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Originally Posted by Zatellia
I believe that, but think of it this way... he has the car with a newly painted bumper and goes to sell the car to a dealer or privately and discloses that the bumper has been repainted / replaces. Now they offer him less because its not 'original' or what ever they want to say. Or lets say 3 years down the line the painted bumper is fading at a different rate then the rest of the car, do you think the dealer will go and fix the bumper again? of course not.
You will probably say something like 'well thats how cars work' or something like that. but this would not have been the case if it was original or maybe it would have been who knows.
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A used car is understood to be used and to have potential repairs. Body work does not implicitly reduce the market value of a vehicle. That is an individual's decision.
That is why you don't have to select all of your car's body panels and identify areas of repair when asking KBB how much your car is worth. Of course, if the body work is visibly poor quality that's another story.
Dealers who are trying to low ball you will certainly pull the paint gun if there is a repair on the CarFax. Then it's up to you to have good negotiation skills and not fall for that trap.