My clearcoat is blistering!!!

Modshack · 10-31-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Daishi

The problem with repainting your car is that it lowers the value of a car.. no matter how good the job is when you go to trade in your car if your even going to trade it in for a while the dealer knows whether the car has been painted or not.

Which is one reason I got several thousand $$ for "diminished value" because of my accident repair. It would take an anal retentive expert to ever tell my car has had paintwork and he'd have to look really hard. The thing that will eventually hurt my cars value will be the Carfax, not the quality of the repair.

The OP can't get any dimished value of course, but these days it's not unusual at all to have plastic bumpers front or rear repainted from minor damage. It really doesn't diminish the value of the car if done professionally..

flashburn · 10-31-2009, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

The OP can't get any dimished value of course, but these days it's not unusual at all to have plastic bumpers front or rear repainted from minor damage. It really doesn't diminish the value of the car if done professionally..

From what I understand the difficulty between painting the plastic parts and the metal parts is pretty much night and day, so that is why repainting a bumper is no big deal.

Modshack · 11-01-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by flashburn

From what I understand the difficulty between painting the plastic parts and the metal parts is pretty much night and day, so that is why repainting a bumper is no big deal.

It's no big deal because it's done all the time. Most minor fender benders are front/rear. Plastic takes no more prep than metal...in fact, usually less because it is a new, unblemished part being put on and painted off the car so no extensive masking time needed.. Smooth, Prime, Paint, Install. There is a flex additive added to the paint but that's about it..

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