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Old 01-20-2020, 12:35 PM   #397 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
My experience is the opposite. Unpainted panels are very easy to scratch and difficult to repair. Painted panels you can usually just buff the clear coat. For deeper scratches you have to repaint but it is MUCH easier to blend a painted surface than an unpainted.
Scotch Brite was mentioned as a cosmetic repair for SS.

Scratching aside, I'm just wondering if you get a higher first-run production yield from the unpainted SS than painted body parts.

I'd want a used Cybertruck so that I don't feel bad putting the first scratch in it. Then I'd use it to crawl through overgrown logging roads.
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