Okay so today was pinon seal replacement day and of course I went to a different dealership then the last repair since they damaged my front wheel well in fixing the fog lights.
So I am fairly certain that in the process of lifting the car they have bent the both side panels behind the wheel well and under the hood (the small panel with the pontiac logo and faux scoop) While this picture doesnt tell the true story of the newly misaligned body part it is the best representation I could get.
So I have questions and was hoping someone could run out and check their car to assist in answering.
1. The famous tape is on the bottom of this part, on my car the passenger side is solid the entire width of the tape but on the drivers side (the bent side) only half the tape is on the body panel and the back or underside hangs with no backing - is yours this way?
2. If you run your finger along the bottom of this panel from the wheel to where is meets the rocker panel is yours smooth and straight the entire length - mine is smooth the entire length until just before it meets the rocker when there is a clear drop of an 1/8 of an inch - is yours straight end to end?
3. The biggie - the pictures below are straight on shots - I think they have creased the heck out of these panels on both the driver and passenger side - the passenger side shows a clear paint scratch. So do your panels have the creases shown in the box? That is the side closer to the front wheels.
Passenger side
Drivers side
My thinking is in setting up the lift arms they didnt allow enough clearance and this applied upward pressure to this panel pushing it up and away and creasing the bottom edges. So before I storm in there tomorrow morning I want to confirm if the creases there are normal and my only issues are the scratch and the misaligned panel or if they have bent the heck out of the panels.
URGH!!!
