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New (OEM) vs. repaired body panels
Discuss amongst yourselves... I can think of pros and cons of each scenario. In the repaired body panel situation, the stock panels (and VIN number stickers) are retained. On the downside, there may be filler used in the process. The opposite is true for the replacement body panels. No sticker, but no filler, either. Also, with the replacement body panels, they will have to blend the paint further into the other panels.
What are your thoughts on this, and which one might be better (if given the choice).
John
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If it were me, and the damage was bad enough to warrant filling etc, I would go for new panels.
You could remove stickers and reapply if you had to, but unless you're planning to sell,I wouldn't be to worried about it.
If you were a buyer, wouldn't you prefer, new undamaged panels as opposed to repaired stuff with a sticker?
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Quote: If it were me, and the damage was bad enough to warrant filling etc, I would go for new panels.
You could remove stickers and reapply if you had to, but unless you're planning to sell,I wouldn't be to worried about it.
If you were a buyer, wouldn't you prefer, new undamaged panels as opposed to repaired stuff with a sticker? | Those stickers are designed not to be removed in one piece. What would be their purpose if that was so easy...
Back to the original question depends a lot on what status your car has - low miles not a daily driver that has some potential for appreciation that I would try to stick with the original panels as hard as I could. If not and you do not want to sell by all means get the replacements.
Florian
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I think it depends on the panels (bumper covers are a whole different story than metal), the shop doing the work, and of course the price.
My body shop guy won't partially paint ('blend') any panel on my cars; it's outside his definition of quality work (and mine and my insurance adjuster's).
I'll buy a car fixed right long before I'll buy one with a lot of patchwork in the name of retaining pieces of adhesive backed paper slapped into obscure places. 
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No, my car is not a low mileage garage queen. It's a 2002 with just over 20,000 miles. It sounds like the consensus is that retaining the OEM stickers may not be all that it's cracked up to be. We'll see what the shop says during the estimate.
Quote: | My body shop guy won't partially paint ('blend') any panel on my cars; it's outside his definition of quality work (and mine and my insurance adjuster's). | Is it even possible to not do some blending of paint? Even if you replace a door, for example, you'd still need to blend into the front and rear quarter panel, which would now leave you with a partially (newly) painted panel. Can you please explain?
John
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Once I know that my black car will have year 'round covered parking, I plan on doing (having done) a full respray. Since it still has all original body panels and VIN stickers, I figure on carefully masking the stickers prior to any work.
I'm thinking about getting (thin) vinyl "machine cut" to the exact size of the existing stickers. If somebody beats me to it, I'll buy the stickers from them 
After the job is finished, just peel off the vinyl and the VIN sticker will still be intact.
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New (OEM) vs. repaired body panels