I know I should not material things be so important, but I waited a long time to get my little "dream car"--a 2006 Lexus SC 430--the hardtop convertible. When they cleaned it up to deliver, there were obvious defects which they called "wind chips". The dealer assured me that the manufacturer would "not let them sell a car in that condition" and that it would be repainted by an outside bodyshop that has been doing their high-end work for 8 years.
Wind chips are tiny (mostly) actual chips out of the paint caused by sand hitting the paint driven by high winds.
They did the repaint and the car, which is black, is covered with swirls, buffer tracks, holograms, spider webs, and the hood, in particular, is cloudy.
I have been assured that this will all buff out if I bring the car back. I have some questions for your collective wisdom:
1. How likely is it that this will buff out to 100% clear and wet looking (as it was, except for the chips, before I took it in)?
2. Assuming it does buff out as in #1, above, how much clearcoat will I have lost in the process?
3. What care should I take in washing when I get it back? I am assuming that the paint will have to "cure" for some period of time to release solvents, or is this an old wives tale? Can I wax it when I get it back, or, again, does it have to cure? I read in some other posts about Mirror Glaze #16. I found it on the Internet and have a few cans coming. I was hoping I would be able to give it a try.
I read in another post that it would be OK to uese QD on a freshy painted car, so I guess solvent release is not an issue with QD?
Oh, and since I am complaining, is there anything that the body shop would have done that would have caused some tiny chips in the windshield? Do they sandblast or anything to get the old paint down to get rid of the wind chips (which are bare metal)? Perhaps I just hadn't noticed them.
This is punishment for coveting other peoples SC 430's.
Wind chips are tiny (mostly) actual chips out of the paint caused by sand hitting the paint driven by high winds.
They did the repaint and the car, which is black, is covered with swirls, buffer tracks, holograms, spider webs, and the hood, in particular, is cloudy.
I have been assured that this will all buff out if I bring the car back. I have some questions for your collective wisdom:
1. How likely is it that this will buff out to 100% clear and wet looking (as it was, except for the chips, before I took it in)?
2. Assuming it does buff out as in #1, above, how much clearcoat will I have lost in the process?
3. What care should I take in washing when I get it back? I am assuming that the paint will have to "cure" for some period of time to release solvents, or is this an old wives tale? Can I wax it when I get it back, or, again, does it have to cure? I read in some other posts about Mirror Glaze #16. I found it on the Internet and have a few cans coming. I was hoping I would be able to give it a try.
I read in another post that it would be OK to uese QD on a freshy painted car, so I guess solvent release is not an issue with QD?
Oh, and since I am complaining, is there anything that the body shop would have done that would have caused some tiny chips in the windshield? Do they sandblast or anything to get the old paint down to get rid of the wind chips (which are bare metal)? Perhaps I just hadn't noticed them.
This is punishment for coveting other peoples SC 430's.
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