95 Talon TSi AWD

[DSMINMN]

Originally Posted by 123abc

I keep getting stumped on the fact that you say it isn't your choice when actually, it really is all up to you. You can choose to save up more money to properly paint it, you can choose to not have even messed with that body stuff, and fix whats currently wrong and be enjoying your car...

Actaully it ISN'T my choice. I want to paint it the rare 2ga Talon metallic blue color but MY DAD, the owner of the shop you see in the pictures doesn't want to do that... The problem is, it's not his car... He keeps taking over everything... We go to take the bumpers off my car, and he does everything.. Did I ask him to do that? No. So yeah, he does what he want's no matter what I want or not...

In other words, if he doesn't feel like doing it, it means I can't do it. So yeah.

Oh, and I was told you have to pull the engine to paint the engine bay which would be ok to me, but my dad wouldn't have that.

Also, it has hail damage on the old hood, the roof, dents all over the side, a quarter size dent that went all the way down to the paint, some back yard body shop repairs that we need to fix.

So I did have to start the body stuff.

[123abc]

Originally Posted by DSMINMN

Actaully it ISN'T my choice. I want to paint it the rare 2ga Talon metallic blue color but MY DAD, the owner of the shop you see in the pictures doesn't want to do that... The problem is, it's not his car... He keeps taking over everything... We go to take the bumpers off my car, and he does everything.. Did I ask him to do that? No. So yeah, he does what he want's no matter what I want or not...

In other words, if he doesn't feel like doing it, it means I can't do it... So yeah..

Oh, and I was told you have to pull the engine to paint the engine bay which would be ok to me, but my dad wouldn't have that..

Also, it has hail damage on the old hood, the roof, dents all over the side, a quarter size dent that went all the way down to the paint, some back yard body shop repairs that we need to fix...

So I did have to start the body stuff...

Again, I see no where in that post that says you have to listen to your Dad 24/7. I know he means well, but YOU have to remember it's YOUR car, not his. I've had to go through this where I was in the middle of my engine swap and I had to leave the garage I was working on it at. So I took it to my parents and that caused nothing but problems because every time I'd come over it was to work on the DSM, not to help them, etc...

I don't mean to sound like a dick, bottom line is you gotta do what you gotta do. If you wanted to paint the car a certain color and do it properly, you should've saved up more before tearing into the body work.

[DSMINMN]

Originally Posted by 123abc

If you wanted to paint the car a certain color and do it properly, you should've saved up more before tearing into the body work.

I was quoted $4,000 for a color change by my dad so...yeah.

I'm not trying to be a dick either but my dad put me in a situation where I couldn't have paid his price, so I just went with it.

If I said I wanted to paid it a different color and said we had to take the engine out to do it, he would flip out. So that's also where it would end up. He doesn't want to have to deal with it. Might I add its not his car.

It's confusing, I know!

Plus my cousin got a nice ammount of paint on that Honduh as you can see (no cost to him), so I believe I should be getting some paint as well.

And if not, I'll pay.



Why would I pay that much when my dad owns a body shop...? He pretty much thinks he has to do everything, like I said earlier. So that is why it's hard to do anything, with or WITHOUT more or less money.


And your right, maybe I should have gotten more money but, I don't see what I would be paying for. Primer, paint, clear, and verious parts. Who charges their own family labor?