 What to do about clear peel? |
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 Jul 16, 2013 - 5:36 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Since I've decided to keep my Celica after all, figured I'd do something about the only thing really holding it back: the clear peel... Obviously the first thing I'll try doing is wet-sanding the afflicted area and try to touch up the clear, try and save the paint that's there. My concern though is the paint that's exposed will disappear in the process, then that leaves me with an even bigger problem. The only aerosol can I can find for my colour costs $30 per 10oz can... Though doing that it won't match the existing paint. Another option is a full car respray, but then we're talking multiple hundreds and lots of work for a colour I don't even like. Yes I could respray the car black, but then every time I open the hood or peel back the carpet and saw red I'd twitch and collapse. So the only other option is to just cover up the areas that're bad and hide it. My thought was maybe to just sticker bomb the areas that've peeled. Which I'm not crazy about the phase, but it has to look better than peeling clear... That or paint something on in the area, I don't know. I'm thinking about painting the door handles, mirrors, tag bezel, and maybe the headlight "pockets" in black. Anyhow, some pictures are below to illustrate the issue at hand. Any suggestions that don't include PlastiDip are welcomed.
     
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Jul 16, 2013 - 6:19 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Jul 16, 2013 - 5:36 PM)  Since I've decided to keep my Celica after all, figured I'd do something about the only thing really holding it back: the clear peel... Obviously the first thing I'll try doing is wet-sanding the afflicted area and try to touch up the clear, try and save the paint that's there. My concern though is the paint that's exposed will disappear in the process, then that leaves me with an even bigger problem. The only aerosol can I can find for my colour costs $30 per 10oz can... Though doing that it won't match the existing paint. Another option is a full car respray, but then we're talking multiple hundreds and lots of work for a colour I don't even like. Yes I could respray the car black, but then every time I open the hood or peel back the carpet and saw red I'd twitch and collapse. So the only other option is to just cover up the areas that're bad and hide it. My thought was maybe to just sticker bomb the areas that've peeled. Which I'm not crazy about the phase, but it has to look better than peeling clear... That or paint something on in the area, I don't know. I'm thinking about painting the door handles, mirrors, tag bezel, and maybe the headlight "pockets" in black. Anyhow, some pictures are below to illustrate the issue at hand. Any suggestions that don't include PlastiDip are welcomed. Buy a second Celia that is black with a dead engine, put your engine into said celica and you now have a black one 
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Jul 16, 2013 - 6:52 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I thought about buying a black shell. Would be such a pain to swap EVERYTHING over though...
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Jul 16, 2013 - 6:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Jul 16, 2013 - 7:52 PM) I thought about buying a black shell. Would be such a pain to swap EVERYTHING over though... Alternativly, you could: Buy a black shell and a 3S-GTE or 5S-FE (Then turbo it) and get a car that is both black and faster Fits both criteria
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Jul 16, 2013 - 7:31 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Really just want to take care of the issue at hand for now.
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Jul 16, 2013 - 8:33 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE (Box @ Jul 16, 2013 - 8:31 PM) Really just want to take care of the issue at hand for now. Problem with repairing clear is any more that you put on will be out of place with the rest of the car... -------------------- ------------------------------| White '94 Celica | Bought 11/05/12 | Sold 12/05/15 |------------------------------ |
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Jul 16, 2013 - 9:00 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 2, '07 From Berlin, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 18 (100%) |
have you thought about a two tone paint job or some racing stripes as a temporary setup?
I'm not much into it but hey it might look better than peeling clear. --------------------  *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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Jul 16, 2013 - 9:19 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (rentaspace @ Jul 16, 2013 - 8:33 PM) QUOTE (Box @ Jul 16, 2013 - 8:31 PM) Really just want to take care of the issue at hand for now. Problem with repairing clear is any more that you put on will be out of place with the rest of the car... I'll overlap it so it'll feather in, and there'll just be spots of nicer paint. Less noticeable than flaky dull spots anyhow. QUOTE (cheela @ Jul 16, 2013 - 9:00 PM) have you thought about a two tone paint job or some racing stripes as a temporary setup? I'm not much into it but hey it might look better than peeling clear. I thought about painting the spoiler black and then running stripes that follow the edges of the spoiler to the front of the car. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Jul 16, 2013 - 11:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 12, '13 From Bulgaria Currently Offline Reputation: 53 (100%) |
Sand down all the bad clear coat and put on a new one.
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Jul 17, 2013 - 12:26 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (The_enD @ Jul 16, 2013 - 11:52 PM) Sand down all the bad clear coat and put on a new one. That's what I'm going to try doing first. I'm just afraid the exposed paint is so dead it'll go right through it. Guess I'll find out sometime tomorrow which path I'll be going. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Jul 17, 2013 - 12:50 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 12, '13 From Bulgaria Currently Offline Reputation: 53 (100%) |
You know you want another color
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Jul 17, 2013 - 1:07 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (The_enD @ Jul 17, 2013 - 12:50 AM) You know you want another color I do, so very badly. I can't afford to do a full body respray though, and I'm too OCD to have a red engine bay on a black car. If the car was black it wouldn't bother me though painting the car blue for example. For the longest time the engine bay and interior metal of cars was black regardless of exterior colour. The only reason I bought the car was that it was my uncle's, had it not been for that I'd held out for another colour. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Jul 17, 2013 - 2:15 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 15, '08 From Royal Oak, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
Plasti Dip!
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Jul 17, 2013 - 2:29 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE (nics @ Jul 17, 2013 - 2:15 AM) Plasti Dip! Box Hates PlastiDip lol -------------------- ------------------------------| White '94 Celica | Bought 11/05/12 | Sold 12/05/15 |------------------------------ |
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Jul 17, 2013 - 3:10 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
He said it just to annoy me.
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Jul 17, 2013 - 5:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 25, '11 From GreatSmokyMtns NC Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
I think the question is...Does Box hate PlastiDip more than Bad Peeling Clear?
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Jul 17, 2013 - 6:52 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
just buy a black one an swap everything slowly >.<
-------------------- ------------------------------| White '94 Celica | Bought 11/05/12 | Sold 12/05/15 |------------------------------ |
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Jul 17, 2013 - 7:16 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 6, '12 From Brisbane, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
A black car with a 1MZ swap - the true way to Box's heart
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Jul 17, 2013 - 8:12 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '12 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE (JoshuaM @ Jul 17, 2013 - 7:16 AM) A black car with a 1MZ swap - the true way to Box's heart driven too his house by a Japanese girl
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Jul 17, 2013 - 10:23 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
Rusty Dip...
   or do what the man did to avoid sunburn 
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