to tell everyone that the gauges he's using and the manufacturer guidelines have a tolerance close to 1mm either way which makes all the readings he took acceptable, but he didn't mention that.!? The thing to understand is if this guy doesn't pick apart and find faults even as miniscule as they may be, then he's not doing his job !! Only a certain type of person would do this job, usually people who have a few cats and live with their mother so a little bit of disecting others hard work gives a feeling of power and makes up for the friends they never had !!

the paint could of been better but aftermarket aint oem welcome to my life as a tech

It looks fine... especially for a base model dodge journey lol

the jig system car o liner is brilliant to use

How is the fender not lined up ..you said they masked it off to paint it

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So, did the insurance company re-do the job or did they just declare it to be a total-loss?

id like to know who did the bad repair????

Insurance co. probably spec. after market parts. Insurance co.advise you to take the repair to their shops that they make a deal with. These shops accept after market non oem parts and also discount labor and MATERIALS for the insurance company. There is a huge difference between oem parts and aftermarket and a diffence between cheap materials and upper end materials. How do I know? Upper end Lincoln and Ford dealer ship for 20 plus years, direct repair program for 5 insurance co. The clear we used was lower grade to keep cost down. Retired now and just do specialty work. All the materials I use are upper end in my shop and it shows. 500 a sprayable gallon vs 200. AS far as fit goes no one really pays attention when they buy a car. Its after it gets wrecked and repaired the start looking. Dont believe me, go to a Chevy, Ford, Dodge, dealership on a Sunday so you can really compaire gaps between vehical to vehical and you will see.

Bin in autobody for 10years I can't believe how ppl can have no pride in their work.

That awkward moment when your picking a gap of 4 mm and 4.5 mm. The other awkward moment when your picking gabs on panels that werent removed. Yikes! Not a good look guys.

Bumpers are often different colors than the metal

Where can I go get it checked

Such bad body shops get away with bad work because the customers dont notice the flaws.

Funny how ppl want to match bumper will never match unless blended to the fenders

The gaps is fine. Paint with over spray and not matching is no good. Every car I've had in my life had inconsistent gaps in panels new from factory

Help!! I just bought a used 2018 Cadillac and the dealership never told me they repainted the front bumper due to scratches!! I didn’t notice the horrible chop shop work because it was a rainy day!! I’ve now brought it to a auto body repair shop that I’ve used for years ... and they said it was a terrible job ... fish eyes everywhere, the whole front bumper isn’t buffed so it looks mate finish compared to the rest of the car?? Any ideas on what I can do to have this done right... oh and the dealership won’t get back to me !!

The shops responsible to put the car back in pre existing condition shame on them for doing what insurance companies ask of them. Their customer is the owner not the insurance company. All for greed

hahaha I bet it was chris Gilbert at "Chris Gilberts Body Shop" haha.i worked for him one time.he painted slot of stuff outside and never blended.he never sanded only scuffed smh

I've got a marker pen. Im going to use it to point out all the flaws a shop did and point out panel gap errors with my homemade measuring device to look like I know what Im talking about. Ignore the fact that I don't know what a bumper cover is. Pretend you did not hear that.

“Windshield wiper squirters” 🤣

I don't know why, but this dude reminds me of that jobsite inspector you know fails every job, and everybody wants to kick his ass. Some good points tho, like that paint line on the bumper, and the overspay.

Bumpers and fenders never match. Especially on Pearl colors they are very noticeable even if you blend it still won't completely match.

That's the best that Dodge ever ran

if you will read the 17 digit vins, 3 numbers at a time, you,ll have 5 sets of numbers of 3, then you,ll always have 2 numbers remaining at the end. guarantees you,ve got all 17 digits.

seen jobs going out were you could fit your finger between the rear light and adjoining panel lol

There are panelbeaters and there are panelbeaters out there !!! Lol

Factory has a fit standard. If cosmetic panels have bad gaps, the panels are not OEM , or the structural integrity of the vehicle is not within OEM standard. If the OEM standard is "loose", , then scrutinize something else.

Also for you guys.. we have to warranty all repairs to spec for the life of the vehicle as long as the customer owns it. We put our necks out for you..(as your boss) hoping you would care for or customers as much as we do. so have some consideration for us.

Wow! Very impressive.

Dodges are notorious for factory workmanship. In the case of these gaps the guy should have brought to attention how the gaps are off on the undamaged side. Agree sloppy paint but this is a Dodge not a Lexus as far as quality of construction. He didn’t divulge the extent of damages but this appears to be a low impact claim.

Since he's a good inspector why dont he become a body worker insurance companies dont pay enough to get all that perfectly done they used to send adjusters now what they do is they send their customers to a bodyshop with their estimates and they tell em if its more money tell the body shop to call us fk that

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This guy a hoot at a party.

This paint shop should be ashamed

If a business advertises on the highway in America advertises auto paint and body, you can easily see where people can get mixed up. Most people assume that they must get their human bodies painted with instead of their automobiles.... Confucius say, "Better to paint your automobile, rather than painting your fleshly skin, and not mix up the two".

Sad to say the Insurance companies are so far behind in paying for the supplies and the services needed to make all these repairs. Twenty years have elapsed and the numbers they generate on the claims is a two dollar increase.

Fair enough to pick faults with the paint finish and overspray, but I think he was being too critical with everything else, the panel gaps didn’t look that bad, if it was a million dollar supercar then yes measure every panel gap

he is right about the paint but the gaps come on cars from factory brad new if you check the gaps it would be no perfect so

Talk about a perfectionist! This guy...smh. Wait this dodge never got in a wreck, so it came from dealership like that! Listen to the last part of video.

I need this guy to go back with me to Macco ,just got a paint job for $1000 and it looks like shit they sprayed everything but the right thing. car back up sensors , running boards ,spare tire ,etc. worst paint job ever!

Why didn't take hood off baffles me

either you do it right or start over and do it right!