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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 01:01 AM
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Really love my car but the paint is peeling off !! how do i stop this from being completely visible from the MOON? Please help any suggestion/advise would be appreciated. Thanks
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 05:35 AM
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lol honestly whoever painted the car did a bad bad job... lol if you just got it repaint it, i would go back to the place and start *****ing lol...
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 07:38 AM
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You could sand it down,...re paint and blend it back in.... not the easiest thing to do but its worth a shot
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 09:25 AM
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Looks like rust could be the problem, unless that was after the fact. But yea, if its a bad paint job... There is no fix. They didnt prep it properly, which means they probably didnt prep the whole car either.
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by neegroy
lol honestly whoever painted the car did a bad bad job... lol if you just got it repaint it, i would go back to the place and start *****ing lol...
I believe this is its original paint, since the is so old and living in Utah with its extreme weather ain't helping too....
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by hac327
You could sand it down,...re paint and blend it back in.... not the easiest thing to do but its worth a shot
Thought about sanding it down a bit but, do u by chance know about any of those commercial spray stuff that cover or blend with the paint?
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
Looks like rust could be the problem, unless that was after the fact. But yea, if its a bad paint job... There is no fix. They didnt prep it properly, which means they probably didnt prep the whole car either.
It's definitely rust and I could see it, now am more and more concerned to take it thru car wash! :-(
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by islexusred
It's definitely rust and I could see it, now am more and more concerned to take it thru car wash! :-(
Use some rust remover (or a high grade wet sand paper) then buy some matching touch up from Lexus. At least that will stop the rust from accumulating any more than it already has. Its still all only on the surface.
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