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ADTKART
As many of you know, I serve my time in a collision shop during the week. I get furlowed for the week ends, but have to return on Mondays.
On Friday they brought me a New Nissan SUV with minor damage to the right quarter where the bumper cover attaches. There was also minor scuffing to the bumper cover, but nothing major. The vehicle is a white pearl, 3 stage, so in reality, it shows very little as far as the work needing to be perfect. Well, I figured it was an easy fix to remove the bumper cover, repair it, and repair the quarter. That was easy enough, until I went to reassemble it. They made the bumper covers on those things fit so close that there is not any room for additional paint. The cover locks in to a plasitc retainer to stay flush with the quarter. If you add paint to the inside edge of the quarter and paint the bumper cover, it will not go in flush and stay there. The pressure wants to push it out.
This is a word of warning to anyone here coming across one of these. If you work on that area, make yourself additional room before painting it. That way you can put it back together.
I love METAL cars!
Aaron
On Friday they brought me a New Nissan SUV with minor damage to the right quarter where the bumper cover attaches. There was also minor scuffing to the bumper cover, but nothing major. The vehicle is a white pearl, 3 stage, so in reality, it shows very little as far as the work needing to be perfect. Well, I figured it was an easy fix to remove the bumper cover, repair it, and repair the quarter. That was easy enough, until I went to reassemble it. They made the bumper covers on those things fit so close that there is not any room for additional paint. The cover locks in to a plasitc retainer to stay flush with the quarter. If you add paint to the inside edge of the quarter and paint the bumper cover, it will not go in flush and stay there. The pressure wants to push it out.
This is a word of warning to anyone here coming across one of these. If you work on that area, make yourself additional room before painting it. That way you can put it back together.
I love METAL cars!
Aaron