"You show a picture of the valance with the blackout paint as evidence of it being under coated!?!?"
....No, what I was trying to show is the lack of undercoating on the vallance.

"You also refer to “paint” on the tabs of the fender that connects to the valance but it looks more like primer and rust. (I can’t make out any paint at all.) As a matter of fact it looks like red oxide primer and the beginning edge/haze of brown paint just starting around the edge."
....What I was trying to say is the valance was off the car when it was painted. There is FT6 paint, clear as day under that speed nut.


I have a question about how the bumper brackets were installed. On my car I saw no undercoating on any of the front bumper brackets BUT there was no under coating under the brackets. How could this be???