I took my car to a non-SVT dealer the other day and showed them the tiny spider cracks under the clearcoat which is obvisously the result of a bad factory job. It has 108,000km on it and is an E1.
The car goes in to have hood, trunk, and roof repainted on Monday and Ford will pay exactly half. They're taking it right down to the metal so it's done right. Incredible! So yes, everything is negotiable. I was told at the time of my negotiating that there is never any issue getting Ford to pay half if the car is under 80,000km and four years old.
Good luck!
