RedVR6
09-13-2003, 01:53 PM
Hi all...have not been in here in ages. More or less been lurking more than anything....
6 years of my own ownership of this rig...it is finally showing its age (8.5 years and 130K miles). The car lives outside so I am not overly shocked that the car is getting weathered. Here are some pics of what I recent found on the car (well, not really)....
Rust bubbles on passenger side wheel well...
http://www.fototime.com/588D16D9E998712/standard.jpg
Flaking clearcoat on A-Pillar. Door must have been repainted...is doing this on this door by the window too.
http://www.fototime.com/EA9CBB63F113982/standard.jpg
Clearcoat bubbles on Passenger Fender....
http://www.fototime.com/DA785CB8B0DF7C6/standard.jpg
Driver door along B-Pillar
http://www.fototime.com/CDB8676F250A1A8/standard.jpg
A Poor Gratuitous Full Image. :rolleyes:
http://www.fototime.com/F5B205EB3218740/standard.jpg
So...I am not sure what I am going to do here. Have been tossing the idea in the air of getting the car repainted down the road assuming I am going to keep it for a few more years, which I would really like to do since I really love this car.
I am really annoyed by this though. I have another rust spot on the rear deck where the JettaIII tag was....but it is so small would be tough to get a good image of it. The flaking clear though...I think the car was banged up a little before I bought it and repainted, based on the flakes and the lousy paint job in some areas of the passenger side front door.
Just thought I would share these findings and see what you guys think about repairing these blemishes.
6 years of my own ownership of this rig...it is finally showing its age (8.5 years and 130K miles). The car lives outside so I am not overly shocked that the car is getting weathered. Here are some pics of what I recent found on the car (well, not really)....
Rust bubbles on passenger side wheel well...
http://www.fototime.com/588D16D9E998712/standard.jpg
Flaking clearcoat on A-Pillar. Door must have been repainted...is doing this on this door by the window too.
http://www.fototime.com/EA9CBB63F113982/standard.jpg
Clearcoat bubbles on Passenger Fender....
http://www.fototime.com/DA785CB8B0DF7C6/standard.jpg
Driver door along B-Pillar
http://www.fototime.com/CDB8676F250A1A8/standard.jpg
A Poor Gratuitous Full Image. :rolleyes:
http://www.fototime.com/F5B205EB3218740/standard.jpg
So...I am not sure what I am going to do here. Have been tossing the idea in the air of getting the car repainted down the road assuming I am going to keep it for a few more years, which I would really like to do since I really love this car.
I am really annoyed by this though. I have another rust spot on the rear deck where the JettaIII tag was....but it is so small would be tough to get a good image of it. The flaking clear though...I think the car was banged up a little before I bought it and repainted, based on the flakes and the lousy paint job in some areas of the passenger side front door.
Just thought I would share these findings and see what you guys think about repairing these blemishes.