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      11-18-2019, 08:52 PM   #7
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I'm a little sketched by cheaper repaints. I had my hood repainted for $300, and when I took a paint depth guage to it, it was pretty much 2.5 or so mils. Factory paint is around 4-6 mils. So yea, a LOT thinner than factory. It'll rock chip pretty easily.

I did a M-Sport retrofit with eBay bumpers though, and I plan on getting proper OEM M-Sport bumpers later down the line, so I'll probably get the hood and stuff repainted at a much nice shop when I do that.
So far after 2.5 years no issues with the paint
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