Please dont mind the filth as my car hasn't been washed in a few weeks due to being too busy...Its so damn dirty right now...

I first noticed these specs on the passenger side c pillar...I tried to clay bar them but nothing...They are smooth but have now gradually moved down to the tail light area and over a good bit of the quarter panel now...There has been no compounding or polishing on the car in the past few months since they are started to appear...



And its just in that one spot...Just the top of the rear quarter up to the c pillar...It saddens me as it looks to me like clear coat failure or the spot of the car...The car has NEVER been in an accident and has never had any repair work done to it...

 

After I saw these spots I got kinda down in the dumps on cleaning the car so I have kinda let it go lately as its taken a back seat to alot more important things in my life...

 

no texture at all they are smooth like the rest of the paint...

 

I would either guess overspray or clear coat failure?

 

Hmmm....

Try dilute white vinegar or 70% alcohol. Finally, I would clean the car and polish the quarter panel. Is you car still under warranty?

 

I would try a fine wetsand, then do a compound and finish with a wax, the wetsand might be able to make them less visible!

 

I dont know how to get it off. But my guess is it has somehting to do with the tree you can see in the reflection off your car.

 

Take a needle and see if the tip of it will go "in" one of the specs.
Might be acid etching.

Even tho you have never had work done on it doesn't mean there wasn't work done pre-delivery.

Makes me suspicious because its isolated to that "C" pillar and doesn't continue over to the trunk etc. which might mean a repaint in that area.

 

Nah I only pulled it into the driveway for the pictures...

Well I went to local Acura dealership today and it seems you are correct...Seems that Crown Acura in Richmond Virginia reprayed the c pillar and quarter and didnt tell anyone...So now I am going to have to go after them to get it fixed as the local dealership told me $1800 - $3k to fix the issue...

 

I hate Crown Acura. Good luck getting them to rectify this issue.

And yep, that is clear coat failure. My roof has the same issue

 

haha, getting Crown to own it will be almost impossible with out proof.

Do you know anyone who paints? I'd get a quote on having it sanded and blended.

 

Yea I thought they were good...Sadly they have a good rating online for now...

If Mike Bryant of Crown doesnt make it right I will just be forced to scream as much as possible and cover it myself...

 

Well they paid half which was $300...So I guess they arent all that bad...

 

only cost 600 to fix?

 

Yep full strip down to metal on 1/4 with a full repaint of 1/4 panel and B/C pillar...

 

Sorry i broke the link guys...

 

$46/hr labour .. that went out in 1967 ... must have been an internal shop rate.

 

This is at a collision center...

http://www.criswellcollisioncenter.com/Staff.html

Thats their going rate...