Clear Coat peeling, I dont see any option IDEAS please
03-05-11, 12:13 PM
#1
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Clear Coat peeling, I dont see any option IDEAS please
Hey everyone well after a hard snow about month ago, I was getting all the snow off and BAME. Then I noticed as you can see in the pics, It has gottin little worse week by week. So what Im asking yall is, What do I do?
: Options, The only real one that I read about is repaint the hood, which Is not an option so is there any other options, ie sand wet sand down with 1500 2000 grit so maybe it will stop peeling or I could sand down and spray light coat of clear coat on it but It wont be nearly as good as factory and will prob look like ****,
So my main question is, is there any way to just stop it!
see the rest of the paint is near perfict, have no idea why one side just decided to peel, ughhh
And check out this other gay ****, my mirrors are peeling I think previous owner had some chips on the mirrors and touched them up with toyota paint pen. But after washing it all the time the paint just keeps on peeling.
So anyone else have one of these happen? and with the mirrors im going to take mirror off and buy a can of toyota spray touch up, sand it down and do a serious tapingand paint any other ideas, thanks
Michael
: Options, The only real one that I read about is repaint the hood, which Is not an option so is there any other options, ie sand wet sand down with 1500 2000 grit so maybe it will stop peeling or I could sand down and spray light coat of clear coat on it but It wont be nearly as good as factory and will prob look like ****,
So my main question is, is there any way to just stop it!
see the rest of the paint is near perfict, have no idea why one side just decided to peel, ughhhAnd check out this other gay ****, my mirrors are peeling I think previous owner had some chips on the mirrors and touched them up with toyota paint pen. But after washing it all the time the paint just keeps on peeling.
So anyone else have one of these happen? and with the mirrors im going to take mirror off and buy a can of toyota spray touch up, sand it down and do a serious tapingand paint any other ideas, thanks
Michael
03-05-11, 02:54 PM
#2
Most of the time it requires a complete repaint but a shop MIGHT be able to salvage it. I personally wouldn't attempt respraying myself since I noticed that the clear's solvents actually cause the surrounding clear to lift up if it isn't sanded down perfectly level
03-05-11, 04:27 PM
#3
Lexus Champion
If you do an Internet search on "Peeling clear coat" you will find numerous articles detailing and explaining the causes, and repair options.
There are also several YouTube videos on this subject, some with a Lexus as the culprit.
There are also several YouTube videos on this subject, some with a Lexus as the culprit.
03-06-11, 08:40 AM
#4
Having the panel repainted is unfortunately your only option.
It is caused from either bad job at the factor (which I doubt), Neglect such as not being waxed or left outside it's whole life, etc.
It is most likely going to start happening to your other panels, especially the ones exposed to the environment the most like the roof, hood, etc. So you could either have the entire car repainted, or take it one panel at a time.
It is caused from either bad job at the factor (which I doubt), Neglect such as not being waxed or left outside it's whole life, etc.
It is most likely going to start happening to your other panels, especially the ones exposed to the environment the most like the roof, hood, etc. So you could either have the entire car repainted, or take it one panel at a time.
03-09-11, 01:30 PM
#5
Driver
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Ya i was thinking of spraying light coat of clear around the affected area and tape the rest, check this morn and just getting worse ughh
03-09-11, 01:32 PM
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Driver
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Having the panel repainted is unfortunately your only option.
It is caused from either bad job at the factor (which I doubt), Neglect such as not being waxed or left outside it's whole life, etc.
It is most likely going to start happening to your other panels, especially the ones exposed to the environment the most like the roof, hood, etc. So you could either have the entire car repainted, or take it one panel at a time.
It is caused from either bad job at the factor (which I doubt), Neglect such as not being waxed or left outside it's whole life, etc.
It is most likely going to start happening to your other panels, especially the ones exposed to the environment the most like the roof, hood, etc. So you could either have the entire car repainted, or take it one panel at a time.
03-09-11, 02:13 PM
#7
I would talk to a body shop and see what they would charge for just the areas affected. The hood doesn't look that bad, but the side mirror panels is probably what I would have redone. I would probably just paint myself satin black with a spray can and call it a day. That would blend in and be cheap.
It sucks that it's happening, probably the best thing you could do to slow it down is just keep it out of the sun as much as possible, buy a cheap car cover if it's parked outside.
These cars are just not worth professionally repainting (imo). A quality "factory" repaint would probably cost more than the value of the car, and it will add very little value. If it really bothers you, you'd be better off selling it and buying one that doesn't have this issue.
It sucks that it's happening, probably the best thing you could do to slow it down is just keep it out of the sun as much as possible, buy a cheap car cover if it's parked outside.
These cars are just not worth professionally repainting (imo). A quality "factory" repaint would probably cost more than the value of the car, and it will add very little value. If it really bothers you, you'd be better off selling it and buying one that doesn't have this issue.
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03-09-11, 03:03 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
It has been repainted before, very obvious from the look of the paint on the hood. They did not prep the panel properly before painting. The whole panel needs to be stripped, then redone correctly.
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03-09-11, 08:36 PM
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I would talk to a body shop and see what they would charge for just the areas affected. The hood doesn't look that bad, but the side mirror panels is probably what I would have redone. I would probably just paint myself satin black with a spray can and call it a day. That would blend in and be cheap.
It sucks that it's happening, probably the best thing you could do to slow it down is just keep it out of the sun as much as possible, buy a cheap car cover if it's parked outside.
These cars are just not worth professionally repainting (imo). A quality "factory" repaint would probably cost more than the value of the car, and it will add very little value. If it really bothers you, you'd be better off selling it and buying one that doesn't have this issue.
It sucks that it's happening, probably the best thing you could do to slow it down is just keep it out of the sun as much as possible, buy a cheap car cover if it's parked outside.
These cars are just not worth professionally repainting (imo). A quality "factory" repaint would probably cost more than the value of the car, and it will add very little value. If it really bothers you, you'd be better off selling it and buying one that doesn't have this issue.
03-09-11, 08:42 PM
#10
Driver
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Are you sure? Its the Hood that is affected, all the door jams trunk and everything is nice gloss marron color, as I said to other guy this happened after snow storm with the hood, but I know the side mirror do look like sh@t but those might have been re painted for I have know idea what reason, But ill prob re paint those and hey all the stickers are nice and good and car fax was good idk but any other clues I could look for?
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