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    Now here`s a problem.

    I posted recently about the clearcote failure on my brother`s ute, here are the pics. Any hope outside of a respray??
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    Passenger door.
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    Not even this thread can help that one..and this was a miracle job
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    Not much gonna help that ! Time to paint

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    Yes I would say time for paint job sorry
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    Forget it, repaint the car. Because the clearcoat is gone, there is nothing to polish, so there is no way to make it shinny. The base coat isn`t meant to shine, so you couldn`t do that. How did this happen anyway? Thats some bad sh*t!!!
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    Typical GM paint work with the blistering Aussie sun. Thankfully it`s not my car!

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    Re: Now here`s a problem.

    Originally posted by EZ Boy
    I posted recently about the clearcote failure on my brother`s ute, here are the pics. Any hope outside of a respray??
    You might try a 10# sledge
    Sorry to say, that is ready for a re-paint
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    Maybe a new/used car instead of a repaint. If your brother is as picky as a DCer, it`s gonna cost big bucks to repaint that SUV. I got a quote of $8.5k to repaint a midsize sedan with no dents or body work fixes. Most of the time is spent removing and installing the windows, lights and trim pieces.

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    dont paint it .... THIS YOUR NEW ROTARY BUFFER TEST DUMMY CAR .. what are you going to hurt??. i like to practice on vehicles like this .. practice some wetsanding .. crank the buffer up all the way & see what happens it will probably look better than it does now.
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    I thought for sure bigron62 that you were gonna suggest :



    A happy customer tells a friend ... An unhappy one tells many friends !!!

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    I dont think its necesssarily the fault of GM paint and aussie sun, the VN commodores all look like that if they are not cared for. My mate has a burgandy VN like that and its exactly the same - it gets washed when it rains
    Maybe try and strip the clear and leave it as a "single stage" paint job and sell it :lol
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    Originally posted by 6cyl`s_of_fury
    I dont think its necesssarily the fault of GM paint and aussie sun, the VN commodores all look like that if they are not cared for. My mate has a burgandy VN like that and its exactly the same - it gets washed when it rains
    Maybe try and strip the clear and leave it as a "single stage" paint job and sell it :lol
    Just a bit of Holden bashing there. The car has never been looked after, most aussie cars aren`t maintained as well as they should be. Unfortunately my brother doesn`t care about cars too much, even though he`s well and truely got the budget for an SS or XR8 etc. Sad really.

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    Originally posted by bigron62
    dont paint it .... THIS YOUR NEW ROTARY BUFFER TEST DUMMY CAR .. what are you going to hurt??. i like to practice on vehicles like this .. practice some wetsanding .. crank the buffer up all the way & see what happens it will probably look better than it does now.
    Absolutely!! I have a rotary in my fortnightly budget. I`ve also got an itch to wet sand something - I really need a life....

 

 

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