well if you look at my cars they have been painted i did them and they are nice jobs if i say so my self i did paint many years that are over 15 years old and the body work is older then that did lead them do have mild engines in them and when i wash them i do air dry them there are some small spots were things only rub under a hard pass when i are dry them the hood edge on the gto and the trunk lid on the 50 but no bent body panles? must need to work on more power?