Lennym1984 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Bit of a random one but whilst washing my car the other day, I noticed that the junction between the rear arch and the bumper was different on each side. On closer investigation, the offside edge appears to have been rolled/folded in on itself around the inner arch. It has been done very neatly and there is no damage to the arch or indeed any signs of a previous repair (no signs of overspray, mismatched textures, welds etc) - the rear quarter is original and it actually looks like it left the factory like this but since it is only on one side, that seems unlikely. It really doesn't matter but I'm intrigued as to what would have lead to this being done. If it was to prevent a wheel catching the edge, I'd have assumed that both sides would have been done in the same way. The pictures show the rolled offside and the normal nearside. Any ideas? Oh and just to confuse matters, that's a drop of water on the edge. The paint is just the normal, textured paint that you get around the arch and sills. https://ibb.co/tLz47bM https://ibb.co/80RCYbv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tozerman Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Hard to spot what you mean to be honest 🤔 Just nipped out to the garage and took a couple of pictures but they are too big to upload 😖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennym1984 Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 35 minutes ago, Tozerman said: Hard to spot what you mean to be honest 🤔 Just nipped out to the garage and took a couple of pictures but they are too big to upload 😖 The lip where the body meets the bumper is L shaped on the nearside but U shaped on the offside. It looks like it has been formed into the u shape and so in assuming it was done in response to something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tozerman Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 OK I think I can see what you mean but better pictures in the thread rather than a link would help. Be good to see both pictures side by side.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tozerman Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Here are the pictures I took of mine earlier, are they the same as yours or different ? Hope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennym1984 Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Ah that's very helpful and yes it looks similar. The reason I was surprised is that the profile is different from nearside to offside (as it is with yours too). Must be something to do with the way they are constructed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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