pscottjr

I have some areas only on my passenger side door that I need to get fixed. Below is a photo of the clearcoat damage. Can they simpely take off the clearcoat on the door and respray? Could they only repair the areas affected?

Any ideas on cost?



Thanks for any help.

Dennis Wilson

I've tried the spot repairs (not on the 928's) and it wasn't very successful. Whatever is causing the clearcoat to come lose continued. If you could sand off just the clearcoat while leaving the basecoat then respraying should fix the problem but I don't know how realistic that would be.

Dennis

Marine Blue

It's weird that silvers and golds are more susceptable to flaking and crazing. MB's of the same years have the same problem.

I think the only viable solution is a respray of the damaged areas (probably isolated to the tops of the car which are normally exposed to sun.

JHowell37

No you can not just repair the clear coat. Once the base coat becomes exposes it must be sanded and new basecoat must be applied and then clear. If that were my car and I was trying to repair the damage I would first use a razor blade to try and scrape off as much of that clear as possible. When it got to an area that didn't easily scrape off, I would sand it thoroughly so that you could not feel the transition between the layers. Then I would use scuff paste on a scotch brite pad on the entire panel, clean all the residue, apply fresh basecoat to the sanded area and blend into the adjacent areas, and finally, spray clear on the entire panel.

Kevin Michael

I would do it this way......Step one : stand back and look at it from every concievable angle. Assess the best approach for step two. Step two : Then With one clean motion, kick a friggen' big dent right in the middle of it. To complete this procedure, go in the house and call your insurance company.
Kevin

pscottjr

Kevin, I thought about that. Almost took care of that today. Was heaing home and car in front stopped suddenly. I braked and moved to the right a little. The car behind me barely missed hitting me moving to the left and the car behind that one smashed into him. Major smash up.

JHowell37, I thought that would be the way that it should be done. I don't have the skills or tools to do that so, I guess I will get some estimates locally.

Marine Blue, I have a fading/crazing problem on 1/2 of the sunroof as well.

Thanks for the input guys.

Ron_H

I have the same problem on my meteormetallic with 200,000 miles on it. First it happened on the roof and started with what appeared to be buffer burn marks from the PO. Now it is all over the roof. But the sad part is that I can see in the front hood the beginnings of this in the hazing under the clear coat if the light is just right. In a few months or a year, it will have spread to that hood and I think I will have to deal with it at that time. But the car is 22 years old. It is a driver. I think that is sufficient time for paint to last.

LightStriker

I have a problem similar to my petrolium blue.
The car have been repainted 2 years ago.
Sadly, dunno where the guy did it, but the clear is shipping on all the sides.
The middle of the panels are fine, but the side keep losing it.
Sadly cannot be "repaired", need to be redone.
Hopefully I will find someone who know how to make a good clear.