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Mon 12 Mar 2001 09:08

Trim stuff - Gavin

I had an alarm and some audio fitted in my car by "Mobile Audio" of Worcester.

The alarm and Audio gear work fine, but their skills in removing and reattatching trim and panels leave a lot to be desired.

They seem to have messed up my drivers door electric window (which my local garage fixed) and put my dashboard back on, but not correctly on one side so it isnt all flush.

I am not keen to take it back to them to rectify the problems after the mess they made the first time.

The info I am after is whether there are any companies that specialise in doing interior trim things. As well as the dash being put back on ( which I could try to do If I had the time/ability) There are a couple of other bits that are a bit loose/scratced/worn, and some rattles that annoy me.

A company that fixed this kind of thing would be most useful.

My car is a 92 Saab 9000 CDE. And I am Hereford/Worcester/West Mindlands based.

All info gratefully recieved.

Gavin

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Tue 13 Mar 2001 15:26

Re: Trim stuff - Matt

Personally I would do anything like that myself as I have had similar experiences with garages. It is nealry always common sense to take apart and put things back together but the issue is time, it normally takes an aweful lot if you want it done right. As a result I imagine that in general garages do not have large amounts of time to do such tasks or charges would be through the roof and just push things back so they hold in place.

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