Personally, I have heard numerous times that cars were painted aftermarket by the dealer. I bought mine under that pretence. I personally have a red Delorean. The red is of a lighter red than the one pictured in the ebay add. If the person who purchases it wishes to strip it he/she can. The paint stripping can be done professionally by people who strip paint off cars for a living. I was quoted $400-$600 to do it. They use a walnut shell (not sand) spray at 25psi. The wait is about 2 weeks for this to be done. After that, the user would have to regrain the stainless, as well as repaint the facias (or get them painted). This particular red car, has an advantage for stipping, the insides of the doors are not painted. I've heard stories about others who have stripped their paint off, having a hardtime getting it off the insides of the doors. For me personally, my biggest worry is finding out what is underneath. From what I can see my personal car has been repainted red again once. What if there is Bondo? A terrible graining job? There are many worries when it comes to doing this. On the flip side, unpainted cars bring more money at the time of sale. Personally, If I were to do anything to my car, I would go to blackcherry or a high gloss black. Either way, this particular seller has a feedback rating of 2 Sean 3372 AZ-D To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/