Crash Check respray detector?

The message from "Adam Aglionby" contains these words:

There's a bit more information here. It appears to be a more modern version of just running a magnet over the car.

Yebbut, unless you're in the business of buying cars in the dark or pissing rain, a pair of eyes is all you need to detect shitty repairs.

The message from "Doki" contains these words:

Quite - and I forgot to paste in the URL and CBA to go find it now.

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I've asked the seller a question or two.

It seems that - despite the claims in the listing - it *can't* tell the difference between replaced panels and original, and only works on steel - not ally or composites.

He's not quite sure how it works, but it does... and there's a full money- back guarantee.

Oh, and he sells the good ol' eBay link-to-pyramid-scam, too.

Can we help him with an explanation? I think we probably can.

The message from Adrian contains these words:

Take two quarts of snake-oil and boil 'em down with a couple of Broquet catalysts and some Slick50. When the resulting mess is thick and gloopy, pour it into a mould, add a couple of LEDs and a battery. Fit switch and flog.

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

For £60. Plus over a fiver for postage.

The message from Adrian contains these words:

I'm sorry, I left out the more obvious bits of the plan!

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

After all, if it were cheap, somebody might just think it's a magnet in a bit of plastic.

Did a google - found this on the sealey web site - looks like a similar device.

( snipped-for-privacy@chris-howard.fsnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Looks like the same thang, and - slightly shockingly - it looks like £60 is actually a good price...

Oddly enough, even though it's the same thing for roughly the same price, I'd be much more likely to buy from Sealey, just because it has a sensible description of how it works rather than an obviously bollox one.

I particularly liked the bit about "THE LATEST ELECTRO MAGNETIC MICRO PROCESSOR". Cracking stuff!

Cheers,

Colin.

Hold on there! It's on offer at the moment and you can get it here:

Gareth

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I'd half consider that if I was on the backcourt of a cheap dealer=20 again. Something for playing find the filler would be handy on the more=20 careful jobs where they've filled over a wheel arch and the spray job is=20 good enough. A magnetometer with a sensitive enough sensor on the=20 distortion matrix should be good enough over a filler section these=20 days. I'm not so certain about it finding a couple of extra coats of=20 paint though.

Warwick