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I used to work in the body shop industry many years ago so I would have thought I would be good at locating repainted panels or repairs. I bought my

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Old 04-22-2014, 12:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I used to work in the body shop industry many years ago so I would have thought I would be good at locating repainted panels or repairs. I bought my 370z with 1500 miles on the clock, it was owned by a mature older gentleman.

I have attached some images showing my areas of concern. I checked adjoining panels for dry paint edges and could not locate any also checked screws to see if the lights were removed and they appear original factory fit.
First image shows the driver side hatch open, the picture does not really show it well but the area circuled has a very dry clear coat texture to it. The opposite side (passanger side) same area is smooth like the exterior body of the car.

The second image shows the drivers side rear light assembley, the panel gap is slightly bigger than the passenger side, thus resulting in the bumper gap to tailight being slightly more on the driver side. Now if I were to "adjust" the tailight by brining it in towards the 370z badge then the other areas of the light would be out of spec. I read the service manual and measurement "C" has a large tolerence spec, so thinking this might be normal.
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