Totally get that, would rather them tell me that than making an excuse of space and noise and not safe >.> I used to ask customers to go away when I was working at the workshop.
Not much, just be polite with them even if they are dicks. And if the car is clean they will less likely look around for leaks etc. Just take a deep breathe when they take it for a drive. The asshole that did my inspection gave it the boot. Was pretty annoyed at him.
With that sort of damage, replacing them should be the only way to go. I can understand the first repairer wanting to do paint correction etc but not necessary. Looks to me he's just being very comprehensive in fixing everything lol.
Woot! My car is RWD anyway keep us updated!
The last tune was done with what seems to be a fuel pump on its way out. Think that may given me some issues....that tune actually gave me less power than the first tune....which is odd since I've done some exhaust work after the first tune.