Originally Posted by AlbertFattal
I saw the car in person, they did a really nice job repainting - when I had a mechanic inspect it - he found the passenger side suspension looked considerably newer than the drivers side.
it must have been minor enough that the owner who potentially did the repair didn't report it to insurance.
Looking at a car is great---I did used car inspections at my shop all the time---But when I saw suspension work, I would recommend an alignment to check IF I could align it to spec---My machine, as all, would go down to either a tenth of a degree on some measurements and one-hundredth of a degree on others---NO ONE can see this, but tires WILL wear and these babies burn fast enough as it is---MAYBE, the previous owner "tried" to fix it and could not get it 100% straight, and this is the reason for trading it---Not saying that it isn't done correctly---But we do know that its been painted, and a mechanic has questions about the age of parts---An alignment will give "numbers", and numbers DO NOT lie---Just a thought---Also use this to talk them down---They know this---They are pros, and they know painted cars are worth less---Good Luck---Jimmy