Splatt
Senior Member
Can those in the know advise if a repaired and resprayed area of a new car if done by main dealer is equal to and as good as an original and unadulterated car ?
Thanks Guys those replies really shed light on the fact that a damage repair is not a patch on the original.
Can I now ask part 2 of what is a more relevant question. As many new cars get damaged on delivery and are put through the bodyshop in the PDI process, how can the purchaser detect if his new car has been buqqerised. Is it possible to detect a respray from the texture of the surface or is the only way to use a paint thickness meter ?
I was really asking about NEW cars. Ie cars on delivery zero mileage from the manufacturer that get dinged in transit.Some can tell or claim they can. But normal folks rarely notice. Also bear in mind that large numbers of secondhand cars have been repaired and there is no obligation on people to reveal any accidents they have had when selling.
According to RAC statistics 65% of all corporately driven vehicles are involved in a crash every 12 months (cars & commercials). N.B. figs do not include private vehicles used on company business!
RAC site. Business users section. Useful Information. Then choose Fleet Statistics
http://www.rac.co.uk/business/information/fleet_statistics
As for private accidents it is reckoned that over 80% go unreported.
I was really asking about NEW cars. Ie cars on delivery zero mileage from the manufacturer that get dinged in transit.
I realise you were. I was merely pointing out that the problem also exists with numerous secondhand cars where many cannot tell that it has been repaired.
I have seen many repaired cars where the repaired area doesn't last anything like as long as the original. But I have also seen others where the repair has been good for years. May depend on how bad the damage is as well as how well it is repaired.
Well if the repaired cars that you have seen look worse than the original after a short time, all I can say is thank god I will never get to use an MB outlet for that,
As xrtactorfan done correctly it is as good and you would not detect it. By what you are say is that a car without Nano paint say on a 2003 203 must look worse that a Nano painted car, and that just is not true,, even though the new paint is identical by make and the way that it is sprayed on.
The repaired cars that you have seen that look worse. have just been badly painted
Originally Posted by hawk20 View Post
I am afraid that -as so often- you are misquoting me.
Please reply then so that things cannot be taken more than one way
I did not say 'after a short time', nor that they were all, or even some, repaired at an MB approved bodyshop. I said: -
I have seen many repaired cars where the repaired area doesn't last anything like as long as the original. But I have also seen others where the repair has been good for years.
Please clarify in what you mean by lasting
it May depend on how bad the damage is as well as how well it is repaired.
This has nothing to do with it
BTW I also said nothing about Nano paints looking better or worse.
Some cars that you have seen would have had the Nano paint to start with, and been repaired. that repair would look no different to a car with normal paint that had not been repaired, if you can see any difference on a repaired car, then its a badly done paint job
Why not go and pick a fight with someone else? I said nothing in my posting about Nano paints, and drew no comparisons with how a repaired car with Nano paint would look compared with a car without Nano paint.
This is what I said -nothing more and nothing less: -
I have seen many repaired cars where the repaired area doesn't last anything like as long as the original. But I have also seen others where the repair has been good for years. May depend on how bad the damage is as well as how well it is repaired.
And you cannot answer as to how the repairs do not look as good,,its a simple enough answer surely,,I mean you said that you have seen these things
I have had a wonderful day thank you and a very nice meal out Kind of you to ask
Now, back to these repairs that do not look so good after a bit,,what was wrong with them,, was it orange peel, over spray, pin holing, blooming, crazing, sinking,lifting,water marking,or what. Please say as we are very interested in what you have seen
If you want a bag to punch, go buy a punchbag.
I refer you to my posting number 14.