sooooo today i took my car to a buddy at a custom body shop. he had his manager look at it, and give me an estimate on repainting the hood, bumper cover, and trunk lid. the reason i want to get all this painted is because of the nasty rock chips on the hood, and front bumper cover... the trunk lid is because of an egg that was thrown at it last summer. he noticed a few bumps or bubbles at the bottom of the hood near the lip, and told me to pop my hood. to find about 12 decent sized rust bubbles that i have never noticed before. just under the rolled lip in the front of the hood. and yes its under warranty. I just thought i would post here and tell everyone to look out for that. the guy i talked to said it has been a big problem with that type of a hood. but anyways... the bumper cover and trunk lid estimate is 500 bucks to have them repainted.

oh and i never drove my car in winter, and never took it out in rain... so keep that in mind to