I just got my '95 FIREBIRD back from the paint & detailing shop yesterday, after seven weeks!
A silly lady backed up an Infinity SUV into my front fascia about three months ago, luckily I was within sight (and running distance) to stop her before she did serious damage and to make sure she covered the repair bills.
Fortunately it was just peeled paint in the center of the FIREBIRD's beak.
Yet as we are nearing the car's twentieth anniversay as my thrustworthy ride I decided to bite the bullet and paint the whole car.
My concern was not so much the price for the work but to get a superior quality job and above all, to avoid the eternal issue with taking your car to any repair or service shop: you get one thing fixed and they spoil another one.
So the shop's technicians disassembled, mirrors, trim from the doors front and rear fascia, turning lights and rear stop/signal lights, headlight covers, etc.
They put everything back in place, properly aligned too yet four days before delivery (when they were just cleaning, buffing and detailing) I've got a call : the dome lamp and the mirror courtesy lamps were on continuously as they were working on the car and were draining the battery. They had to connect a battery charger.
I went over and disconnected the switch for the dome lamp (in the trunk) and the connector behind the mirror.
Now, I drove the car home reconnected both courtesy lamps (mirrors and dome) and discovered they DO NOT TURN OFF when I close the doors and rear hatch.
My guess is that they must have broken a wire or severed a connection and then reconnected the wire wrong. I do not want to have to go and disassemble every electrical related part they took apart again by myself so I decide to ask if anyone in the forum has any idea of which set of wires could be causing this malfunction.
Your advice is well appreciated.
The Flash
A silly lady backed up an Infinity SUV into my front fascia about three months ago, luckily I was within sight (and running distance) to stop her before she did serious damage and to make sure she covered the repair bills.
Fortunately it was just peeled paint in the center of the FIREBIRD's beak.
Yet as we are nearing the car's twentieth anniversay as my thrustworthy ride I decided to bite the bullet and paint the whole car.
My concern was not so much the price for the work but to get a superior quality job and above all, to avoid the eternal issue with taking your car to any repair or service shop: you get one thing fixed and they spoil another one.
So the shop's technicians disassembled, mirrors, trim from the doors front and rear fascia, turning lights and rear stop/signal lights, headlight covers, etc.
They put everything back in place, properly aligned too yet four days before delivery (when they were just cleaning, buffing and detailing) I've got a call : the dome lamp and the mirror courtesy lamps were on continuously as they were working on the car and were draining the battery. They had to connect a battery charger.
I went over and disconnected the switch for the dome lamp (in the trunk) and the connector behind the mirror.
Now, I drove the car home reconnected both courtesy lamps (mirrors and dome) and discovered they DO NOT TURN OFF when I close the doors and rear hatch.
My guess is that they must have broken a wire or severed a connection and then reconnected the wire wrong. I do not want to have to go and disassemble every electrical related part they took apart again by myself so I decide to ask if anyone in the forum has any idea of which set of wires could be causing this malfunction.
Your advice is well appreciated.
The Flash
