Paint, Paint, Paint

[bladesC4]

I have an 85 and the silver paint is spyder cracked underneath the surface in certain spots. Is this a stress issue ? There aren't too many but one place is the hood. The back bumper is faded as well. Any ideas on the cost of this fix. Does it have to be taken down to the gel coat before sprayed ????????
I am not looking forward to this response.

 

[paintdaddy]

Its hard to say with out looking at it but If its not doing it everywhere its not that bad.I doubt that its stress cracks.It sounds like you still have the factory paint so its not a big deal to sand those areas that are cracked down to the primer and reprime and paint.Also the bumpers are faded because GM never put clear on urethane components such as bumpers.

 

[bladesC4]

The rest of the car is really good. I assume the bumpers will accept the clear coating ?????? Is it possible to better match the edges of the bumpers (especially in the front) and the edges of the head lights and the rest of the car to get a better fitting look ? Did that make sense ?

 

[Yeller Z06]

The rest of the car is really good. I assume the bumpers will accept the clear coating ?????? Is it possible to better match the edges of the bumpers (especially in the front) and the edges of the head lights and the rest of the car to get a better fitting look ? Did that make sense ?

I had parts of my '92 repainted several times, as walls, barriers, and ARMCO would tend to jump out in front of it often. When you paint only one thing (like a bumper), a good body man will blend it into the next panel. So, if you repaint your rear bumper cover, he should blend (paint part of) each quarter panel and the deck. Then he would probably clear everything up to the doors, including the bumper covers. Yes, they can be cleared.

But if you've got to fix (and repaint) the hood and the rear bumper, you'll end up doing everything but the doors and roof. So maybe you should just consider having the entire car repainted. It would probably only cost another few hundred dollars, and you know, as long as you're in there...

And AFAIK stress cracking only happens to C2 and C3 cars. The clamshell hood is not a structural member of the car, and unless it is improperly aligned, there shouldn't be any stress on it.

Good luck.

Michael

 

[paintdaddy]

Yeller is right.Any panel that has to be painted is probably going to have to be blended in to the panel it meets up to .My rule of thumb is ,as long as you can keep yourbasecoat about 4 inches away from the edge of the panel,it will still match the panel that it is next to.So to paint the bumper youll want to blend in to the hood .And for the rear bumper,youll have to blend in to the 1/4 panels and gas door.When blending you dont apply basecoat to the entire panel that is being blended but the entire panel gets cleared so the only thing thats left is doors and roof bar.Does this make since?