jcage89
New member
I appreciate the support and feedback. Think I good again...
Was raining this weekend when I picked up from detail shop so only got to inspect it inside their bay under flouro lights before driving out into the crappy weather. Today was finally Sunny day here so did quick soap rinse and dry cleanup to check out the paint and undercarriage in full sun. Everything looks quite good. I also picked up some 3m undercoating and added a bit in the wells where needed which totally restore everything and probably protects better than before.
I appreciate the advice about taking the roofing company to task for getting my Pro back to 100% but just don't see how that's realistic (at least not while keeping my sanity). I got good advice from all of you here and I really was aggressive about getting good information on the cleanup and got after it very quickly. I think this was the difference between a good and bad outcome. I also don't think it's realistic to expect that the rig will stay pristine forever. To me, I think this result is very close and on close inspection there is no trace of the white/silver sealant flecks/splatter left on the blue paint and anything left in the wheel well is now covered with the 3m product. The running boards actually even look much better now after detail process and I'll decide whether to replace them or live with them until I get sliders.
I was not reserved in asking for the roofing company to pay everything it took to reasonably restore my rig to great condition and they very fairly agreed without hesitation to pay it directly to me including the cost of my own time. Being able to do it this way kept it from being claimed on insurance which I believe would have affected the value of my rig (automatically goes on Carfax or the like) no matter how good the insurance route restored the car. Also I doubt I would have been able to procure more intensive repair from insurance and seriously doubt I would get a new rig for this minimal damage so I may not have even ended up in as good a situation as I am now under my own efforts with insurance claim. Overall I was lucky. No injury, no body damage, and my BlueTRDPro is back looking super slick. Moving On. Thank everyone.
JC
Was raining this weekend when I picked up from detail shop so only got to inspect it inside their bay under flouro lights before driving out into the crappy weather. Today was finally Sunny day here so did quick soap rinse and dry cleanup to check out the paint and undercarriage in full sun. Everything looks quite good. I also picked up some 3m undercoating and added a bit in the wells where needed which totally restore everything and probably protects better than before.
I appreciate the advice about taking the roofing company to task for getting my Pro back to 100% but just don't see how that's realistic (at least not while keeping my sanity). I got good advice from all of you here and I really was aggressive about getting good information on the cleanup and got after it very quickly. I think this was the difference between a good and bad outcome. I also don't think it's realistic to expect that the rig will stay pristine forever. To me, I think this result is very close and on close inspection there is no trace of the white/silver sealant flecks/splatter left on the blue paint and anything left in the wheel well is now covered with the 3m product. The running boards actually even look much better now after detail process and I'll decide whether to replace them or live with them until I get sliders.
I was not reserved in asking for the roofing company to pay everything it took to reasonably restore my rig to great condition and they very fairly agreed without hesitation to pay it directly to me including the cost of my own time. Being able to do it this way kept it from being claimed on insurance which I believe would have affected the value of my rig (automatically goes on Carfax or the like) no matter how good the insurance route restored the car. Also I doubt I would have been able to procure more intensive repair from insurance and seriously doubt I would get a new rig for this minimal damage so I may not have even ended up in as good a situation as I am now under my own efforts with insurance claim. Overall I was lucky. No injury, no body damage, and my BlueTRDPro is back looking super slick. Moving On. Thank everyone.
JC
