what do you guys make of this paint..

[fuzzydd]

friends buying this car
oxidation? clearcoat failure?
neglected oem paint or **** bodyshop work?

and most importantly lol.. fixable?

[Mike Phillips]

That is complete and utter clearcoat failure, not oxidation. The only honest repair is to repaint the entire car.

[fuzzydd]

It's only on that part of the car though.. phew? Thanks Mike.

[fuzzydd]

Sorry for double post, won't lemme edit anymore..

It is safe to assume the rest of the car (OEM paint as well; excluding bumper lol) might follow suit?

[Murr1525]

Not nessicerily.

It looks ok in the pic, so if you keep it detailed, then it could be ok.

If it just stays neglected, then anything will fail eventualy.

[Black Bart]

I would guess that it will cost at least $500.00 to repaint the roof Have them lower the price and after repainting take care of the paint you probably would get several years out of that Finnish.

[MB///HRV]

Yeup. def clearcoat failure. Being that it is such a small piece and is bordered by something other than paint (windshield, t-tops, metal moulding) ... I would say go ahead and have just that piece repainted. No need to go too crazy but you dont want a maaco job either. Probably should run about 200-300 since they won't have to blend it into other areas.

[stealth]

If that's the only area needing paint try it yourself for xtra $$$ when detailing gets slow. I'm quite sure you'll make an improvement over it's current condition & possibly increase your client base.

[Newport Viper]

Krylon.

[Lt1Corvette]

Originally posted by Newport Viper
Krylon.

Nice. I actually used red engine enamel spray on the side mirrors and the nose on one of my friends race cars. Actually came out ok.

[Newport Viper]

Originally posted by Lt1Corvette
Nice. I actually used red engine enamel spray on the side mirrors and the nose on one of my friends race cars. Actually came out ok.

See I was right!

[Lt1Corvette]

While on the topic of resprays. Are the paint jobs that come out of those large scale same day paint places decent? What kind if life would one expect?