Originally Posted by ECOS95
I was in the same situation when I was looking at buying one. Of the 2 options I'd rather have a car that has had paint to get it back to as new a condition as possible than one with scratches & stone chips.
All this keep it original is for people who don't drive the dam things so never get stone chips. I bought the car to drive not just to look at.
As long as its a good job I would see no reason to be put off.
Mines had a full respray before i bought it,Being a perfectionist i wasnt happy with it so had bonnet, front bumper and drivers wing done to remove stone chips as was pepperred in them ( got me the car cheaper too as i bartered with the dealer because of that
) Also had the tailgate painted as bottom spoiler had rubbed on the boot causing it to rust badly!!
Dont feel bad about it though as its now better than factory IMHO ( apart from my new chip
but will soon be back to top standard
)