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I've got my right arm back!!

sawood12

sawood12

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Well after a month the old girl is back after having a minor kiss up the rear and I must say looking better than she ever has since rolling off the production line! The guys at the body shop have done an absolutely stirling effort in replacing the rear panel and carrying out a full body machine polish. I didn't realiese real Guards Red was actually red!! They fixed the bottom of my passenger wing where the rust was worse than originally thought but they've done a proper job fixing it and even waxoiled my passenger sill!! The otherside apparently is showing no signs whatsoever of the dreaded R-word! Another thing i'm really chuffed about is that they have taken care to remove the sticker that is attached inside the boot and re-attached it which apparently is what they are supposed to do - at least at OPC bodyshops which this was even though I didn't go through the OPC. So I feel like i've just picked up a new car - it's a shame it's going to sit on my mates drive for all next week while I'm off skiing but at least i'll have something to look forward to when I get back to ease those post-holiday blues.

 
Good news - you look after the old girl now [:D]

Most impressed with the sticker re-attachment. However, it means that when people confidently state in their Ads that the boot sticker is in place and therefore the car's never been rear-ended may be unaware of the true history [:eek:]
 
Ah! Replace the paper sticker on the rear panel - now why didn't I think of that!! I've had a few people with more sense than money look at my car and, having read buyers guides, they all want to 'un-pop' (thinking of replacing poppers with Velcro!) the rear trim to peer at where the sticker used to be until a fairly minor rear end shunt in traffic led to an apparently first-class panel replacement. Now I can tell 'em that cars with the sticker still there may have been repaired as well. It's like stone chips. The last one - only two days ago so hence my spleen-venting - asked on the phone if it had any stone chips and then lost interest. Yes - it's a 16 years / 123k miles black Porsche turbo. If it hasn't got stone chips it's just been painted and Lord only knows what else was painted over. A 1990 SE with FSH for £6750. What do they want - blood???

Anyway - glad you've got yours back. Don't sell it.
 
Chris, scan the sticker from your service book (it's the same) then print it in low quality on cheap paper and stick it on the panel yourself using too much water-based adhesive - if you can find a dot-matrix printer to use then so much the better. It won't be as yellow as a real one, but it will be pretty good otherwise and just being there will be enough for one of the "buyers guide experts".
 
Congrats Scott, I don't know how you coped without her for a month? [;)]

I'm impressed they could peel that sticker off and reattach it - mine looks like it would fall to pieces as soon as you slid a fingernail beneath.

Fen - shame on you for imparting information re fake boot stickers [:eek:] You forgot to mention to soak it in tea for that authentic yellow look [:D]
 
Thanks Fen! Good idea. I know 'buyers guides' are a good thing but it is irritating when anoraks focus on the detail and can't / wont see the full picture.
 
Tea is a good idea, but if it's inkjet printed it will probably wash off the print - unless you soak the paper and dry it first... [;)]
 
I understand you can get a similar effect if you put the printed paper under the grill for a few mins. Don't overcook it though [:D]
 
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