Paint is severely delaminating from the primer in my 95 Buick Regal.
have pieces that the wind blew off while sitting in my driveway perhap
the equiv. to8" square. This problem existed probably 5 years ago and
have been driving with a primed surface for quite some time. The prime
is breaking down and surface rust is coming thru. Does anyone have an
knowledge of someone having GM assume responsibility of this defect an
repainting their vehicle? I now must completly strip down the entire ca
of paint, sand, prime and base coat/clear coat the car as a huge cost.
thank
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carl33
Paradox - 30 Jun 2005 02:55 GMT
uhm, the car is 10 years old.
I had some dude come into the shop with a 95 cavalier and was complaining
about the clear coat peeling, I told him it would be $3500 minimum for a new
paint job. He thought I was price gouging him, I told him to go price a few
different dealers, and that Maaco didn't count.
> Paint is severely delaminating from the primer in my 95 Buick Regal. I
> have pieces that the wind blew off while sitting in my driveway perhaps
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>
> thanks
Scott - 30 Jun 2005 03:27 GMT
> Paint is severely delaminating from the primer in my 95 Buick Regal. I
> have pieces that the wind blew off while sitting in my driveway perhaps
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>
> thanks
Did you buy it new?
You should have tried to get it fixed five years ago.
I am sure they won't do anything now
carl333 - 30 Jun 2005 12:53 GMT
I realize its been a while since the cancer started. It started in ver
slowly and didn't think much of it at the time. Now my trunk lid an
roof is completely void of paint and not the side panels are startin
and just recently learned that GM is aware of the problem. Pain
adhesion hould last longer that 5-6 years
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carl33
Ted Mittelstaedt - 30 Jun 2005 12:17 GMT
> Paint is severely delaminating from the primer in my 95 Buick Regal. I
> have pieces that the wind blew off while sitting in my driveway perhaps
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> repainting their vehicle? I now must completly strip down the entire car
> of paint, sand, prime and base coat/clear coat the car as a huge cost.
Why?!?! This is a 10 year old car get used to it looking ugly. All you
need
to bother with is the areas that are rusting - strip these with paint
stripper,
paint with the Rustoleum stuff that converts rust to black oxide,
and prime and paint them with Krylon from a can from your local hardware
store.
Do it on a day that you know your going to have a few weeks of sunny
weather and the paint will cure up nice and hard.
Sure, the paint won't have a fancy clear coat but it will last you another
5 years at least and by then the car mechanicals will be worn out.
The other thing is that speaking from experience, the aftermarket paint
never
lasts as well as the factory paint. I had my 68 Torino repainted about 17
years ago with Sikkens acrylic urethane which at the time was top of the
line paint, and
it's starting to fade on the roof and other areas that get a lot of sun
exposure.
And, at the time I paid close to $3,000 for it to be repainted, too.
Ted
kwthom@munged.com - 01 Jul 2005 02:40 GMT
>Paint is severely delaminating from the primer in my 95 Buick Regal.
<...>
>This problem existed probably 5 years ago and I
>have been driving with a primed surface for quite some time.
White, gray or blue color, by chance?
I *used to* have a '93 Astro van - bought new off the lot - two-toned
gray; paint peel after 4.75 years.
Took to dealer, found out about unannounced recall for paint adhesion
problems; repainted for the cost of a week's worth of rental car on my
dime.
>The primer
>is breaking down and surface rust is coming thru.
>Does anyone have any
>knowledge of someone having GM assume responsibility of this defect and
>repainting their vehicle?
Yep - happened many years ago - in fact, my '84 Corsica did the same
thing; same solution.
>I now must completly strip down the entire car
>of paint, sand, prime and base coat/clear coat the car as a huge cost.
...sell it for parts.
Sounds like you *may* have had a chance if you had caught it when it
FIRST happened, instead of patching the problem by applying the primer
and living with it for another five years.
>thanks
Sorry...