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I went to canadian tire last week as it was the weekend just for a quick service. They ended up quoting me 1000 dollars for a rear caliper, all 4 corners pads and rotors to be replaced.

Needless to say i left and said ill do it myself.

I bought all the s--- they said was wrong rear calipers (as mine were seized, bought some ceramic pads, and all 4 rotors, i spent maybe 500 bucks total for everything with a 200$ return on the cores of the calipers)

went to shop got the calipers off.... what do ya know my rears arnt seized at all they are perfectly fine so i swaped the pads and rotors .... looks great.

Took off the fronts and what do ya know they were siezed .... those asseaters at canadian tire didnt tell me that. So i took the rears back got some fronts for only 66bucks each (STEAL) replaced rotors pads and fronts.

ok im happy about this... i look under the car at the chassis and the rails on the bottom are not straight ... what do you know the A$$$$holes at the body shop after i got hit in the a-- didnt straightn my s--- out.... LOOSERS

I looked in at the right struts and the wheel well walls have rust all over and probably need to be chopped and new sheet of metal welded in

i looked at the spring and what do you know its recall time its rusted through and snapped in 2 spots LOVLY.... so i called mazda for the free spring recall and replacement so im waiting to get that done...

ontop of all this im coming home from school tonight and i know i have to go back to the body shop cause they didnt fix the s--- up in the rear of the car still useless pricks.... all of a sudden i hear a GRINDING NOISE coming from the back right .... what do ya know my fECKING rear tie bar/sway bar is off and dragging on the ground....

what an peice of a-- s--- f--- crap puke day!!!

i still love my ZE for now

dang yo, that sux. Plus you made my virgin ears bleed with all the curse words. LOL

DavidOS, watch your language, I really don't think that was necessary.

i know how ya feel, i had a bodyshop screw me over not long ago even after they fixed it the second time.. it was a half a**ed job at that

on the subject of body shops: a reputable one near me. A lady backed out of her driveway, right into the passenger side rear of my mx3. She didn't even feel that she had pushed the metal in about 4 inches, no clue, till I knocked on her glass as she was pulling away. I ended up taking it to this shop, who I thought was the best. Looked great!
until I started seeing the untouched inner portions of what they had not fixed. My rear vent was broke, useless, and was letting exhaust gas pass into the car (bad for road trips). I had purchased the vent for them. I had a few holes patched (shaving the hood), only to see the bubbles their due to their use of bondo. I'm fixing these myself in an auto body class. and have found their work to be lacking.
Many shops just want to make things look good, leaving things halfway done. The moral is: look closely and be sure you're getting your money's worth.
Good luck dealing with the body shop, man.

my bad had to vent

::big sigh::
And my girlfriend wonders why I want to learn how to do everything-cars my self...?

Man, I don't even trust people to change my oil for me. Or unlock my doors with my key... I'll do it myself thankyou.

Body shops are awful. They don't take the time to do things right. It's just all about getting the job done as quickly as possible. Ive had to bring my cars to the body shop probably a 1/2 dozen times. Of those only once was my car done right the first time. I had a 99 miata with 15,000 miles on it and the body shop welded the bumper support a 1/2" to low!