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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:27 pm    Post subject: Clear Coat Reply with quote

got a patch of clear coat comming off a bit on me bonnet just woundering can more clear be put over it or is there more then that as the paint under still looks fine thanks
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it can, but it wont stick.

You could probably do a spot repair, sand it back and whack some clear over it, then blend it in, but put it this way, if clear is coming away from one spot, it pretty much guarantees that it's not in the best shape around that spot and most likely the entire panel if not the entire car. You BEST solution is to re-paint the whole affected panel.

Ill betcha if i stuck a filmbuild guage on it the clearcoat would be lower than recommended. If the car hasnt been previously repaired just remember these cars are around ~15 years old, and painted in Japan to Japanese-spec paint, which wouldnt be subjected to the sorts of conditions we have here in Australia.

Damn, i feel like im at work writing a report for someone Razz
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:32 pm    Post subject: clear coat!!! Reply with quote

TOTALLY Agreed
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mate it only gets worse. it started on my roof and then went to my bonnet now its starrting on my bootlid. way to stop it is to rub back the clearcoat and respray it. cos i let it go and now i need a new respray. its f*cked.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

+1 to respray in a totally rad colour!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah you cant do much about it. It happens. IF you were in Melb i could have swung some paint your way, but not in adel unfortunately Sad
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah was thinking about a respray with a diff colour but what about the engine bay would it be odd that it would still be white? and the out side of the car diff
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah a closed door job should really only be done in the same colour as OE or slightly different. When i re-do mine it will be the same grey on the bottom tone and the silver on the top will just have some liquid crystal blue in it, but the base silver will be the same colour. These subtle variation in colour make your car look good and not cheap-o like it would if you changed the colour too much.

If you do a full respray you need to do door jambs aswell as boot and other little bits and pieces. IMO this is only worthwhile if you're making a show car.

Plus, isnt the whole idea of an Aristo to keep it kinda stealth? Then keep close to the OE colour.

Oh, to answer your question, your car would look cheap Smile
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ant_jzs160
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the S13 guys dont do engine bays Razz the Japanese dont much either on a lot of their more sporty/drifty/tracky cars. they look awesome in pics but bays arent painted.

its one of those things though, i had my last car repainted and got all door jams and most of the boot done but not engine bay or all inside the car. and my car went from white to a peacock blue/green colour. It looks okay i reckon, i mean who sees your engine bay? if it ISNT a show car then you arent going to be showing off the engine to anyone but your mechanic or yourself, or mates or whatever. White is neutral anyway and quite dirty, so it almost looks black. You could even do what i did and just painted the front radiator support, reo bar, and front wheel tubs in flat black. So it ended up most of it was dark and looked okay in there.

OE colour would be easier but a change would be nice too while you're at it Razz
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i had cracking of my clear coat this is what it looks like now *cry* Sad

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4535/sdc10071.jpg
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lama_trd wrote:
i had cracking of my clear coat this is what it looks like now *cry* Sad

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4535/sdc10071.jpg


mine looked the same, but was a little worse as was like that on the roof/bonnet and boot

had it re-painted in the same colour and now looks 100% and only cost me $900 Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

resprayed the clear coat only or whole lot? i got quoted $5000 same colour, yeah mines on roof bonnet and bootlid aswell. kinda embarrasing
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nah had it sanded back and re-painted.. $5k better bend over and lube up.. haha
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

its f*kefd the amount panel places want!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Man you should be charged that much for a full respray!

Whereabouts are you? PM me and ill get the rep in that area to recommend me a shop for you.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

5k . Hope they meant a whole respray ahha.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had my previous Supra resprayed for around 3k...
It was already back, so i had it redone black with a red ice pearl, this incuded inside the doors and boot trims etc... Not the full engine bay or anything..
Now this was about 5 or so years ago now...

I was also quoted by someone else about 5k for the same paint, however, it did not include inside the door/boot trims..

I guess it all comes down to where you go, and the quality of job...

The job i got done for 3k was a pretty good job.. and it was for a car that was the only car i had so was a daily (so to speak but i didn't drive it all that often)...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And dont take it to a smash repair place, they fix busted cars, take it to a proper resprayer that does full resprays all the time, the quality will be much better.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

red ice pearl. sounds like pink to me Razz LOL
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