{"id":37895,"date":"2022-12-15T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=37895"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:04:04","slug":"importance-of-a-pre-purchase-inspection-ppi-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/importance-of-a-pre-purchase-inspection-ppi-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of a Pre-Purchase Inspection (PPI) Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised in the 1st part of this PPI Article<\/a>, here are a few cars we saw recently.<\/p>\n

Dodge Challenger<\/h2>\n

This was a Dodge Challenger that came in for us to redo the already installed PPF as well as ceramic coating, etc.\u00a0 Initially, we were told it was a “bad install” and he wanted to replace it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it was a lot worse!\u00a0 Not only was the install bad as you can see based on some of the edges below, but the paint was very badly cut up.<\/p>\n

In this photo we pulled the top part of the “seam” and you can easily see the cut in the paint….\"\"<\/p>\n

Different angle and light showing the cut.\u00a0 You can see the horribly wavy cut on the top edge where the film was removed and then the more straight cut below.\u00a0 The film is removed and these are just deep cuts in the paint done by a horrible, careless installer. Unfortunately in this case we couldn’t fully remove all the scratches since they were down to the primer in some spots…<\/p>\n

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This photo shows where the front bumper meets the fender.\u00a0 The fender still has old film on it and as you can see it’s fairly far from the edge which is why our client wanted it removed.\u00a0 The bigger issue is that horribly deep cut on the bumper where film was already removed and you’re seeing the primer towards the bottom of the cut!\u00a0 Totally unacceptable and I wish anyone doing this is held accountable, but more often than not “it is what it is”.<\/p>\n

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Porsche 911<\/h2>\n

Next up is another car that came in for film replacement.\u00a0 This Porsche 911 had some panels repainted recently so wanted to install PPF as well as replace some old film that was showing age.\u00a0 Initially we thought “great, new paint, clean car, should be easy”… Nope!\u00a0 More cuts and other fun stuff.\u00a0 I didn’t get a photo of the other cuts as they were along the film line, but this one was a very obviously bad cut.\u00a0 Someone simply didn’t know what they were doing, didn’t care and cut this 911 roof pretty deep…<\/p>\n

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This photo actually shows how the bodyshop removed old film, forgot some adhesive, painted over it, then had their installer put new film on…<\/p>\n

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Rear quarter panel where old film was simply painted over with clearcoat…<\/p>\n

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I can’t remember the exact location of this, but you can see the bad cuts on the top panel and then the badly installed old film on the bottom panel…<\/p>\n

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In this last photo we see a random cut in the panel, but also some clear coat that ended up on the trim after the paintwork was done.\u00a0 Overall this car looked great from 10 feet away, but there were dozens of random cuts, paint issues and overspray from a horrible overall job.<\/p>\n

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Ferrari 488<\/h2>\n

Lastly, the Ferrari that motivated these articles recently!\u00a0 A regular client said he was getting a pretty rare 488 from out of state and wants to wrap the full car, replace any old film that needs to be replaced (it was partially wrapped) and ceramic coat everything.\u00a0 All of that sounded great and I was excited to document the full job.\u00a0 Buutttt… As soon as it got dropped off we noticed stuff was off.\u00a0 It sat in the shop for a day or two while we finished another job, so we only briefly looked at it and saw that it had random film missing… Passenger door and quarter panel were missing, rear bumper and some random little pieces.\u00a0 We figured maybe some stuff was removed or fixed, but when we started working on it it became obvious things were way off with this car.\u00a0 Once we noticed a bunch of random tell-tale signs of repainted panels, we measured everything.\u00a0 I don’t have enough time and DI doesn’t have enough server space for all the photos haha, but here’s a summary of it… Hood was one of maybe 5 panels with what seemed like original paint, showing around 8-10 mils…<\/p>\n

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Then we move onto the door…<\/p>\n

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Rear driver quarter panel had a much higher reading than the hood, but it seemed original based on a visual inspection…<\/p>\n

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Lower passenger door had a normal reading…<\/p>\n

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But just a few inches back, toward the rear of the door, it was definitely off…<\/p>\n

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The paint gauge confirmed all our initial suspicions, even though they were pretty obvious as you’ll see in the following photos.\u00a0 The whole passenger side had been repainted at some point and there were obvious signs.\u00a0 Here you see the edge inside the jamb of the passenger quarter panel going down the rocker panel…<\/p>\n

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It’s obvious that these were repainted since you normally see texture like this in jambs or panel junctions (bumper and fender for example).\u00a0 It happens because the lazy people doing the work simply sand the outside of the panel and get the edge a bit, but never get into the hard to reach areas.\u00a0 Next up is the passenger door I mentioned earlier…<\/p>\n

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Similar to the quarter panel but a smaller line of texture.\u00a0 This happens because the panel was taped and paint went down a bit differently.\u00a0 I assume this door was painted closer to the rear edge only since the front of it was reading the normal 8-10 mil range but the rear closer to the edge was 20-30.<\/p>\n

This was the rear quarter panel… Similar to the 911 above, they repainted over old film adhesive that was never removed…<\/p>\n

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Of course there were bad swirls and sanding marks all over, but we also saw some cracks in the front bumper…<\/p>\n

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It was pretty surprising that the front bumper wasn’t badly repainted since the old PPF had been removed, but this is how we found it.\u00a0 There were MANY other issues we noticed all around the car, but the horribly repainted panels were the biggest issue.\u00a0 We reported all this to the client and he ended up calling the dealership out of state, luckily being able to return the car.\u00a0 Best guess is our thorough inspection saved this owner a good $30-50k in losses down the line if he sold the car and a buyer noticed all this.\u00a0 A lot of these issues were pretty easy to see with somewhat trained eyes, but way too many cars like this pass through multiple hands without anyone seeing a thing wrong with it.<\/p>\n

Thus the importance of a pre-purchase inspection, especially if buying a rare and\/or expensive car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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