flakie paint around rear lights

[mchenryg]

Hi guys, somewhere down the line the paint has started to flake off from around the rear lights. Has anyone had a re-spray of this area before. How much would it cost?
I have also searched for a thread about fogging rear lights, how do I get rid of this??

Thanks

Giles.

[WOO5IE]

Hi Giles,

I had a similar problem with the lights but mine were just very dirty inside.
There is a thread on here that goes through the process of removing the rear light cover and replacing.
I did this and whilst removing the covers the paint behind the cover start to lift.

I removed the covers very gingerly and was able to touch up the flaky paint with some touch up paint that I had. Luckily it was all behind the light colour so is invisible.

It could be that there is a problem/weakness with paint around the rear light clusters. Mine is a 2000 model.

Trev

[sparkesp]

If you do remove your light covers, take your time.... sikaflex is a bugger to get off, but can be removed... similarly, when putting them back on be careful, as non cured sikaflex is also a bugger to get off....

Had mine done for me, great job too.

[mchenryg]

WOO5IE said:

Hi Giles,

I had a similar problem with the lights but mine were just very dirty inside.
There is a thread on here that goes through the process of removing the rear light cover and replacing.
I did this and whilst removing the covers the paint behind the cover start to lift.

I removed the covers very gingerly and was able to touch up the flaky paint with some touch up paint that I had. Luckily it was all behind the light colour so is invisible.

It could be that there is a problem/weakness with paint around the rear light clusters. Mine is a 2000 model.

Trev

I have managed to get some touch up paint from BMW so I may ask someone like Austec to do the job for me. I would hate to screw things up.

Thanks