Questions about a repaint...

[blackntan]

I got my car back last week from having the nose repainted. I was buffing the paint out for the first time when I discovered that it wasn`t clearcoated. My yellow pads were turned black!!



The color match and everything is perfect. But the rest of the car is clearcoated.



Is this going to be a problem? Should I take it back?



What about product usage? Is it still OK to use PI-III FC on the nose? Will it remove the paint faster?



I just don`t know how to react to this discovery.. Anyone??

[Robb]

definately take it back, you are finding out an important lesson, it is nearly impossible to find a good shop that actually does quality work, im in the same situation with a shop that does poor work and making them fix thier mistakes is definately upsetting.

[K_Csaxo]

i have to agree with robb, these days you dont get one without the other. i took my car to a bodyshop and they sprayed my mirrors up a treat. thing is that my car was left with overspray all over the glass and rear bumper so i had to get someone to take it off!



upon later inspection i found out that the wheel wells are full of paint and i havent got round to cleaning it off. but yes definitely take it back to the shop. there should be no excuse not to use clear coat these days IMO.

[Preachers Sheets]

I would bring it back because you probaly paid for clear and you never got it.



Also, I would be worried about how the non clear coated paint would age compared to the rest of the car. One side may lose it`s luster alot quicker than the other then your up the creek because you waited so long.

[blackntan]

Yeah, I fully understand the problems with body shops....



It seems my little miata is a target for people in Big SUV`s who are on their cell phones while eating mcdonalds...



I`ve been hit twice in the past 6 months, while at a full stop both times..



The first one was a rear ender, and i`m taking the car back to that body shop today because the bondo work is cracking and coming off of the trunk.. :(



Then, a meer 2 weeks after getting the car back, I was waiting to merge onto a highway, when I was sideswiped by a car who wasn`t paying attention, and almost rear ended the car in front of her. She thought it was a better idea to swerve onto the curb, not realizing I was sitting at the stop sign... ouch.



So now I have to take the car back to the other body shop to have them fix this. I have appointments for both at lunch today.



What a pain in the a$$. If I didn`t owe as much as I did on the car it`d be sold already.



:( :(

[Preachers Sheets]

I hear ya but once the car is fixed you`ll enjoy it. I went through the hassle like yourself but I liked the car (a Saturn at the time) so much that I couldn`t give it up.



Suprised you didn`t do a Fast & Furious and drive under those huge trucks. I drive a Camaro SS so those SUV`s kind of creep me out too.

[jr weeks]

You will be faced with parts of the car that oxidize differently, at different rates, because of the single stage on your nosepiece. You would in time see a distinct difference between the nose and the rest of the car.



If you paid for base/clear, they may have tried to save themselves $$$ by going with single stage and figured you`d never know the difference.