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    5gtt, please help!!

    i took my car for an mot 2months ago and it failed on the sills . so i gave it to a good friend who took it to his friend that works on old cars including 5s, vws, etc to do the sills as he does it for a living, at the same time i got him to fill and spray my bumpers.
    4 weeks past and no car so after many calls i finally went round to his house, paid and collected my car. bumpers looked good and the sills looked ok from what i could see. but he had drilled holes in the skirts and arches to bolt then back to my car and put this nasty white culkkin down the side skirts instead of the original strips that were there before, the starter motor had broke and the exaust had started to blow just off the turbo, all of which were fine before!
    so i took it to the mot station after fixing the starter motor myself and it failed agen on the sills, mot tester said the work hadnt been done, so i got a second opinion from another mot station and the same was said. i looked at it for myself and could see there point!
    not wanting to take it back to the same guy who ripped me off (duno why), this mornin i took it to a specialist auto welders how came highly recomended to get the work done agen, who refused to do the work due to the amount on underseal underneath the car which he said was highly flammable and couldnt weld onto without my car goin up in flames! so nothings still been done tax is tickin away and insurance to!
    to be honest i really dont no what to do from here on in so i would like as much feed back as possible please

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    after burning down the place of the dick that ripped you off, i'd be getting out the thinners and removing all the underseal that has been applied

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    the only thing you can do is get underneath the 5 and try to remove as much as possible of the underseal so that this second company will do the welding for you to pass the mot. from what my mate told me some petrol and abit of hard work and you will get the underseal off. if not try another body shop and see if they will be willing to repair / replace the sills

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    why not go to the first guy and say wtf
    i know i would
    sounds like he took it for a rag not fix the seals

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    Quote Originally Posted by R5GTTRaider View Post
    why not go to the first guy and say wtf
    i know i would
    sounds like he took it for a rag not fix the seals
    agreed, the guy sounds like a ****, i'd go back mate as you've basically paid him to break your car

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    i think he did to, im gona sort it with him, just dont fancy leavin the car with him agen

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    Wouldn't leave my car there. Just go and get you're money back.

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    Quote Originally Posted by sega View Post
    Wouldn't leave my car there. Just go and get you're money back.

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    ive been on the fone to the guy that done the work and told him hes gota do it again, so hes havin it off me monday, hope all goes well. if not someone on this site has told me about a freind that car do it for me. cheers guys

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    lets hope he actually does it this time then hope everything works out for you mate

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    Re: 5gtt, please help!!

    no way would i leave the car with him again m8 bugger that lol.

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