[03zincy_ride]

Well just to let everyone know my experience with the hood replacement. I took the car in on July 20 for the hood replacement. Went to pick the car up on July 23 and these were some of the problems noted (see list below). Any way it was late on a Friday when I went to the body shop so I took the car home for the weekend with them agreeing to repaint the undeside of the hood with clear coat and my concerns about the difference in color hue on the top side. Also it gave me some time to find other issues. Other people I know noticed the color hue difference when I brought it home. Back to the shop on July 26 to get this corrected and pointed out the other problems. July 29 got a call and said it would not be ready that they are going to repaint the hood. This means they wil keep the car over the weekend. I'm p***** off with them at this point. Tentative date to get the car back is Aug 4 since they have to re-order the stripes. I'll update the post after I get the car back.


Summary List of issues:
Wrong color hue (Zinc yellow had a green hue)
No clear coat applied to under-side of hood
paint poorly applied under hood and not sanded
hood not properly aligned
Shaker opening edges were not sanded and looked jagged
no stickers under hood (belt diagram)
scratch on front edge of hood
and paint blemishes

I hope this helps anyone that might experience the same hood problem.