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<blockquote data-quote="nota4re" data-source="post: 13574049" data-attributes="member: 45278"><p>Hello all. I don't get to this forum too often but I am a GT owner and additionally operate a small hobby business specializing only in work on GTs. We are routinely doing PPI inspections around the country on Ford GTs and I am sorry to say that there is an ever-increasing number of cars with a very shady history that is not revealed. It is imperative that you have a GT expert look at a given car. It doesn't have to be us, of course, but make sure it is someone like us who has worked on 100 or more GTs to know what is normal and what is not. For example, we recently inspected a GT represented as a "pristine", no accident, no paint history car. The car did look very good and I think that 90% of inspectors would have agreed. However, our attention was called to the use of non-OEM fasteners in the wheel well liner. (Nice fasteners, mind you, but not OEM and different than the other side.) Further inspection revealed that all of the wheel weights were OEM - except for the wheel on that corner. Closer inspection of the fender to door alignment gap was the third strike. The car was a nice car but there was definitely a prior mishap that was trying to be covered up.</p><p></p><p>OK, how about the Houston car. No need to travel to inspect that one! Clean carfax (although admittedly a very weird one). But, the car is a TOTAL repaint and really quite easy to tell. That gray is MUCH darker than the OEM Tungsten car. If you put them side by side it would be easy to see. But, if you go to their website and look closely at the pic that has the door jam VIN sticker - you can see the darker paint in clear contrast to the OEM paint around this sticker. This is an easy one. Does it mean that it is a bad car? Not necessarily, but hopefully they are honest about its past and priced accordingly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nota4re, post: 13574049, member: 45278"] Hello all. I don't get to this forum too often but I am a GT owner and additionally operate a small hobby business specializing only in work on GTs. We are routinely doing PPI inspections around the country on Ford GTs and I am sorry to say that there is an ever-increasing number of cars with a very shady history that is not revealed. It is imperative that you have a GT expert look at a given car. It doesn't have to be us, of course, but make sure it is someone like us who has worked on 100 or more GTs to know what is normal and what is not. For example, we recently inspected a GT represented as a "pristine", no accident, no paint history car. The car did look very good and I think that 90% of inspectors would have agreed. However, our attention was called to the use of non-OEM fasteners in the wheel well liner. (Nice fasteners, mind you, but not OEM and different than the other side.) Further inspection revealed that all of the wheel weights were OEM - except for the wheel on that corner. Closer inspection of the fender to door alignment gap was the third strike. The car was a nice car but there was definitely a prior mishap that was trying to be covered up. OK, how about the Houston car. No need to travel to inspect that one! Clean carfax (although admittedly a very weird one). But, the car is a TOTAL repaint and really quite easy to tell. That gray is MUCH darker than the OEM Tungsten car. If you put them side by side it would be easy to see. But, if you go to their website and look closely at the pic that has the door jam VIN sticker - you can see the darker paint in clear contrast to the OEM paint around this sticker. This is an easy one. Does it mean that it is a bad car? Not necessarily, but hopefully they are honest about its past and priced accordingly. [/QUOTE]
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