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      02-29-2012, 09:41 PM   #4
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Drives: '11 135i , '15 X3 35i
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Saint Paul, MN

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I have an idea on this, based on experience.

* Car leaves BMW with a great paint job
* Shipper puts cars as close as possible to each other during shipping and sometimes they bump or some one taps another car loading or unloading
* Shipper says oh shit and rushes the car to a local body shop for a real quick fix
* Later on the clearcoat peels because it was a shitty job


If you can, take a real hard look for any evidence of a repair or for damage - even as simple as tiny dents where bolts from a different license plate bracket or something hit it, maybe little indentations where the light doesn't bounce off right (check from different angles).

Happened to me, wouldn't be surprised to see that here too. That would be why it's on the bumper and not on a spot more exposed to the elements (roof, hood). And why it's dull underneath, from buffing areas nearby the repair before clear was put on the whole thing.
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