how to remove clearcoat?

[derek37]

Got a friend who has his clearcoat peeling on the lower part of his door. It looks pretty crappy so we were thinking about removing it. What would be a quick and safe way to do this? It`s a black toyota corrolla. Also for the blending aspect to the other panels, what could be done to make it shine as close as possible to the existing panels?

[psl car wash]

only one way to fix this.....repaint.

once started its just gunna spred no matter what you do.

u can peel off the big pieces if youd like.

[imported_Burlyq]

It wont match other panels if you remove the failure, second vote to repaint.

[derek37]

yeah he doesn`t want to fix it. We`re aware that it DOES need to repainted; he just doesn`t want to do it. Just looking for the best way to remove the clear on that panel so it doesn`t look like crap(all peeling and such). He doesn`t care much about the car; he just wanted to know how to remove it.

[derek37]

and keep in mind this is on the lower part of the dppor separated by a trim piese. This is the only are where the clear is peeling.

[budman3]

I don`t think there is any way possible to remove the clear coat. And if you could, I`m sure it will look a whole lot worse than what it does now. If he doesn`t care about the car why bother? The only route I think for him is to spray can it with some black, sand it, the whole 9 yards then clear it. I bet it`ll look a lot better if done right. And its cheap too.