So the Replacement is bolt on? I figured this was possible if buying new replacement. Eventually these may be sold painted. The factory has at least one spot weld. Seen on a YouTube video and confirmed at the junk yard were the replacement panel I found had paint loss due to needing to heat to remove the weld.
His mom?
Well on the 2023 that I JUST REMOVED the quarter panel there was NO spot welds - possibly earlier production did however there was zero on this truck. Even in the factory manual it showed some welds - none of the welds were where it wouldn't be covered by trim or bumper cover tho.
A repair like that can go south in a hurry. Usually the surface is only small evidence of the body cancer below on older vehicles. Said most owners - " I didnt want to spend THAT much" ........ LOL
That is great. Glad that this was worked out in production. I had looked into this because someone creased the quarter panel on my then almost brand new 2023 hybrid. I ended up having the minor body work and repaint done…. 1.2K later. Thanks for posting on this.
Insurance costs are the real indicator IMO on if a vehicle is expensive to repair or not--They're the ones that make it their business to know if something is expensive to fix. Of course, general statistical likelihood of any accident in the first place does play into things as well (IE, Maverick owners might be statistically safer drivers/less likely to get into accidents on average). But if insurance costs are low that's a really good sign either way.Insurance for my Maverick is cheap. Less money than my wife's 4 year old Jeep Cherokee and almost exactly the same as my 18 year old Ranger was. I figure the reason for them is basically these vehicles are cheaply priced and safe. Total a Mav, 30K or so gone. One day is the hospital running tests, setting broken bones and maybe an MRI and you can burn through that in no time.
Of course, I am no doctor or insurance agent. I just play them on the internet.
Awesome custom work.
Very true but in his case the car has 35k original miles and rust hole is by trunk lid where leaves collected and you don't come across many like that anymore.
Yeah that is really unusual and super cool. I had a Mercury Montego in high school and repainted it for prom - I'm not sure the paint wasn't just a little bit wet when I went to pick up my date hahahaha I remember I used DuPont's centauri enamel single stage.
