I've gotten about as far as I can with regular washing and SEM paint. Dont know where to start with my body work. I cant afford to have the car painted right now, even if I could I would want to do it myself anyway so it would be done right (ie every thing taken off prepped). But in the mean time what could I do to help with the clear coat peeling in places it has been repainted before, take care of all the rock chips and dings in the fornt, and the oxidized pink doors where it was likely not repainted? I'm looking for inexpensive, remedies and am willing to spend time doing it, plannig on doing one section/panel at a time or whatever. Here are some pics of the problems i mentioned. Thanks in advance.
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I wouldn't do a section or panel at a time. When I had the mtech I rear spoiler painted it was very hard to get the color to match.
I was told by the painter that red is one of the HARDEST colors to match. So because of that I would just save up, put up with the shittiness for alittle longer and get the car done all at once so it doesn't look like a red rainbow.
Also, take it to a prof. detailor, they might be able to fix the paint. That almost looks like clear (which it might if the car has been sprayed before) but OEM zinno doesn't have a clear and can be easily (detailor) brought back to factory shine. -
I didnt mean necessarily paint it one panel at a time, but maybe do something to knock down where the CC is peeling and maybe put some new on there. Also clay bar it and such. As for the rock chips not sure hwat to do, some of them are even starting to rust.sigpicComment
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Your doors look like they just need a good cut/polish/wax. But the hood is beyond any repair by a detailer, it needs a re-paint. I would get the rest of the car polished up real good, then have the hood re-painted to match the rest of the car. I have had good luck with matching on my car, it's all about using a good bodyshop.Comment
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The clear on the hood and fenders is too far gone for any repair. If you're on a budget, find a cheap red hood in better shape from a junkyard, it will match your car better than if you had it resprayed.
There are way too many chips on the front panel for touch up. You could get some paint from paintscratch.com and respray the bottom of the front panel and the front valence/brake ducts to clean it up. After that you can also have the entire car professionally wheeled to bring the pink back to red.
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Thats kind of the direction I was thinking.sigpicComment
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