Not a specialist report, no. I am a bit reluctant to spend anymore money at the moment. This whole situation has been fairly expensive. The car was with Emblem a few days before I had the wrap, they have given me a letter to confirm that whilst the car was with them, there were no spoiler errors and that it was functioning as it should. I am hoping when it goes to court, the judge is a reasonable man, and can see what they have done. All I want is my car in the condition that it was in when I left it with this company. I am not trying to claim any other kind of compensation.
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Not a specialist report, no. I am a bit reluctant to spend anymore money at the moment. This whole situation has been fairly expensive. The car was with Emblem a few days before I had the wrap, they have given me a letter to confirm that whilst the car was with them, there were no spoiler errors and that it was functioning as it should. I am hoping when it goes to court, the judge is a reasonable man, and can see what they have done. All I want is my car in the condition that it was in when I left it with this company. I am not trying to claim any other kind of compensation.
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Yep I used to be a signwritter in my early years. The pressure of the knife/scalpel should only score the top of the vinyl then it tears, it's like you weaken the material. You should never use the blade to fully cut the vinyl as this will mark the paint. To be fair any hairline marks will polish out very easily. What appears to have happened is they used a blunt blade hence the extra pressure needed to cut the surface and hence your marked paintwork. In a word, "Amateurs"
Only a 10a blade should be used.
If the marks are just in the surface surely a top end detailer could paint correct the car and get the marks out?
Sorry to hear that, hope it all ends well.
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A good lawyer and she makes a mean cup of tea
haha thanx UM
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If you do Peter, get it done in white!
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A good lawyer and she makes a mean cup of tea
More than can be said of her husband! Who ever heard of a restaurant manager who can find the tea let alone make some!!!!!!!!!!
Just an update on my awful wrapping experience.
I received an offer from the wrapping companies solicitor, which I accepted. It was only a few hundred pounds less than what I was claiming. I really was getting quite stressed out by the whole process, this is the main reason I accepted.
I have since taken the wrap off, and was relieved to see that there were not as many cut marks to the paint work as I expected. Although saying that, there were 42 cuts too many. I have a very good friend with a spray shop who has previously resprayed the front of my car to rid it of stone chips, who is going to respray several panels, and make my car pristine again. As well as the cut marks, a fair amount of laquer has also come away. This is nobodies fault as I half expected this too happen.
All in all this has been a very expensive lesson for me, even after the compensation I am about £3000 down.
So anyone thinking of getting their car wrapped, think long and hard!
Thanks to everyone who offered me advice, it was very much apreciated.
Peter
I received an offer from the wrapping companies solicitor, which I accepted. It was only a few hundred pounds less than what I was claiming. I really was getting quite stressed out by the whole process, this is the main reason I accepted.
I have since taken the wrap off, and was relieved to see that there were not as many cut marks to the paint work as I expected. Although saying that, there were 42 cuts too many. I have a very good friend with a spray shop who has previously resprayed the front of my car to rid it of stone chips, who is going to respray several panels, and make my car pristine again. As well as the cut marks, a fair amount of laquer has also come away. This is nobodies fault as I half expected this too happen.
All in all this has been a very expensive lesson for me, even after the compensation I am about £3000 down.
So anyone thinking of getting their car wrapped, think long and hard!
Thanks to everyone who offered me advice, it was very much apreciated.
Peter
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Hi Peter, again , sorry to hear of all the grief and poor service you've had off this firm. Its been a very annoying and frustrating experience, plus been let down by supposed professionals is very galling.
£3K...is a big pill to swallow especially as it wasn't your fault.
Keep well and I hope you put up a few pics of your beauty after shes been restored to her former glory.
P
£3K...is a big pill to swallow especially as it wasn't your fault.
Keep well and I hope you put up a few pics of your beauty after shes been restored to her former glory.
P
Thanks peeps,
The light is gonna have to be fixed when I can afford to get it done, likewise for the spoiler mechanism, although I have managed to do a temporary fix myself. Most of the comp money will go on the paintwork of the car, as you know even at mates rates its not cheap to get paint done correctly. All the rubbing down etc etc.
The light is gonna have to be fixed when I can afford to get it done, likewise for the spoiler mechanism, although I have managed to do a temporary fix myself. Most of the comp money will go on the paintwork of the car, as you know even at mates rates its not cheap to get paint done correctly. All the rubbing down etc etc.