on a lighter note :)

i noticed that my paint isn’t really as bad as i thought, it just has this think layer of some type of film or something. its hard to explain, but i noticed i when i peeled off some, the paint looked fine underneath! ill post a video link to youtube in a sec but here are some pics of the ext. paint

you can really see the thin layer of “film” in the last photo. but the car had been sitting for a long time and i think thats just some mother nature lol heres some more pics

Your clear coat is delaminating.

You might want to talk to a paint pro or two before you presume you can. The reasons that the paint delaminates may not be corrected by repainting.

albertj wrote:

Your clear coat is delaminating.

You might want to talk to a paint pro or two before you presume you can. The reasons that the paint delaminates may not be corrected by repainting.

makes more sense that its just the clear coat haha i had no idea, i was thinking it was alot of residue from leaves and nature just cause the car had been sitting for years. thanks! ill be looking more into that

The car needs a complete repaint. Not uncommon. The paint on these cars had problems.

LARRY70GS wrote:

The car needs a complete repaint. Not uncommon. The paint on these cars had problems.

for sure! that’s definitely on the to do list on this car

Have you had the car repainted by now?

mbletion wrote:

Have you had the car repainted by now?

not yet, i hadn’t really done much to the car over winter, but now that its been warming back up, ive been getting active. ill post an update with pictures in a little bit. been a while since i posted

It won't be so hard to fix the paint of this car. I am excited to see it clean again.

Calvin90 wrote:

It won't be so hard to fix the paint of this car. I am excited to see it clean again.

thank you! im excited to get her clean again i had thought about taking it to maaco but im scared of what the outcome will be i really need to call around and get some estimates to be honest

bbyshrk wrote:

Calvin90 wrote:

It won't be so hard to fix the paint of this car. I am excited to see it clean again.

thank you! im excited to get her clean again i had thought about taking it to maaco but im scared of what the outcome will be  i really need to call around and get some estimates to be honest

How did it go, have you managed to fix it?

Yeah Mek, did you?

stan wrote:

Yeah Mek, did you?

no.. i daily my kia right now but im about to order new wheel hubs, and tie rods + ends as soon as i get paid. ill be back on it next week. i really hate when i dont get to knock things off my list

bbyshrk wrote:

mbletion wrote:

Have you had the car repainted by now?

not yet, i hadn’t really done much to the car over winter, but now that its been warming back up, ive been getting active. ill post an update with pictures in a little bit. been a while since i posted

Sorry for the late reply. I'm sure you'll have it repainted in the near future.

It may take a few days to re-paint. Definitely have it done professionally

dAriel49 wrote:

It may take a few days to re-paint. Definitely have it done professionally

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He really should. It's hard to mess with the car's paint.

mbletion wrote:

dAriel49 wrote:

It may take a few days to re-paint. Definitely have it done professionally

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He really should. It's hard to mess with the car's paint.

how did that one song go? money, money, money, money.. MONEY but hey, push come shove, she’ll at least get some personal prep work then a macco paint job