'87 Jaguar has cracks in paint

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White95Max

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I booked this job for Thursday morning, but I told the owner already that nothing could be done about the cracks, short of a repaint of course. I wasn't positive about that statement, but I wanted to make sure he wasn't EXPECTING them to be gone. I said at most I might be able to reduce their appearance a bit with a filling polish.

Any ideas on what caused this?



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It's only on the driver's side rear quarter panel and the hood. Every other panel is free of this strange defect. :nixweiss
 
I booked this job for Thursday morning, but I told the owner already that nothing could be done about the cracks, short of a repaint of course. I wasn't positive about that statement, but I wanted to make sure he wasn't EXPECTING them to be gone. I said at most I might be able to reduce their appearance a bit with a filling polish.

Any ideas on what caused this?



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It's only on the driver's side rear quarter panel and the hood. Every other panel is free of this strange defect. :nixweiss
 
My parent's black 1992 Saab 9000 looked EXACTLY like that on the hood and roof after 12 years.



It's shot in my opinion.
 
My parent's black 1992 Saab 9000 looked EXACTLY like that on the hood and roof after 12 years.



It's shot in my opinion.
 
Yup...that's paint failure. My guess as to why it's only on part of the car is that's the only original paint left, or that part was repainted. In my experience, hoods are more prone to this because of engine heat.
 
Yup...that's paint failure. My guess as to why it's only on part of the car is that's the only original paint left, or that part was repainted. In my experience, hoods are more prone to this because of engine heat.
 
Yeah, my '85 XJS has a few spots like that. An oil-rich glaze (think "Meg's pure polish") might help a little bit. FWIW, I know of some Jags that have had their paint cracked like that for many decades- not like it comes off or anything, just looks bad.



Funny about them being on the qtr panel. I can see it on the hood (engine heat, tension when closed, etc.) but I wonder if the quarter was reshot or if it's in the vicinity of the fuel filler. That sort of checking is pretty common around the fuel fillers on some models of Jaguars. The single stage paint got all dried out from frequent gasoline spills (my dad's '84 XJ6 had that).
 
Yeah, my '85 XJS has a few spots like that. An oil-rich glaze (think "Meg's pure polish") might help a little bit. FWIW, I know of some Jags that have had their paint cracked like that for many decades- not like it comes off or anything, just looks bad.



Funny about them being on the qtr panel. I can see it on the hood (engine heat, tension when closed, etc.) but I wonder if the quarter was reshot or if it's in the vicinity of the fuel filler. That sort of checking is pretty common around the fuel fillers on some models of Jaguars. The single stage paint got all dried out from frequent gasoline spills (my dad's '84 XJ6 had that).
 
Wow...I hit that pretty much on the head when the guy who's too picky to be the Jag Concours judge comes in behind me and says the same thing... :woohoo:



EDIT: Well...almost the same thing :o
 
Wow...I hit that pretty much on the head when the guy who's too picky to be the Jag Concours judge comes in behind me and says the same thing... :woohoo:



EDIT: Well...almost the same thing :o
 
My '89 Coupe de Ville has that on the driver's door but now I seem to attribute it not only to age but to the fact that the door is a repaint ( something I suspected for years that the ETG confirmed). I had read that some Dupont finishes of that area were prone to this. I suspect it was more due to not totally proper prep during the painting process.
 
My '89 Coupe de Ville has that on the driver's door but now I seem to attribute it not only to age but to the fact that the door is a repaint ( something I suspected for years that the ETG confirmed). I had read that some Dupont finishes of that area were prone to this. I suspect it was more due to not totally proper prep during the painting process.
 
Accumulator - Do you think #7 would be a good product to use in this case to possibly hide the defects a bit?

The plan would be SSR2/blue, #7, WG (or UPP)
 
Accumulator - Do you think #7 would be a good product to use in this case to possibly hide the defects a bit?

The plan would be SSR2/blue, #7, WG (or UPP)
 
When I used glazes before plain carnauba waxes, IHG and #7 never hid or made the cracking look less obvious but may be YMMV.
 
When I used glazes before plain carnauba waxes, IHG and #7 never hid or made the cracking look less obvious but may be YMMV.
 
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