Complaint Review: Bayside AutoStyling

The poorest quality work i have ever seen

I had my car painted by Bayside Autostyling, in Mentone, Victoria.
It was agreed that they would do a complete sand down to metal, prime and colour change, and the price would be $3000.

I was told this would take them around 2-5 weeks to complete, instead they had it for 4 months.
They would not answer calls, and on the rare occasion i did manage to contact them i was always told they needed a little more time and it was nearly finished.

Towards the end of the time they had my car for, I was told it was nearly finished so I asked to inspect the progress, which they were reluctant to arrange a time for.
When I arrived to inspect it, my car covered in dust and not a single part painted.

I advised them they had 2 weeks to complete it. 2 weeks later they told me it was finished.
Upon getting the car towed back, I put it into storage until i was ready to continue work on it.

I then noticed the job was a disgrace, the paint would fall off at the slightest touch, some parts had been missed entirely, there were alot of drips and mistakes, and where the paint had fallen off i noticed that underneath was just the original gloss white from before it was painted, and that it had not been sanded, prepared or primed at all.

I had it inspected by an independent assessor that works in law suits and insurance claims, and he concluded that they had infact not prepared the vehicle at all, there was no sanding or priming done, and that they had indeed only put one very thin coat of paint on.

I was perhaps naive to trust them and have faith in them for as long as i did, but at the end of the day a service was promised and was not delivered.

The painter also revealed to me when i went to pay him after getting it towed home that he had no apprenticeship in spray painting and was in no way qualified, the shop was also an utter mess every time i went there, and the utter lack of communication throughout the process was a nightmare to deal with.
Topped off with the end result of the poorest quality job anyone could ever see.
Stay away from this shop, save yourself time and money.