Hey I just bought an 01 E230 and everythings great, except above the rear drivers side door the body has some... cracks? in it. They don't look super bad but I was just wondering if this was common with these vehicles and how much you think it would run me to take it to a body shop?

Thanks

 

cant do much... maybe just replace it...

 

Maybe the car has been previously crashed and the filler-repair is cracking?

 

possible... do check it out for any signs of broken clips, different paint, torn, etc etc

its just the possabliity

 

Well I have the carfax and it does not show an accident, but I guess it might have just not been reported to insurance? I think I'm just gonna take it to a few body shops and get some quotes. It's not a huge affected area so hopefully they won't want blood. But thanks for the thoughts

 

Cross fingers, hope it wont be so expensive....

 

If you use a very small magnet you can perhaps notice the differese in "magnetism" on a carbody area with or without filler. In some cases a "inadequate" repair is "busted" by the magnet test :-) (And in some cases the panels are aluminium.)