Repairing a previous bodged repair - How bad is this?
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Ok so bit of back story...my ST has had side-stripes on it since before I bought it just over a year ago, lately I've toyed with the idea of removing them, spotting a rust bubble forming under one of the stripes on the rear quarter panel just made up my mind entirely as I knew they'd have to come off for repairing that, so today I cracked one and removed them.
The passenger side came off absolutely fine and without problem, driver side was a whole other story as it was no secret that it'd had a respray on that side at some point. Removing the stripes from near the rust bubble took off some paint/lacquer but I expected this anyway, however upon removing the rest of it it seems as if the previous repairer hasn't lacquered it properly? See the pics for a better idea...
Just how much of a problem do you think this will be to put right? From what I can make out it mostly just needs re-lacquering (Obviously I'm no expert...) and possibly smart repairing around the rust patch. What would be a reasonable price for a repair like this? I don't have s
t loads to throw at it but want it looking presentable.
Thanks!
The passenger side came off absolutely fine and without problem, driver side was a whole other story as it was no secret that it'd had a respray on that side at some point. Removing the stripes from near the rust bubble took off some paint/lacquer but I expected this anyway, however upon removing the rest of it it seems as if the previous repairer hasn't lacquered it properly? See the pics for a better idea...
Just how much of a problem do you think this will be to put right? From what I can make out it mostly just needs re-lacquering (Obviously I'm no expert...) and possibly smart repairing around the rust patch. What would be a reasonable price for a repair like this? I don't have s
t loads to throw at it but want it looking presentable.Thanks!
Hello
What it looks like has happened is that side of the car has been painted but instead of removing the side stripes and fitting new ones, they have masked up the go-faster stripes and painted around them; hence that terrible lip.
It would no doubt be made better visually anyway, by wet sanding the lip gently away before machine polishing the whole area to blend it in.
Hope this helps
What it looks like has happened is that side of the car has been painted but instead of removing the side stripes and fitting new ones, they have masked up the go-faster stripes and painted around them; hence that terrible lip.
It would no doubt be made better visually anyway, by wet sanding the lip gently away before machine polishing the whole area to blend it in.
Hope this helps
TROOPER88 said:
Hello
What it looks like has happened is that side of the car has been painted but instead of removing the side stripes and fitting new ones, they have masked up the go-faster stripes and painted around them; hence that terrible lip.
It would no doubt be made better visually anyway, by wet sanding the lip gently away before machine polishing the whole area to blend it in.
Hope this helps
I agree as to the cause of the lip - it's been painted right down to the stripes and then lacquered down to the same place.What it looks like has happened is that side of the car has been painted but instead of removing the side stripes and fitting new ones, they have masked up the go-faster stripes and painted around them; hence that terrible lip.
It would no doubt be made better visually anyway, by wet sanding the lip gently away before machine polishing the whole area to blend it in.
Hope this helps
But wet sanding and polishing along the lip will result in going through the lacquer and into the paint long before you get any where close to blending it in.
On a silver this will really show as the metallic particles in the paint will get damaged, become less reflective and as a result it will look darker and dull.
I'm afraid there's no quick fix - respraying is the only answer.
Squiggs said:
I agree as to the cause of the lip - it's been painted right down to the stripes and then lacquered down to the same place.
But wet sanding and polishing along the lip will result in going through the lacquer and into the paint long before you get any where close to blending it in.
On a silver this will really show as the metallic particles in the paint will get damaged, become less reflective and as a result it will look darker and dull.
I'm afraid there's no quick fix - respraying is the only answer.
OP: Listen to this man. He knows more than me regarding this.But wet sanding and polishing along the lip will result in going through the lacquer and into the paint long before you get any where close to blending it in.
On a silver this will really show as the metallic particles in the paint will get damaged, become less reflective and as a result it will look darker and dull.
I'm afraid there's no quick fix - respraying is the only answer.
Thanks for the replies, been very helpful! I've managed to source a new silver door from a local breakers for £40 and am going to look at it on Monday, it's from a Moondust car of a similar age so hopefully colour match should be alright (It was when I changed the boot lid), leaving me with just the lower rear quarter to get put right! 
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