Accident Damaged Car

[Wahida]

Look for differences in paint colour between the panels. If the car has had a poor repair there may be an obvious difference in colour between two adjoining panels. The finish may also be dull and the panel looks slightly lumpy if the filler hasn't been sanded down properly.Good repairs will be harder to spot because the body shop should blend the colour of the repaired panel into an undamaged panel. One caveat is that the colour of the bumpers will often look slightly different to the rest of the body. This is because of the difference in the way the paint takes to plastic and metal. On some cars, this may apply if they have plastic front wings.