As an update, I just came from the body shop who found plenty of rust behind the hinges both on the body side and the door side. It's a lot more work to do it right than we expected. The bolts holding the hinges on the body side were rusted in place and snapped off. The rear doors both had rusted to a degree (most of it non-visible) that both doors need to be fully repainted. The shop echoed what everybody says that it makes no sense not to treat the metal when they assemble it and, instead, just assemble it and spray it with paint. I was surprised by the level of unseen rust behind everything since all I was seeing was the bubbling on the hinges and a little on 1 door. Once all the body work is done, they will spray the hinges with the raptor material in the silver body color.
I'll supplement this with pictures after we get it done. They are documenting the process for me as it's going to end up costing more than we thought.
