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i heard some good advice above. next time if you know its not right from the beginning you should speak up then, it may be more of a hassle bitching at the time, but could have also saved you this mess. as far as bringing your parts to the bodyshop, the shop i worked at would ask you if you brought you hamburger to mcdonalds to have them cook it. we would use the parts you brought, but add a handling fee. getting another estimate and another shops opinion is a good idea. let the insurance company know too. some body shops are out there to make a buck, and could care less about the customers car. my shop was all hourly and 90% of the employees have been there for a long time. the shop has since all changed to flat rate. all the old guys that have been doing body work for 20+ years still do things right, but the few new guys are hacks. its a shame, they dont care about the finished product, they want to do it quick and make a few dollars. what sucks for them is the jobs have to meet managment standards and dont get paid to do a job twice. one guy told me he would quit before going flatrate. he is a perfectionist and want to straighten out suspension/frame damage correctly knowing lives depend on it. its good to know there are honest people out there still.
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