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<blockquote data-quote="svtfocus2cobra" data-source="post: 16420684" data-attributes="member: 21786"><p>Hey buddy, I'll add what I can to help you out on this. The original damage shown to the car doesn't look that bad to me, and knowing that the guy owns a long standing shop is a good sign as far as it being repaired correctly. But you'd definitely want to look the car over real good in person. I'd start with looking over the paint and see if there are any blend lines to make sure he actually repainted the whole thing. On paint like that if you can't really see the blend lines then that would be the first good sign, but if there are any then you should be able to pick them out very easily on that.</p><p></p><p>That paint is really expensive though. The various pearl mixtures that come in like 7oz bottles cost $600-700 each and you are only putting in a few drops of each pearl into the recipe for the mixture. The $7k paint cost was likely his cost, not retail, to paint the car as that repaint for retail would cost someone around $15k or more depending on the shop. So if he repainted the whole car also then that is a huge plus. If all of that checks out then start looking for dirt in the clear or any flaws in the paint. You have to expect that there will be some dirt even in the cleanest paint booths but that stuff gets cut and buffed out if they did a good job on the finishing work. If you look close enough at a panel you will see little dots under the paint or also fish eyes if there was a reaction with another substance while painting. Or you may see sanding lines from where they did their body repairs if they didn't finish the body work with a high enough grit on the bondo. There should be no sanding lines on the body but it is possible for paint to shrink back after being painted causing the sanding lines to show through and that can be hard for a shop to catch, but if they did it right then those lines should be very light if it does. A couple of these things on a freshly painted car can be acceptable but if it is riddled with them on every panel then the paint prep was terrible and it speaks volumes of how they operate their shop.</p><p></p><p>Next I would check all the places there was body damage which looks to be mainly right at the left fender and door. Doesn't look like it got in all the way but you would really want to look at the left pillar for repair, and if it was repaired can you tell it was repaired? Any good shop can fix these things without leaving any details that it was repaired. Check the door gaps and how the driver door lines up and opens and closes. I would look at both front and rear frame rails to see if there is any damage to them as well and try to get a look at the upper tie bar, the left and right aprons/strut towers, and bumper bars if you can see any of them.</p><p></p><p>If I think of anything else I will let you know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svtfocus2cobra, post: 16420684, member: 21786"] Hey buddy, I'll add what I can to help you out on this. The original damage shown to the car doesn't look that bad to me, and knowing that the guy owns a long standing shop is a good sign as far as it being repaired correctly. But you'd definitely want to look the car over real good in person. I'd start with looking over the paint and see if there are any blend lines to make sure he actually repainted the whole thing. On paint like that if you can't really see the blend lines then that would be the first good sign, but if there are any then you should be able to pick them out very easily on that. That paint is really expensive though. The various pearl mixtures that come in like 7oz bottles cost $600-700 each and you are only putting in a few drops of each pearl into the recipe for the mixture. The $7k paint cost was likely his cost, not retail, to paint the car as that repaint for retail would cost someone around $15k or more depending on the shop. So if he repainted the whole car also then that is a huge plus. If all of that checks out then start looking for dirt in the clear or any flaws in the paint. You have to expect that there will be some dirt even in the cleanest paint booths but that stuff gets cut and buffed out if they did a good job on the finishing work. If you look close enough at a panel you will see little dots under the paint or also fish eyes if there was a reaction with another substance while painting. Or you may see sanding lines from where they did their body repairs if they didn't finish the body work with a high enough grit on the bondo. There should be no sanding lines on the body but it is possible for paint to shrink back after being painted causing the sanding lines to show through and that can be hard for a shop to catch, but if they did it right then those lines should be very light if it does. A couple of these things on a freshly painted car can be acceptable but if it is riddled with them on every panel then the paint prep was terrible and it speaks volumes of how they operate their shop. Next I would check all the places there was body damage which looks to be mainly right at the left fender and door. Doesn't look like it got in all the way but you would really want to look at the left pillar for repair, and if it was repaired can you tell it was repaired? Any good shop can fix these things without leaving any details that it was repaired. Check the door gaps and how the driver door lines up and opens and closes. I would look at both front and rear frame rails to see if there is any damage to them as well and try to get a look at the upper tie bar, the left and right aprons/strut towers, and bumper bars if you can see any of them. If I think of anything else I will let you know. [/QUOTE]
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