2003 BMW 330i Sedan-always do your PPI

[zhp4life]

looks nice in pictures.
PPI saved me from making a wrong decision, lost $150 though

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

[GDMChRiZ]

looks nice in pictures.
PPI saved me from making a wrong decision, lost $150 though

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

What was wrong with it?

[ComradeNick]

looks nice in pictures.
PPI saved me from making a wrong decision, lost $150 though

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

What came up?

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[zhp4life]

repaint, 3 bent wheels , cosmetic and some functional issues , can't find any maintenance record e.t.c not what I was expecting being a single owner car.
just saying that always do PPI and ask them for details pictures so you can make inform decision.

[nicksarazen]

That’s too bad man, it presents well in pictures at least. Good thing you checked. Did you use the PPI results as a bargaining chip with the dealer?


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[Eugene]

$100 PPI saved me from this mistake too - https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...1421/overview/

[nicksarazen]

$100 PPI saved me from this mistake too - https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...1421/overview/

What came up for this?


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[Eugene]

What came up for this?


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crappy repaint, most of the parts (if not all) under the hood original, car poorly maintained, mismatched tires (all 4), curbed rims, dirty underneath, a few other things that I dont remember...the cherry on top was the dealer telling me they replaced parts for the cooling system, because they're very familiar with ZHP and they do it for all of them...the PPI guy told me they did none of them

[nextelbuddy]

crappy repaint, most of the parts (if not all) under the hood original, car poorly maintained, mismatched tires (all 4), curbed rims, dirty underneath, a few other things that I dont remember...the cherry on top was the dealer telling me they replaced parts for the cooling system, because they're very familiar with ZHP and they do it for all of them...the PPI guy told me they did none of them

lol i looked at this car while at Waynes shop for that PPI.

it was horrible.

things I noted with a quick walk around:

• Headlight washers non-functional, pieces glued into headlight trim
• Large gap between bumper and headlights and gap is uneven
• headlight covers had old oxidized film on it
• Missing fog light trim on both sides
• Gutter guard for main lower center grill
• Headlight washer pump not original, had T taps with after market plug off the original plug
• Side markers on the wrong side of the car so they were upside down
• Paint lines visible in all body line areas
• lots of bubbles in the clear coat from a bad paint job. paint shop did not let the paint flash properly before laying down the clear coat
  
• All gloss trim is faded on all 4 doors and the rain gutter pieces around the windows were glued back on
  
• Steering wheel was alcantara but was covered with cheap cover and under neath felt like styrofoam

and t hats just exterior stuff i noticed in 2 -3 min.

[ComradeNick]

lol i looked at this car while at Waynes shop for that PPI.

it was horrible.

things I noted with a quick walk around:

• Headlight washers non-functional, pieces glued into headlight trim
• Large gap between bumper and headlights and gap is uneven
• headlight covers had old oxidized film on it
• Missing fog light trim on both sides
• Gutter guard for main lower center grill
• Headlight washer pump not original, had T taps with after market plug off the original plug
• Side markers on the wrong side of the car so they were upside down
• Paint lines visible in all body line areas
• lots of bubbles in the clear coat from a bad paint job. paint shop did not let the paint flash properly before laying down the clear coat
  
• All gloss trim is faded on all 4 doors and the rain gutter pieces around the windows were glued back on
  
• Steering wheel was alcantara but was covered with cheap cover and under neath felt like styrofoam

and t hats just exterior stuff i noticed in 2 -3 min.

Man private dealers are shady as hell, I test drove a zhp once and it wasn't until after that he mentioned the air bags were deployed and engine was replaced with a non zhp engine. On top of the wiring to the fog lights didn't work.

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