Roof discolour

[chinaone]

I know alot of ppl getting this too.
What can be done if the roof discoloured? apart from respraying it.

 

[Glanza-V]

No other answer apart from

Re-Spray!

thats gone waaaay past the T-cUT Stage

 

[Idrees]

Bring it to me I'll spray it!!


(Joke!)

 

[Ady]

yeah thats pretty common with the early metallic starlets.

respray my friend.

 

[stuart]

China, I'm getting my quadlight detailed (all swirls removed) next Monday, www.carwashguys.co.uk - I'll have a chat to them whilst they are doing it, see what products etc they are using - If this would be any help??

 

[Somhairle]

Its laquer peel....

only thing that will fix it is, a laquer strip and respray!

 

[ryan-11]

i think that needs a respray mate

 

[Lee C]

Same as mine but not as bad, mine has got to be resprayed as there is nothing they can do to repair it.

 

[chinaone]

China, I'm getting my quadlight detailed (all swirls removed) next Monday, www.carwashguys.co.uk - I'll have a chat to them whilst they are doing it, see what products etc they are using - If this would be any help??

Yea find out mate.
I guess a respray, but the viris speads, i am sure it was that bad when i got the car 2 years ago. dame.
Gotto get the TOMs kit b4 repray tho.

 

[dac69er]

mine started to go so i just got it resprayed, nothing else for it unfortunately!

 

[chinaone]

Can you just respray the roof???

 

[Glanza-V]

Can you just respray the roof???

yep, dont see why not

 

[dac69er]

mine cost me £200 for the roof

 

[Greg0r]

mine cost me £200 for the roof

£200 just for the roof ppfftt thats expensive

that is defo a respray.....

you should be able to get that done quite cheaply tho! search around i got 3 of my panels done for £70 each and its an amazing match


:beer:

 

[dac69er]

it was a crappy job too. cant find anyone any good round my way who can spray unfortunately!

 

[chinaone]

yep, dont see why not

Oh i thought they only can spray a whole panel as the same colour, but the roof is connected to the whole, so...
how the hell do they match the same colour???

 

[Timmy]

they blend it in. TBH £70 would hardly even cover the paint realy for that in my expiriance i recon about £150.

 

[dac69er]

mine is blended in really really well. just the overall finish on the roof is 100%, but its probably just me being picky!

 

[Jay]

Lacquer peel is a common sight on older japanese imports. Seems to affect the upper bodywork mostly - Roof is first to go, then bonnet and sometimes the wings can be affected.

Various theories include that it's the sun in Japan, or the acid rain, or it's industrial fallout, or it's just old age. Not sure which is true.

Respray is the best/only option. Choose a sprayer by quality of previous work as price isn't always a good indication of their skills.