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Originally Posted by shadowgray396
Someone will say something sooner or later. Let them be the bearer of bad news.
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Ray, that's what I was thinking. Then if it bothers him and he wants to fix it, I'll help him out.
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Originally Posted by Ms Grumpy
Hank, I still feel like there would be a way for you to ease into talking to this guy. Maybe ask him why he chose to have the control arms painted that color ? I know that I am asked all the time why my engine block is black, did someone mess up ? I tell them NO, I chose to do that. I still feel that instead of telling him it is wrong, that maybe asking him questions about some of the "errors" might help him realize that he has some work to do, that is if he wants to.
You are in a tough spot, but with your knowledge of cars I think that he would respect your input.
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Nancy, he has enough going on right now, I'm not going to say a thing. He found an oil leak, we checked it out and it's either the rear main or the pan gasket below the rear main. Hard to tell laying on the ground under the car. While under there I noticed one of the front lower control arm bolts was close to a 1/4" from being tight. I recall the him saying the car was sitting high. I bet they loosened the control arm bolts to get the front end to settle. He tightened it up and thought he was done. I suggested he check the other 3, sure enough, all were loose.
Also noticed no grease in any of the front suspension, idler arms, ball joints, etc. That will turn a brand new suspension into a 40 year old suspension real quick. While looking around up top I thought I would check the bolts on the end of the cross shaft on the upper control arms, yup, none of them were tight.
I don't know what to do. I want it to be safe for him but I didn't build it and I don't want to start telling him these guys are crap. He chose them, me telling him they're crap is a insult. I'll let him figure that out on his own, think he's almost there, then we can go forward.
Blah! Blah! Blah!, sorry to ramble on, it just pisses me off. I would have told these guys to stuff it, I don't want that car unless you can make it right. I bet he has at least $80k into this and it should be perfect.