nah man, i've tried to trust the trades to do the right thing, they say theyre gonna get onto it soon and i believe them, and yet ive gone in there time after time and nothing has happened. it sounds like an all too farmiliar story to me. get it out ot there asap and take it to someone who deserves your mate's business

so how much should a custom xmember be worth around to fabricate so i got an idea on $$

Well up to you,I'd just remain polite but forceful . Don't let it go past two weeks, you don't wanna look like a sucker who'll put up with it.

I'd rather give my money to someone who deserves it

Na he'll do a real #OOPS# job, pull the pin.

exactly right 2 weeks is it im just so annoyed at this time his taken.. every saturday i went there he keept telling me next week, next job, soon, and so forth but now that i have lost a lil interest and i told him on monday im taking it out he starts it which really cut me as ive tried to get him on it for 6 months and now i have no funds or the time for it as im getting married in 4 months

Tell him it's going to another shop ( for painting or some sh$# ) and you need it back it two weeks, have you asked for a price on it yet? don't get stooged by a@$ hole tax!

Is he charging the storage fee either way or just if you take it now?

did he give you a time for completion.the only time he can charge storage is when the job has been completed as agreed and if u don't pick it up the day its ready. he has to let u know that storage fee now applies in writing once the job is finished,if u pick up job 1 week after completion and u where notified of storage fee then u have to pay, eg about $25 per day if under cover,about $15 a day not under cover. if job not completed and u chose to remove car, he can only charge for what his done, it not your fault he didn't complete the job in the agreed time. , i don't think he has a leg to stand on legally. cheers

i'll tell you all my story, just to have a decent whinge haha. i did as much as i could panel wise myself, but soon got sick of it because panel beating is a sh*t job haha. so took it to the locals, who'd worked on previous cars of mine, (i'd even bought his old VT wagon) thinking they'd have no dramas finishing it off. 6 months later, many frustrated friday arvos going down and trying to get em keen, and nope nothing done. fine, i told em to f**k off and went to another mob. 3 months there and barely anything done. so now my ute's been off the road for over a year and still not finished. No offence to any panel beaters here, but im yet to meet a decent one keen to work. just throwing my two cents in the ring haha sorry lads!

he can not hold the car on you. go down ring the cops to meet u there ,he should have to release the car and also contact fair trading.

I think bige summed it up pretty well.