Thanks, Eric,
Maybe I'll give it a try one day but the whole process seems a little daunting. I do take your point about not expecting someone else to expend the same TLC that an owner would. Thanks again for your reply. And thanks to CoolJess for the tutorial.
Sue
Hi Sue. I don't want to sound bad here, but this is a job that you have to do yourself if you want it done well. It takes time, care, and thought, and, as such, is completely incompatible with someone who is doing it to make money - it's not worth their time. If you read through the entire post carefully, you should be able to do this job yourself, maybe even better than a lot of the people here, because you seem to be female, and women usually have smaller hands, which would be a great advantage when working inside a door.
As far as your mechanic's response, he may be setting you up, but he may just have no idea who you are (which car he's worked on and when), and so be talking about some other car he's seen. Either way, see above paragraph
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