Heres something I don't understand and maybe someone out there can explain for me.... Let me start by saying that I just recieved the hardtop I ordered from Glassworks. It and the work they did is beautiful (stainless, paint, reassembly). I would also like to add that they are very nice folks to deal with. Here are my 2 questions:
1. Why would you charge someone $5500 for a fully restored 1958 Corvette hardtop that they put so much time and labor into and not replace the windshield attachment chrome handles? Everything else looked brand-new. They would cost less than $200 and would look sooooooooo much better than the old scratched and pitted handles that they attempted to polish.
2. Why wouldn't you put a color molded headliner in the hardtop instead of a different color and die it to match. The guy dyeing the headliner missed the areas where the windows roll up into the hardtop. About two feet on both sides are light red and black. It will quite obviously have to be re-dyed. Glassworks said that in the case of my 58', they stock up on black headliners and die each of them individually after they have been installed in the hardtop and the top fully assembled. My headliner should have been a beautiful Signet Red, not a lot of Signet Red and black around the edges.
I was quoted a 4 month turn-around time and it took almost exactly seven. I don't want to try to box and ship this monster back because it will be in transit that much longer and the chances of it getting damaged in other places would be that much higher.
I know that I feel the answer to my question is obvious...they are cutting small corneres to help with their profits. I know that they have alot of labor involved but this top cost a ton of money, especially to cut corners in these small areas. I guess I will order more dye, re-dye it, and replace the old crappy looking handles. Too bad they aren't the only people doing hardtops. A little more competition may be humbleing to them. What do you think???
1. Why would you charge someone $5500 for a fully restored 1958 Corvette hardtop that they put so much time and labor into and not replace the windshield attachment chrome handles? Everything else looked brand-new. They would cost less than $200 and would look sooooooooo much better than the old scratched and pitted handles that they attempted to polish.
2. Why wouldn't you put a color molded headliner in the hardtop instead of a different color and die it to match. The guy dyeing the headliner missed the areas where the windows roll up into the hardtop. About two feet on both sides are light red and black. It will quite obviously have to be re-dyed. Glassworks said that in the case of my 58', they stock up on black headliners and die each of them individually after they have been installed in the hardtop and the top fully assembled. My headliner should have been a beautiful Signet Red, not a lot of Signet Red and black around the edges.
I was quoted a 4 month turn-around time and it took almost exactly seven. I don't want to try to box and ship this monster back because it will be in transit that much longer and the chances of it getting damaged in other places would be that much higher.
I know that I feel the answer to my question is obvious...they are cutting small corneres to help with their profits. I know that they have alot of labor involved but this top cost a ton of money, especially to cut corners in these small areas. I guess I will order more dye, re-dye it, and replace the old crappy looking handles. Too bad they aren't the only people doing hardtops. A little more competition may be humbleing to them. What do you think???
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