My dodgy wrap (The outcome)
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Just an update for anyone that maybe interested.
I accepted an out of court settlement from the
based "so called" wrapping company for the damage that they caused to my Gallardo.
I have also now removed my wrap, to find 42 separate cut marks on my paint work. Funny really looking back, when I confronted the guy from this company about two cut marks that I found prior to removing the wrap, he told me that he would stake his reputation on the fact that I would not find any more! Well that's his reputation destroyed! I also found that my car was not wrapped in it's entirety with the 3m vinyl that I had paid for, but by no less than 3 different types of vinyl, my car was mainly wrapped with some ultra thin cheap vinyl, this would explain the patchy look my wrap had. Also the iremovable staining near the exhausts.
This wrapping company has cost me dearly financially, even with their compensation I am down several thousand pounds, not including the £1750 I payed for the damn wrap in the first place. My car was treated with total disrespect whilst in their custody, and I feel I was treated in exactly the same way. When I first brought up the fact that I was not happy with my wrap, I was told "I knew you wouldn't be happy with it", I tell you, what the hell? How did you know?? was it because you knew you had done such a damn awful job??? This was amongst a few other odd comments. Including the offer to buy me a new light from Ebay!!! and fit it himself!! Yeah right! He even told me that he had bought me a new light from Lamborghini Bristol!!! (There is no Lamborghini Bristol) At this point I suggested that he could perhaps try and get me a light from Eurospares, but was told that Eurospares are dodgy and sell counterfeit parts!
So you can see I had no option other to go down the legal route.
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I accepted an out of court settlement from the
based "so called" wrapping company for the damage that they caused to my Gallardo.I have also now removed my wrap, to find 42 separate cut marks on my paint work. Funny really looking back, when I confronted the guy from this company about two cut marks that I found prior to removing the wrap, he told me that he would stake his reputation on the fact that I would not find any more! Well that's his reputation destroyed! I also found that my car was not wrapped in it's entirety with the 3m vinyl that I had paid for, but by no less than 3 different types of vinyl, my car was mainly wrapped with some ultra thin cheap vinyl, this would explain the patchy look my wrap had. Also the iremovable staining near the exhausts.
This wrapping company has cost me dearly financially, even with their compensation I am down several thousand pounds, not including the £1750 I payed for the damn wrap in the first place. My car was treated with total disrespect whilst in their custody, and I feel I was treated in exactly the same way. When I first brought up the fact that I was not happy with my wrap, I was told "I knew you wouldn't be happy with it", I tell you, what the hell? How did you know?? was it because you knew you had done such a damn awful job??? This was amongst a few other odd comments. Including the offer to buy me a new light from Ebay!!! and fit it himself!! Yeah right! He even told me that he had bought me a new light from Lamborghini Bristol!!! (There is no Lamborghini Bristol) At this point I suggested that he could perhaps try and get me a light from Eurospares, but was told that Eurospares are dodgy and sell counterfeit parts!
So you can see I had no option other to go down the legal route.
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Edited by Big Al. on Friday 23 September 16:48
exigepete said:
White is so last week now anyway Pete!
Yeah, I try and convince myself of that! Got to say the blue looks so much better than the white did. Glad I have got that white crap off my car.But £1700!! grrrr think of what I could have done with that cash instead! 560 pints of lager, or a decent holiday, or 17 tanks of petrol, or could have just given the money to a good cause! You live and learn.
doorman said:
If your going to need a respray Pete, I can thoroughly recommend a company that will not let you down, guaranteed.
Cheers for that, but I've already arranged for the paintwork to be done by Mark (Owns the RUF), he painted my front bumper last year to an amazing standard.P101 said:
doorman said:
If your going to need a respray Pete, I can thoroughly recommend a company that will not let you down, guaranteed.
Cheers for that, but I've already arranged for the paintwork to be done by Mark (Owns the RUF), he painted my front bumper last year to an amazing standard.doorman said:
No problem Pete, I remember you telling me about him, I hope all goes well for you from now on and you can get your car back to its original glory.
Thanks David, I'm gonna get it back to mint condition one way or another. It's off for a service this weekend, then hopefully the paintwork will begin the week after!J44Y said:
Good luck with the paint work, Still couldn't believe the quality when i saw it that somebody who works with body work would let that leave their hands "finished" hope to see it finished in its glory, i personally loved the blue and i normally love white cars 
I don't think this company would know quality if it slapped them in the face. So to them it was probably a good wrap!Mark. said:
I think if it can be 100% wholly proven the company are a bunch of dickwads then yes, name and shame, but all the time they are arguing to toss it's just not worth PistonHeads taking the risk.
Best bet is for a sly PM to the OP.
I think it has been wholly proven that they damaged my car, I have an admittence letter from their solicitor proving the fact.Best bet is for a sly PM to the OP.
I am now in conversation with my credit card company to try and retrieve 50% of the £1700 cost, which I think is quite generous of me. The problem here is that apparently I have got to give this company the opportunity to repair the wrap. That is something understandably I would never ever dream of doing, as I think they have damaged my car enough! I have had to supply other information proving other details to get around this.
The honourable thing for this company to do I would have thought is to return all my money with a letter of apology. Word of mouth on the south coast spreads like wild fire, wouldn't they rather have people saying that they screwed up but made good in the end, or that they screwed up and didn't give a monkeys!
P101 said:
Mark. said:
I think if it can be 100% wholly proven the company are a bunch of dickwads then yes, name and shame, but all the time they are arguing to toss it's just not worth PistonHeads taking the risk.
Best bet is for a sly PM to the OP.
I think it has been wholly proven that they damaged my car, I have an admittence letter from their solicitor proving the fact.Best bet is for a sly PM to the OP.
I am now in conversation with my credit card company to try and retrieve 50% of the £1700 cost, which I think is quite generous of me. The problem here is that apparently I have got to give this company the opportunity to repair the wrap. That is something understandably I would never ever dream of doing, as I think they have damaged my car enough! I have had to supply other information proving other details to get around this.
The honourable thing for this company to do I would have thought is to return all my money with a letter of apology. Word of mouth on the south coast spreads like wild fire, wouldn't they rather have people saying that they screwed up but made good in the end, or that they screwed up and didn't give a monkeys!
Pleased for you mate, glad it all kind of got sorted in the end. I guess a personal recommendation from someone you know on here is always worth its weight in gold if your considering spending any money on your car. Nothing worse than going to collect your P&J after having something done and being disappointed with the outcome. I think we have all been there. Look forwards to seeing it mint again soon.
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