Smokie
02-21-2004, 04:47 PM
Today I washed the car, detailed the interior, and the Mrs. and I took Smokie for a ride. The new paint job pleases me, is not perfect but it is totally superior to what the original paint had become. What I went thru I don't recommend to everyone that has problems with their paint such as swirls, scratches, buffer marks, those are things that can be handled by experienced detailer. Having said that; my car was loosing the black paint and the primer was showing, there is no magic that puts back lost base paint.
For those that believe the original paint is better than anything else, I agree; as long as your original paint is actually there, if the paint is gone and you are looking at primer, I see no higher resale value when the original paint is gone.
The average thickness of my original paint job was about 4.5 mil, the average thickness of new paint job is 6.2 mil.
The job was done under warranty and my paint job is warranted for as long as I own this car.
Word of advise to those riding the fence on whether to do this or not, the dealer will be far more reluctant to redo entire car after 12,000 miles, so if you believe you need to do this don't wait until your warranty is about to expire, it may be too late.
As a side note I used The Mr. Clean Auto-Dry Kit and the good is: It really leaves absolutely NO water marks or drops.
The bad: the soap does not last as long as they claim.
....and the magic of auto-dry was taking too damm long so I got my trusty blower and that 140 mph air blast created some serious auto-dry magic.:up:
PS: I posted some pictures in the Gallery.
For those that believe the original paint is better than anything else, I agree; as long as your original paint is actually there, if the paint is gone and you are looking at primer, I see no higher resale value when the original paint is gone.
The average thickness of my original paint job was about 4.5 mil, the average thickness of new paint job is 6.2 mil.
The job was done under warranty and my paint job is warranted for as long as I own this car.
Word of advise to those riding the fence on whether to do this or not, the dealer will be far more reluctant to redo entire car after 12,000 miles, so if you believe you need to do this don't wait until your warranty is about to expire, it may be too late.
As a side note I used The Mr. Clean Auto-Dry Kit and the good is: It really leaves absolutely NO water marks or drops.
The bad: the soap does not last as long as they claim.
....and the magic of auto-dry was taking too damm long so I got my trusty blower and that 140 mph air blast created some serious auto-dry magic.:up:
PS: I posted some pictures in the Gallery.