Could you tell me what to do about this?

[BlackbirdOfPrey]

Could you tell me what is going on with my paint here? And how to fix it?

 

[dsmmyth]

It looks like your paint is (oxidizing?) calling it quits. You might want to look into a new paint job.

 

[BlackbirdOfPrey]

Would this require a complete, down to bare metal job, or is there something else that I could do, or sand off the surface and just get that repainted? the reason being is money, I dont have much of it, so any advice would be useful and I know full paint jobs aren't cheap (if they are decent)?

 

[Defiant]

Clearcoat cancer. My '93 is flat black over the whole top, and shiny on the sides. I just pretend it's an SR-71.

I don't _think_ there's any real repair short of another paintjob.

 

[PaulPDX]

Full respray.

You can't just paint spots. No matter how scientific the paint matching system is it will not match completely. The body shop will tell you that they'd have to spray the whole car to make the paint match.

Just go to a body shop. They won't charge you for information. If they want your business, they will give you a quote and a run-down of what's required. Of course, don't take their word for it. Go to several shop and get other opinions. Once you are ready to paint, you can use their quotes against each other for the best price.

 

[BlackbirdOfPrey]

Do i need a down to metal job? or can I just gett the clearcoat and paint sanded off and just do a new coat? I am asking because sanding down to bare metal and getting the proper prep done is VERY costly because of the time involved? Any suggestions to keep costs down? And should I stray away from spray can jobs?

 

[PaulPDX]

Just go talk to a couple body shops ok?

These are the questions you should be asking them anyway.

Sanding everything down to metal and repaint is certainly costly but the proper way to do things. Chances are they'll just do some sanding to make the surface smooth, then spray primer and then spray a couple coats of new paint.

should I stray away from spray can jobs?

Think.

You can save some cost by doing the sanding and the primer yourself. The body shop can give you details on that. Like I said before... go talk to them.