bdogg77

Good Morning to All:

My NBP TL was rattled with hail a few months back and has been in the shop for around a month of it. I noticed it had some "solvent pop" in various portions of the hood. The guy there said he could wet sand it and it would be good to go. Is this correct or should he reshoot the whole car? He already had to reshoot it last week because the paint was chipping on the front lip of the hood. This leads me to my next question: Are the sides and front lip of the hood supposed to be painted 100 percent? i noticed that these areas are sporatically painted. If so, what are the consequnces of just taking my car and not have them redo it? Thanks for any/all input.

Turbonut

iTrader: (1)

Problem with wet sanding is that he could sand through the clear coat and in certain light conditions the difference in the finish would be noticed. He can try to wet sand the area, but you'll need to check very closely if they broke through the clear. Have them repaint everything that's not to your liking and the sides/front are to be painted as the body.

Ask what they are using for paint and the paint process as OE paint shouldn't chip off the hood.

gatrhumpy

iTrader: (1)

Not exaclty true. If a rock or object hits the front of the hood at 50-80 MPH, the OEM paint is not strong enough to prevent it from chipping, if the object is pointy like a pebble or rock.

OP, I would have the guy respray the hood to be sure.

bdogg77

funny thing is, it was chipped last week and i made them respray it. It was chipped before it even left the lot. i refused to take it and made them respray it. now there is solvent pop in it and the side/front lips aren't painted 100 percent.

Turbonut

iTrader: (1)

That is certainly debatable. In 68K on our WDP I've had to touch up 2 small chips in the paint on the hood from stones or road debris, and if the bumper has the elasticity properly added, there should be only minimal problems, but the OP stated the paint is chipping off the front of the hood and that’s quite a difference. If the paint chipped every time if made contact with road debris, the front would be sand blasted.

As an example. On our 2008 knock around car, I painted the grille black. Over time the grille had to be repainted again because of chips, actually many, many chips, but the hood has sustained on 1 minor kick.

Paint and quaility of application makes a huge difference.