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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 09:08 PM
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Have any of you noticed some variations in the shade of yellow on your car? I posted a couple of pics below but it's not nearly as noticeable in the pics as in person, but there are places on my car that are a different shade yellow than others.. at least it seems obvious to me. The trunk lid, sail panel area and rocker panels are a couple of places in particular. I have noticed a few things about my car over the years that make me wonder if it has been in an accident from a previous owner. The carfax was clean but there were three owners before me. The rear cradle is apparently shifted more to the drivers side, the front drivers A-arm sits closer to the shock than compared to the passenger side and from the different shades of yellow I believe it may have been painted under a previous owner. Also when I bought the car it had 55K miles on it and zero paint chips in the front bumper, which I thought to be a little surprising. My car runs great and drives pretty good so I am not too concerned about it, more curious. Anyone else have a similar situation? You may not get much from the pics but where I know what it looks like in person I can tell a difference even in the pictures.
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Those rocker panels are noticeable. Agree, maybe it was a highway driver with lots of chips and a PO repainted some areas.
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Those rocker panels are noticeable. Agree, maybe it was a highway driver with lots of chips and a PO repainted some areas.
The rocker panels are definately the most noticeable area. I can see a difference in other areas too I am pretty sure. I remember seeing on the carfax that one owner put a ton of miles on it in like one year, in south carolina... so I'm thinking it was alot of highway driving and had some rock chips maybe.
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I can see the difference. I know on mine, the rear bumper cover is way off. I think that is fairly common though.
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Old Sep 15, 2018 | 09:22 PM
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my rear bumper is off also
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