Can Anyone Guess What This Is?

**David Fermani** · 12-31-2008, 04:19 PM

Give me your best guess at what this is and what you think caused it.......

**Barry Theal** · 12-31-2008, 04:21 PM

earl shives work? lol look at that crows feet damn that bad body work!

**wascallyrabbit** · 12-31-2008, 04:25 PM

looks like an impact mark on a flexible bumper cover. i had something similar happen to a air dam (front spoiler) on a vw when the car very large rock. then spoiler flex and the paint cracked around it but remained in place just cracked. so is this on the bumper or hood?

**imported_rydawg** · 12-31-2008, 04:57 PM

Looks like they did not let the base coat dry long enough and overloaded the clear.

**Setec Astronomy** · 12-31-2008, 05:10 PM

Yeah, that`s some sort of chemical wrinkling for sure...dunno if it was external, in the paint as Rydawg suggests, or body repair as BufferBarry states.

**imported_themightytimmah** · 12-31-2008, 05:21 PM

If it`s stock paint, looks like heat-induced damage? Parked too close to a *very* hot surface or burned with an orange pad.

If its aftermarket, just a poor paintjob.

**Chris@Optimum** · 12-31-2008, 05:51 PM

Is that on an Altima? Could it be after effects of a PDR job?

**Lumadar** · 12-31-2008, 06:31 PM

Crappy paint job. Looks like a possible re-paint to me.

**David Fermani** · 01-01-2009, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by integritydetail

Is that on an Altima? Could it be after effects of a PDR job?

Bingo! It`s actually the right fender of a Lexus RX. It was painted about 2 years ago(not really good) and approximately 1 year ago a PDR guy removed a dent which later caused cracking. Kinda makes me wonder a little more on the side effects of this process *in certain applications*.

**wfedwar** · 01-01-2009, 08:19 AM

Was it a particularly large/deep dent?

**David Fermani** · 01-01-2009, 08:38 AM

Didn`t see it, but you can tell by the area of the cracking that it wasn`t real small.

**JohnKleven** · 01-01-2009, 11:18 AM

Maybe he was using a hammer instead of the proper pdr tools

**imported_Grouse** · 01-01-2009, 11:22 AM

Possibly the paint was fractured in/during the dent. Popping it back out is likely just showing what was already fractured. I`ve referred a couple of clients to a pdr guy who has shown them the fractures under proper lighting.

**David Fermani** · 01-01-2009, 12:40 PM

I think there`s a much stronger chance of cracking/fracturing the finish when there`s twice the thickness? Especially when there`s even heavy primer/sealer in between. Do any PDR techs ever use a PTG to cover themselves?

**Chris@Optimum** · 01-01-2009, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by David Fermani

Bingo! It`s actually the right fender of a Lexus RX. It was painted about 2 years ago(not really good) and approximately 1 year ago a PDR guy removed a dent which later caused cracking. Kinda makes me wonder a little more on the side effects of this process *in certain applications*.

What did I win, LOL! :woot2::woot2: