Numbers in marker on inner door??
10-09-2018, 11:20 PM
#1
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Numbers in marker on inner door??
Checked out a car today and noticed on the inner driver door towards the hood, numbers written in what appears to be black marker.
Could this be something from factory?? The car looks clean, no accidents on the carproof either.
Link to pic
https://images.craigslist.org/00p0p_...Nc_600x450.jpg
Could this be something from factory?? The car looks clean, no accidents on the carproof either.
Link to pic
https://images.craigslist.org/00p0p_...Nc_600x450.jpg
Last edited by topgunvette; 10-12-2018 at 02:09 AM.
10-10-2018, 10:19 AM
#2
Le Mans Master
Could be ....I have numbers wittten at various places on the car....most prominately on the inside fender well in the engine compartment somebody wrote Z06. Dont know why ...probably a assembly line thing. Cant see why the car is a widebody big difference between a Z06 and a base but there it is
Clif
Clif
10-11-2018, 09:56 PM
#5
Le Mans Master
It might help if we knew what year and body style it is, so we could focus on that. In any case, I have no markings in visible areas, certainly not anywhere on the inner door surface.
10-12-2018, 12:42 AM
#6
I have never noticed any markings in that spot with a marker. Not with all the miles and washings.
Sounds like damage or added aftermarket stuff, somehow).
Marker wouldn't last long, regardless.
A negative carfax means nothing, anyway.
Sounds like damage or added aftermarket stuff, somehow).
Marker wouldn't last long, regardless.
A negative carfax means nothing, anyway.
10-12-2018, 01:04 AM
#7
Racer
that was interesting i have a 2017 and did not find any markings on my doors
10-12-2018, 01:23 AM
#8
10-12-2018, 02:08 AM
#9
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
https://images.craigslist.org/00p0p_...Nc_600x450.jpg
It's a 2006 vert. I've linked a pic. It's hard to tell in the pics but it's definitely black marker or something permanent along those lines.
It's a 2006 vert. I've linked a pic. It's hard to tell in the pics but it's definitely black marker or something permanent along those lines.
Last edited by topgunvette; 10-12-2018 at 02:09 AM.
10-12-2018, 06:40 AM
#10
Race Director
If you don't like it or want it there, take a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and scrub it off.
I worked in tier one OEM part supply for over 20 years and was in assembly plants in the US, Canada, and Mexico on a regular basis. I don't remember ever seeing a mark like that on a finished body panel, unless it was grease pencil marking a paint flaw that was to be corrected.
I worked in tier one OEM part supply for over 20 years and was in assembly plants in the US, Canada, and Mexico on a regular basis. I don't remember ever seeing a mark like that on a finished body panel, unless it was grease pencil marking a paint flaw that was to be corrected.
10-12-2018, 08:28 AM
#11
Melting Slicks
I have a 2006 and there are no visible 'marker' notations anywhere. That being said, when my Camaro was rear-ended and (after) it was repaired, I noticed a couple of marker notations on the inside of the trunk hood that was repaired. In my case they were yellow, probably due to my car being black, and it was 3 numbers that to this day I have no idea what they indicated. I used a little bit of my wives nail polish remover and got them off.
10-12-2018, 09:15 AM
#12
Race Director
Typically when you see writing on a painted surface it's because that part came from a junk yard.
10-12-2018, 10:20 AM
#15
Race Director
10-12-2018, 10:24 AM
#16
Le Mans Master
FYI, as others have noted, a clean Carfax does not mean he car was never in an accident. Carfax only knows about repairs if the person doing the repairs reports it.
10-12-2018, 11:16 AM
#18
Pro
Doesn't have to be an accident, as in a wreck. It could be that they opened the door into a post, or something happened to crease or dent the door, thus calling for its replacement. Anyhow, markers on the inside of a body part generally indicate its not original
10-12-2018, 01:01 PM
#19
Le Mans Master
I have a 2006 and there are no visible 'marker' notations anywhere. That being said, when my Camaro was rear-ended and (after) it was repaired, I noticed a couple of marker notations on the inside of the trunk hood that was repaired. In my case they were yellow, probably due to my car being black, and it was 3 numbers that to this day I have no idea what they indicated. I used a little bit of my wives nail polish remover and got them off.
10-12-2018, 01:21 PM
#20
Melting Slicks
Yellow markings would likely indicate replacement with a used, original part. That is the course of action for most repairs which only require panels, or other bolt-on parts. If you crunch a door, dent a hood, etc., it is much cheaper to replace with an original panel than to do the repair work to the damaged item. And, the repair facility feels much better about warranting an undamaged item than a repaired item.
