My Horror Story with AutoFlex/Dip

milkcow500

Geez. Dip One is pretty well known in the industry too...

I hope you get this resolved soon because there's way too many issues with this install.

By the way, the pink will go away if you leave the car in the sun for a week or so. I've had this happen before and it's because there wasn't a neutral colored base coat sprayed initially.

MagmaRed370z

What a freaking mess.

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///maestro

Yes exactly. 7-9k is way too much for paint in my opinion. I could have the car boosted for that much.

Exactly. They were just throwing excuse after excuse at me. I wasn't having it. My lawyer feels very confident about this case (but then again, what lawyer doesn't lol)

I thought they were too....Its the deceiving instagram pictures that get everyone to think that. Nobody has yet to really complain about them. They tried offering me a free wrap job by one of their guys to compensate for damages....The guy that does their "wrap" is absolutely awful. They openly admitted that they refunded 8 autoflex jobs last month. This guy admitted so much to me via text that its almost impossible for me to lose this case.

As for the pink - I don't care that it will fade or not. The fact of that matter is that I was not notified that there would be a possibility of it altering my OEM paint. That is where this guy fucked up. If I knew it would, I would have never been in this mess.

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JARblue

Actually, that sounds very reasonable to have a car painted. You get what you pay for

And a $7K boost job on a 370Z is probably going to have a similar outcome as your dip. A really crappy shop might fab together an ebay kit and install it for that price, but it won't last long. Again, you get what you pay for.

I'm not trying to say you deserve the results you got - those guys were obviously incompetent. But results like that are why I will always pay more to have someone that I know knows what they're doing to do it right rather than cheap out and get it done by the lowest bidder. When I look back in hindsight, I don't want to have to say I wish I had spent more money to do it right the first time.

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///maestro

for 9-10k you could definitely boost a 370z. (I was leaning more towards the bigger number in your pricing range). And I 100% agree with the "you get what you pay for" statement. But my thoughts were "it's only $1,000 dollars, If I don't like it, i'm not losing much." I was upset with how the blue came out for the price because others came out much much better, but what really got me is how they ruined everything while taking the paint off...That was something I was not expecting. They market this stuff as if it peels off in large panels and comes off very easily. With that said, there were THOUSANDS of small blue pieces of my paint of the ground when I got there to pick the car up.

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brancky3

To be fair, it said $7-9k

BP turbo kit is $7300 plus ~$2000 for install (ballpark). Boom.

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JARblue

If you think that's all you need to boost a 370Z you're in for an eye opener. None of the turbo kits include all the supporting mods necessary for forced induction

$10-12K is about the minimum you can get away with for a decent kit and install. And that doesn't even include the necessary contingency fund for when $hit goes south. Because with boost, it's not a matter of if but when.

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JARblue

And my first follow up thought to that is "... unless they fuck something up."

If you can get a good product and install for $1K it seems like it should be more popular. But there's no reason they shouldn't be able to replicate the results on other vehicles with your own. If you had seen their work, and it was acceptable to you, then I can't say you made a poor decision on your purchase. You just got unlucky. In my experience the cheaper you go, the more of risk that becomes. There is no right answer though, unfortunately.

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brancky3

Yea my post was mostly sarcastic about $9k - but he said boost the Z, not drive the boosted Z

I built up my old 2001 Audi A4 with a bigger turbo and quickly found I needed a huge intercooler, a 3" exhaust, a new clutch, an EBC, etc etc etc. Luckily the engine internals were pretty stout on that and really had no chance to blow with the ~450HP I was running.

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JARblue

Lol in that case just buy the $1200 ebay turbo kit and cram the parts randomly into the engine bay

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milkcow500

Aaand the fb post on the dippers group was deleted.

They only charged you 1k for an AF job?

Was the rest of your paint OEM? I'm just curious because most of the time peeling issues occur with aftermarket paint jobs. They should have let you know this in advance though.

Looks like there was a total loss in communication and quality of service here. The panels should peel in one piece, but there were obviously issues. Prep is a huge factor in this and it's also possible that not enough coats were applied.

///maestro

I've seen their work on my buddy's car and his car came out great. It even peeled off very well (entire panels) so my decision was pretty straight forward, based on his car and instagram posts.

Someone posted it on the dippers group????

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milkcow500

Yea it was posted and then the admin deleted it shortly after.

The shop should have gone over a few things with you before proceeding. I'm just curious, but did you already speak with them in regards to some sort of compensation yet?

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///maestro

Do you know who posted it?
And no I have not. It took them a week and a half to process my request for a refund along with all of the lies and bull, I'm just not having it.

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milkcow500

I forgot the name, but he mentioned that he was looking at getting it done there as well.

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