mander

I had the front bumper of my 09C4S repainted last September after I managed to take a bit of paint off it in a bonehead parking manuever. A week ago I noticed that some of the clearcoat was coming off the bumper so I stopped by the dealer that sold me the car and did the repaint in their collision center.

The manager of the collision center tells me that I caused the clearcoat to peel when I held the water wand too close to the (plastic) bumper at a do-it-yourself carwash. The result being that water got under the clearcoat through a rockchip. I have never heard of this before but he was quite convincing.

Did I commit bonehead move number two? Or is it a fault with how the repaint was done?

They are kindly offering to repaint for free. He then recommended adding a clearbra after the paint cures (30 days) for $300.

Marine Blue

Sounds like BS to me. There are thousands of cars with rock chips on the front which are pressure washed frequently and no problems.

I would take their offer to respray and if you clear bra the bumper you should ask how much more it would cost to do the hood and fenders too. $300 for the bumper is reasonable.

okbarnett

Total BS, when you paint with modern base coat/clear coat products, it there for ever, unless you sand it off of break into if very forcefully. You got a lousy job.

Edgy01

Clear coats are very tough. I would be greatly surprised to hear that a high pressure wand would help peel it back.

aaks38

sounds to me like the dealer improperly painted you car. Flexible urethane bumpers require certain prep work before a basecoat and subsequent clearcoat will adhere to them. I have a feeling your bumper was improperly prepped.

socalbusdev

Take the deal. Add hood and full fenders, if fairly priced. Find out who they sub the wrap to and check them out...

deijmaster

lol, how creative can you get... I just love these stories. As for the deal, take it, and apply clear bra ASAP.

cairo94507

Absolute BS - they should warranty that paint failure and be happy to make it right.