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YOUR RESEARCHWhat?s up with my paint?
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Use led flashlight
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I used an LED flashlight for illumination so as to not have my phone�s flash interfere.
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The yellowing is likely the result of a cheaper clearcoat being applied for cost savings.
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I bought my car out of state a few months back relying on photos from the dealer and a clean carfax.
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I bought my car out of state a few months back relying on photos from the dealer and a clean carfax. Most of tie paint looks good aside from a nick jere and there. In bright sunlight, the hood paint looks off, though.
I don�t have a paint meter but don�t see any signs of respray. Neither did my PDR guy. I can also see some primer along the wiper area. I assume a prior owner scraped the paint during snow removal. Any idea what may have happened to the hood? Repaint, bad/excessive polishing, something else?
Man I really don't see it in that pic. I can see rock chips but the color looks the same to me. Do you have any photos of the car outside in daylight? Like I see some yellow, yes, but phone flashes have mixed warm/cool LEDs so the discoloration could be coming from your flash.
Looks like some mottling in the metallic on the front edge of the hood there indicating a respray of the hood. It IS hard to tell with that photo exactly what�s going on though.
You�re seeing it. It�s the yellowing and contrasting darker areas. See how the fender on the right is very consistent while the hood on the left is blotchy? I used an LED flashlight for illumination so as to not have my phone�s flash interfere.
You�re right though. It�s hard to see unless it�s in direct sunlight. The car is garaged and covered for the winter but I found this pic from a month back. I think it shows the yellowing and inconsistency more clearly.
It�s an interesting combination of light yellowing and shadowy areas.
That hood has definitely been refinished at some point in its life. I see it every day (painter/bodyman for going on 20 years) Usually the dark areas are a result of the metallics not laying down correctly when the basecoat is applied, or of the clearcoat reactivating the base when it�s applied and resulting in the same uneven distribution of metallic pigments. The yellowing is likely the result of a cheaper clearcoat being applied for cost savings.
Thanks. I was afraid of that but I think you�re right about the distribution of the metallic pigments. I�m looking to have the bumper cover redone at some point. Any idea on cost for the hood?
Thank you for posting an additional picture, yes I can see it very clearly now - especially near the windshield wipers as you noted in your fist post. Two options are to have the front resprayed and hopefully blended much better - or buy a used one off the 'Bay for a few hundred bucks. You'd have to find the correct color but an example of a used hood is below for a comp price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12496531480...8AAOSwhiVhcYRg
It�s going to vary quite a bit depending on your location and the quality/workload of the shop you�re dealing with and level of disassembly. Definitely have them done at the same time, they�ll be able to blend the fenders so you get a great color match, silver is a pain to panel paint and the last thing you want is to be unhappy with the final product.
Figure somewhere between $1k and $3k assuming there�s no real damage other than small bumper scrapes and chips, and the hood doesn�t need to be stripped of the old paintwork (I can�t tell from the photos whether it�s likely to need that or not). Any less and you�re likely getting inferior materials and prep, much more and you�re likely getting an inflated price quote.
Thanks, guys. I had good luck with a shop here on my F150 after hitting a deer. It had white metallic paint and looked great afterwards. I�ll get a quote from them. $2k may be worth it for the bumper and hood. $3k and it starts to make less sense compared to other things I have in mind for the car.
Yeah, I�ve already dropped over $6k on all the usual drivetrain maintenance and reliability work. I also did a full front end suspension refresh last month and will do the rear before it comes out of hibernation in the spring. I�m starting to get down to cosmetics and nice to haves.
In the one picture it looks like there is a bunch of marring from a rotary which could be another indicator of paint work. A lot of body shops don't finish it down all the way so you are left with that marring. 99% of people won't notice or think anything of it.
Makes sense. I noticed that it had a circular pattern to it but it looked to be under the clear so I didn�t know what to make of it.
For reference, I called the best shop I know here and the owner told me about $3k to do the bumper, hood, blend the fenders, and clear the whole front.
I�m going to sleep on it until the Spring.
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