how to tell if your car was whacked, My new LED headstrap has exposed a horrible treachery Options

[enderswift]

All these months I've been giddy at the thought that I finally purchased a pristine condition car only to be crushed.
Turns out my passanger side fenders have been resprayed. I imagine another car came too close and ruined the whole side. Luckily only the fenders were sprayed, meaning the door and vital a pillar were unharmed. whew. but still... damn it!

The discovery was made when i bought my new led head strap to help work on my friends truck. after we finished I figured it would be awesome to try washing the car during sunset to avoid water spots. once I washed and rinsed it was getting a bit dark so I popped the led's on and there it was, the sharpest contrast of two reds I've ever seen. My fenders are dark while the rest of the body remains its happy self. not only that, the led exposed many otherwise invisible blemishes on my paint. the funny thing remains that these things are otherwise invisible in day light.

long story short: life sucks. But LED's will find EVERYTHING on a potential new car. I'll be using leds from now on

[RickJamesBish]

I don't see the big problem, not like you're looking at the car with LED's all the time. Get over it, I have the same thing with my front bumper.

[enderswift]

I don't see the big problem, not like you're looking at the car with LED's all the time. Get over it, I have the same thing with my front bumper.

just that all this time i thought it was pristine only to find out i was very wrong

[808celica]

why dont you just run a magnet

[Badkarma]

That would be called "Metamerism". they probably attempted to tint the color they mixed with a toner that was outside the formula. that will cause you to see exactly where they sprayed in a different type of light(other than natural sunlight). Even if they did a great blend.

Erich

[D-Man]

Dude, i totaly understand. Although it's not visible, you want your car PERFECT!! you want to be able to invite someone to look at things under a fcuking microscope, for even a dectitive to investigate it and find nothing but perfections (that's a bit dramatic) but there are plenty of us out here. I'll remember that from now on when i'm doing work, or ESPECIALLY paying for work

Great heads up!

[zero07]

Is it just me or this new member Rickjames just negative every time he posts? Lighten-up guy, have a Coke and a

As for your car, nobodys paint is perfect. Your car looks good, although im partial to red.

This post has been edited by zero07: Aug 7, 2008 - 12:06 PM

[RickJamesBish]

just that all this time i thought it was pristine only to find out i was very wrong

I understand, I just don't think it's as giant of a deal as you're making it out to be.

Is it just me or this new member Rickjames just negative every time he posts? Lighten-up guy, have a Coke and a

As for your car, nobodys paint is perfect. Your car looks good, although im partial to red.

Maybe I'm just realistic?

[Athorn]

He was just telling us something new he found out. To alot of us it could be usefull. For most of us how love or cars its a bummer to find out something you thought was "perfect" actually is not.

[enderswift]

^well said. Good to know I'm not the only one suffering from ocd

hope someone benefits from the led thing in the future