What to do?

cv129 · 07-21-2021, 07:30 PM

Another option here, let’s see if it’s feasible…

First picture is that little water channel above the door, edge of the roof, right?
Second pic is the corner of the hood obviously.

Those are such small small areas, heck, level clear coat off those two areas, good polish for the rest of the car (no compounding, I’m afraid your clear coat may already be thin in other areas), ceramic coat the car entirely. Even luckier if you can find a good 40th hood on eBay.

PPF’s are great, but they do have a life span and become a super pita to remove, especially if they get real dry.

I would wrap if cc is failing all over the car.

Garrett63 · 07-21-2021, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cv129

Another option here, let’s see if it’s feasible…

First picture is that little water channel above the door, edge of the roof, right?
Second pic is the corner of the hood obviously.

Those are such small small areas, heck, level clear coat off those two areas, good polish for the rest of the car (no compounding, I’m afraid your clear coat may already be thin in other areas), ceramic coat the car entirely. Even luckier if you can find a good 40th hood on eBay.

PPF’s are great, but they do have a life span and become a super pita to remove, especially if they get real dry.

I would wrap if cc is failing all over the car.

Yep its the channel above the door. There are tiny signs of it failing in other areas. I did put a ceramic coat on it about 4 years ago. I think a wrap is the way to go now that I think about it.

I didn't even consider a wrap as an option before finding out how hard this problem is to deal with and repair.

If I was to sell it, I guess I'm trying to figure out if it is even worth it to put the money into it to wrap it. If I'm going to keep it, its already an 11 year old car so wrapping it something unique would be an option.

I'm just kinda thinking out loud here. I was hoping this would be a quick $1500 fix, now everything is up in the air.. haha

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cv129 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,270 Drives: 09 Nismo, 16 Nismo Rep Power: 163996	Another option here, let’s see if it’s feasible… First picture is that little water channel above the door, edge of the roof, right? Second pic is the corner of the hood obviously. Those are such small small areas, heck, level clear coat off those two areas, good polish for the rest of the car (no compounding, I’m afraid your clear coat may already be thin in other areas), ceramic coat the car entirely. Even luckier if you can find a good 40th hood on eBay. PPF’s are great, but they do have a life span and become a super pita to remove, especially if they get real dry. I would wrap if cc is failing all over the car. Garrett63 likes this. __________________ Setrab \| RE-71 \| SPL \| JRZ \| Nismo \| ARK \| Whiteline \| RacingBrake \| CJM Oil Pan \| Ti shield