I hoping to get some direction/advice/etc...

I had my PSC crusher flares painted through a friend that is in the auto industry. The painter is a legit painter...with his own shop but he did the work on the side. I was very upfront from the beginning that I was NOT trying to save money - this was just to give someone I know the business. He charged me $550 for all 4 fenders and my wildboar grill. Again, I stressed to them that I just wanted a job well done and that I needed no kind of discount.

Well I get the fenders back and the look great. They have been on for two weeks and its starting to rust in multiple locations.....I have attached some pics for reference but there is rust on all fenders starting. I am a little dissapointed (not knowing much about paint ill admit) but he told me he was charging me a little more to make sure he rust protected them as much as possible. I know the PSC Steel flares can rust but man, after literally 10 days on they look like this. The rust is coming through the outside too, where the seem of the tube and the top of the fender meet (you can see the yellow discoloration).

My question, what to do. My first though is to take them off. Clean them really well (maybe with a tooth brush or something underneath....then undercoat them underneath and then rattle them chrysler white....that would be i guess the cheap option...then other option I would think is to take them to another shop, get them blasted to raw metal again and repeat (hopefully correct this time).

Any advice, thoughts, etc....on my options. Of course Im hoping there is a way I can just put some elbow greese into this a fix becuase I dont feel like spending another X amount to get them blasted and then another x amount to get them repainted.

Pleaes help - any advice?

I'm really dissapointed because I didnt go to this guy for any type of discount....money wasnt any issue I just wanted the best work possible done.

Thanks

Bobby

 

first thing is I would go talk to the painter.

 

He is the one who told me option 1 (which is the easy out for him) but if its a legit way to handle I will do that. I dont like asking anybody for favors (done need it or want it) and if he doesnt want to be a standup guy and say hey, lets take them off and fix them" then so be it....what goes around comes around.