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Justin@EntropyRad · #1 03-19-2015, 07:41 AM

I've always been sketchy about fresh color on a car...do the rear pilars and quarters look like that stuff was ready to flake off while driving?

GPR · #2 03-19-2015, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Justin@EntropyRad

I've always been sketchy about fresh color on a car...do the rear pilars and quarters look like that stuff was ready to flake off while driving?

No the paint did not look that bad and the panels were pretty straight. I did see a few sand scratches and the paint was chipped where the door hit the quarter at the top.

**waynieZ** · #3 03-19-2015, 08:42 AM

The C pillar rot looks like the only thing structural holding it together was the quarter skins.

HPIcustoms · #4 03-19-2015, 08:34 AM

Wow! As an ex-autobody man that's just horrible. Those kinds of idiots that pull that stuff gave guys like me who do proper jobs a bad name.

Always been a rule of thumb when a new paint job is on a car, to ALWAYS check with a fine tooth comb and even better, bring a magnet to check for actual metal. Doing so has helped me a few times from not getting stuck with a lemon.

Friend of mine found out the hard way 5 years ago when he bought himself a nice '68 Camaro, the entire thing was hack jobbed together and lucky it basically didn't fall apart when he drove it.

Good to see it was all caught early.