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I’m crouched by the passenger door at 10:15 a.m., rain still spitting thin over Main Street, and I can see my breath inside the shop window. The tech is peeling back a corner of clear film from the bumper and I’m trying not to fidget while my friend watches like it’s a magic trick. Seattle-style drizzle, but with Vancouver’s grey that somehow looks cleaner. The film lifts, the paint underneath is flawless, and my friend says, out loud and honest, “That actually looks new.”