Trunk Lid

gordster1122

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My cousin dented her old trunk lid and got a new one from the auto wreckers and asked me if I could make it look any better then it was so I told her I'll see what I can do then I used Mothers claybar followed by Mothers 3 step system she was happy with the results and gave me $25

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How great is that? Being able to pick up a part that matches the color of your vehicle that is actually in good shape is a rare feat indeed. Nice job on getting it to match the rest of the car.
 
How great is that? Being able to pick up a part that matches the color of your vehicle that is actually in good shape is a rare feat indeed. Nice job on getting it to match the rest of the car.

I think he said something about having to match the rest of the car to the trunk lid since he's polished it out ;)
 
I think he said something about having to match the rest of the car to the trunk lid since he's polished it out ;)

Considered that a possibliity but we all know that 2 cars painted the same color the same day, 5 years down the road can look dramatically different depending on how they were used and how much sun they've seen. I learned this lesson in spades when I tried to do something similar a number of years ago. I tried to acquire a rear spoiler without painting it for a white Bonneville SSE that didn't come with one. I found perhaps 6 different white wrecked Bonnevilles (same paint code, there were actually 2 whites) that had spoilers in great shape. None were close to the factory paint of a 2 year old well maintained car that I owned. Ended up having it painted, even then if you knew what you were looking at you could see the difference. Never ceases to amaze me.
 
Considered that a possibliity but we all know that 2 cars painted the same color the same day, 5 years down the road can look dramatically different depending on how they were used and how much sun they've seen. I learned this lesson in spades when I tried to do something similar a number of years ago. I tried to acquire a rear spoiler without painting it for a white Bonneville SSE that didn't come with one. I found perhaps 6 different white wrecked Bonnevilles (same paint code, there were actually 2 whites) that had spoilers in great shape. None were close to the factory paint of a 2 year old well maintained car that I owned. Ended up having it painted, even then if you knew what you were looking at you could see the difference. Never ceases to amaze me.


Hadn't thought of it that way, finding a color-matched trunk lid in good shape. I suppose you could look at it as polishing out a car one panel at a time.
 
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