Usually in this situation I just replace the rusty section with a factory
part. It bolts right in and the parts are not typically too expensive.

On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 1:54 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Post his name on Twitter with pic-or threaten to if they don't clean up the
> weld.
> Dwight E. Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 3:50 PM Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I did but it fell on deaf ears. Oh well. From now on NOBODY will be
> > welding on my or my family members’ cars. Period.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I would definitely complain to the repair shop.
> > Dwight E. Giles Jr.
> > Wickford RI
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 2:06 PM Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>  Not sure. Looks like mig not sure if with shielding gas or flux core.
> >> Paint covered up  the possibility of seeing uncleaned welding slag. Not
> >> only does the weld look like dog shit but that area was originally
> joined
> >> together with flanges and bolted together. That’s not how the repair was
> >> done. He slipped a piece over one end and into the other thus reducing
> the
> >> diameter of the exhaust and creating a local obstruction in the pipe
> which
> >> will rob some power from the engine. In addition, this dog shit welded
> mass
> >> cannot be unbolted and separated as was initially intended.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Jan 3, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> NOT a Dimitri weld. Was it ever slagged?
> >>
> >> Dwight Giles Jr.
> >> Wickford RI
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 1:53 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My mom took her 2005 G500 to the most esteemed Indy Mercedes shop in
> the
> >>> Boston area to have a few things repaired including the exhaust (I
> will not
> >>> name names). To be fair, I like the owner and I feel, based on my
> >>> experience with him that he does a great job with the mechanical
> repairs.
> >>> His “welder” is subcontracted. I expressed my dissatisfaction to him
> >>> regarding the quality of the welded exhaust repair but he politely
> defended
> >>> the welder and gave no apologies and didn’t ask for me to show him
> what I
> >>> found unsatisfactory. There was another area that was repaired in a
> similar
> >>> manner. The total cost was $425 for the welding. What do you guys
> think of
> >>> this repair? Am I being too fussy here?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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