this thread makes me sad

Put a bag of flaming dog shit on his doorstep and ring the door bell!!

put a flaming garbage bag full of all the mixing cups, stir sticks, and sand paper that he SHOULD have yoused to get you a proper paint job, on his door step.


then drive off in your nice new paint job that you rattlecanned youself in your own garage, with some good old time and effort

I'm strongly considering hitting him with deeming this a hate crime. That's about the only thing anyone can figure out as to why he did this to me.

On another note, once this is all straightened out, I'm gonna strip the car down myself and make sure it's done my way.

Yeah, I told him to spray over the plastic Mazda logo in back.

I've considered shutting the car in a garage or something because every day I have to look at my car...I can't remove any overspray, I can't fix, re-paint or replace any interior pieces he ruined, I can't put my spoiler back on...or my sunroof seal or my FTPs, or my door panels and I can't put on my new wheels until all of this is over. My car looks like complete shit.

The only consolation if one exists is that I feel slightly better when I start her up and take a drive. I'm very glad to have her back. Considering how bad they lied to me and how badly they screwed me over, I'm just thankful they didn't try and strip my car out for pot money or something.

You didn't mention anything about any documentation for the work to be done. If you have anything that's in writing as to what would be done, take it and before/after pictures to small claims court. Before you go, hire a pro paint guy to assess your car, then take him to a court official and fill out an affidavit. In NC, I was able to sue for $5k in small claims and I won, but was awarded $2300 on a $3000 paint job that was botched. My paint guy took my $2300 and did the job right. Hope this helps.

Ah, the snag in the grand plan. The only thing we've got is a very clear verbal contract, which is legally binding...but there's technically no way to prove it. However, we've enough alternative stock to win anyways. No judge in their right mind will look at my statement, complete with pictures, texts and voicemail messages with promises, guarantees and updates that never actually happened and think: Wow, this dude shouldn't be suing this guy, he didn't do anything wrong!..

Instead, because most every Judge actually has a brain...they'll look at all of that and go: You screwed this guy, you're finished.

I really hope you win and get a decent paint job elsewhere. This clown doesn't deserve to be in business and I hope your claim bankrupts him.