Tear in Frame

[Nitrousfedlx]

For reference, I just took these pics for you. Also for reference mine is a 2016 GT. The "dark" area on the driver's side is just dirt. The interesting thing is the passenger side looks a lot cleaner and neater than the drivers side. LOL

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[Nitrousfedlx]

Also I'm really not sure on my opinion because some things make me think it was a repair but then I look at other areas and it looks factory with lack of quality workmanship from the factory. It's weird man.

 

[furdfan2018]

Doubtful a repair has been made.

Just A+ s550 quality from Ford right from Michigan.

 

[Kabayo]

I'll check my car, but I don't think that is a seam.

it doesn’t look like a seam to me either. To the left of the cut/tear you can see where something has scraped along the paint.

 

[Kabayo]

Or drunk or stoned or all of the above.

Probably built on a Friday around 4:30 in the afternoon.

 

[Kabayo]

Also I'm really not sure on my opinion because some things make me think it was a repair but then I look at other areas and it looks factory with lack of quality workmanship from the factory. It's weird man.

Anyway to look up from the underside of the car?

 

[Nitrousfedlx]

Anyway to look up from the underside of the car?

I was thinking about offering that advice. I'm not sure though because that area is actually "trapped" I believe, so no real way of looking at it?

 

[Kabayo]

I was thinking about offering that advice. I'm not sure though because that area is actually "trapped" I believe, so no real way of looking at it?

Maybe removing the right tail light would give him a view from the underside?

 

[Biggus Dickus]

As Biggus Dickus pointed out, I am attaching these pictures where it looks like more failure in the same corner.

Good luck with that - the cure is surgery, but the cure might be worse than the disease.

 

[Nitrousfedlx]

Maybe removing the right tail light would give him a view from the underside?

I don't know, possibly but I think there's structure there to hold the tail lights in?

 

[ORRadtech]

Maybe removing the right tail light would give him a view from the underside?

I was thinking that and then use a borescope. They don't need a very big hole in the structure to get through.

 

[Bigred911s]

Sorry, inside on the right corner of the trunk

This picture doesn’t look like factory work. Someone did some sort of work on that quarter panel.

 

[Keeffa]

Well, this is a strange one. Took the car for its first wash of the season and discovered this 2-inch gash on the inside portion of the body. Car was sold clean title with no accidents. Has anything like this happened to anyone else? Do we think maybe there was an unofficial, unreported accident and repair? Had the car since August 2022 and never noticed this.

You could drill a small hole like 2 or 3 mm, at each end of the crack it should stop it spreading. Then seal it.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

My guess, since it's a GT 350 the right quarter panel was smacked really bad while on track and most insurance companies will not cover track damage, so the previous owner paid out of pocket for the repair. That would explain why there is no record of any damage.

 

[rolfe.oliver]

My guess, since it's a GT 350 the right quarter panel was smacked really bad while on track and most insurance companies will not cover track damage, so the previous owner paid out of pocket for the repair. That would explain why there is no record of any damage.

Even if no insurance was involved, I would imagine most reputable body shops report to whatever system is CarFax. I mean, I had curb rash repaired and I see that on the recent carfax pulled.

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