Clear coat badness - can I make it worse?
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Clear coat badness - can I make it worse?
My new-to-me 94 Dakota has a terrible case of clear coat peels. Hood, roof, rails - pretty sad. I called a body shop before I bought the truck just to ask what a worst-case job would cost and they quoted me about $1000 more than I was paying for the truck. So how much worse could I make this if I were to do some serious buffing, then wax the stuffing out of it? Are there any good first aid procedures that could keep me from having to get the paint job?
Texas is not good on paint but I was also wondering if it's a Dodge problem from those years because I see lots of sunburned cars and trucks in the same 90s range around here. Or are we all just that careless?
Thanks for your advice!
Kathy
Texas is not good on paint but I was also wondering if it's a Dodge problem from those years because I see lots of sunburned cars and trucks in the same 90s range around here. Or are we all just that careless?
Thanks for your advice!
Kathy
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RE: Clear coat badness - can I make it worse?
Well when you buff a vehicle, you're actually taking a layer of the clear coat off, to get down to the fresh clear coat which is what makes the car look good....so buffing wouldnt take care of it...you're best bet would be to take it to the body shop.
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RE: Clear coat badness - can I make it worse?
Yes, any buffing will just make it worse. If the clear is gone and you are the color, it will get worse quicker. I got my 97 Dakota repainted but that was because a detailer buffed off the clear coat in spots. I got a few quotes but you can get cheaper depending how much they skip. For example, to get all the emblems, decals, side rubber, etc replaced was $400 alone !!!
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RE: Clear coat badness - can I make it worse?
I decided to check into the powdercoat/Line-X idea. What the heck, I say! I don't drive it much - weekends around town just to give it something to do. Since I don't go very far, I don't have to worry about gas for it much. I just have a really hard time paying way more for a coating/paint job than I did for the truck. Thanks for helping me learn a valuable lesson. I know a lot more than I did!
Kath
Kath