well....
things have taken an interesting turn...
let me start by saying that i appreciate jonathans willingness to work on this with me at the end. i suppose that does say something...
i guess the downside of being friends with the guys at the bodyshop is that they are comfortable taking some liberties. i didn't bother to tell them not to mess with the mirko in the meantime, and while inspecting it he wanted to find out exactly what was wrong under the "bubble" and this is the result...
apparently there's a good amount of bondo in various places on the splitter, and a lot of it is popping up (including that spot, which was the worst). no reputable shop will paint over this, so it has to be completely hand stripped, repaired, and painted. but, since there's is a nice gaping hole in the paint now, i don't expect johnathan to take it back now... so... you're off the hook. i leave it up to you if you want to do anything in the way of restitution in this matter... but i'm done with it.
for those interested, here are the pics. i'll link to them since most are pretty large. aside from the large bubble that is now a gaping hole, the other major one is visible in this pic, just below the white stone chip...
http://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko004.jpgthere are also some pretty major chunks missing out of it as well...
http://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko007.jpghere's the rest of the pics...
http://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko003.jpghttp://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko006.jpghttp://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko008.jpghttp://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko009.jpghttp://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko010.jpghttp://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko011.jpghttp://www.msu.edu/~camero52/mirko012.jpgthe paint was totally spidered and cracking off along the top edge, but i couldn't get a clear pic of that.
so... that's that. i will have what is likely the most expensive mirko in the world on my car in a week, and i will have learned my lesson.
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