GGEENN

I went to a body shop that quoted me $500 for the job is that to much? The paint isn't damage all it needs is some wet sanding.









I buffed out most of the white, all you can see are the spots that doesn't have clear coat

rboineau

Brake fluid (non-silicone) is death on paint. Almost certain it has penetrated and spread right down to the plastic, even if you don't think so. It even softens some plastics, but I don't know what it does to the C5's body panels. A body shop, in order to do a lasting repair, would have to do major work on that panel, so $500 might not be out of line.

Make sure the shop you choose is familiar with brake fluid damage and how to neutralize its effects before refinishing. Good luck.

dougbfresh

If it soaked in, you'll never save the panel. Paint may stick for a while, but later--- The clearcoat has to be wetsanded to the basecoat (at least where the brake fluid was) and the entire panel recleared.

RonR80

Yes brake fluid is deadly.Ron

Vetteman Jack

To repaint that panel, I'd say $500 is not out of line.

TriplBlk

Id search around body shops and MAKE SURE they warranty their work.

rrichar2591

I would study some of the posts on the Paint/Body section of the forum. Lots of good info there but no, 500 does not seem out of line. I would do a great deal of due dilligence however. I would want to know how good the painter is and how much work he has done with Corvettes. 'Good luck and let us know how it turns outs.

leadfoot4

It appears that you're not too familiar with brake fluid, and what it does to automotive paints...... Bottom line, brake fluid destroys car paints!

I had an oval track car back in the 80s. It was painted with Imron, the Cadillac of 2 stage, "hardened" enamels, back then. Track cars see frequent brake fluid changes, and the portion of the car near the master cylinder was all "splotchy" from inadvertently splashed brake fluid.....

hotwheels57

Brake fluid will also degrade powder coating. I don't want to talk about it...

GGEENN

The paint isn't damaged it's been like that for 4 months and it hasn't peeled or bubbled. Just the clear coat is damage.

DavzC5

I use one of these to avoid that problem.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...-119-00-a.html

Camjamsdad

I can see why you'd want to cover that fender up. A Pepto Bismal vette.

ffas23

Once someone starts wetsanding the area they will see how far down the brake fluid ate into the panel by just using a squeegee to move the dirty wetsanding water away from the surface after a couple of minutes of wetsanding. If you are lucky and didn't hurt the basecoat you should be able to get away with just having someone reshoot the panel with clearcoat. Wishing you some luck.

4SFED Z

Hate to say it GGEENN...but that doesn't lok good. If I was you, I'd wetsand it myself to see how bad the damage is. What do you have to lose doing that? If you end up having to get the whole thing repainted (sure you will), I would also remove the panel to save on a little labor cost.

How did you get all that brake fluid down there?

Best of luck

-NastyZ

j84buick

If they have to paint and blend into the panel next to it then $500 is a great deal. What does the estimate say they are going to do? If they are just re-clearing it then that's too much IMO.

Carcass

Whoever made that mess must have tried to fill the reservoir from a 55 gallon drum of brake fluid-or just tossed a bucketful in the general direction of the master cylinder-what a slob!

fendermender

I can't see anyone being able to just clear that damage. Once you sand through the clear and hit the base, you have to blend out the basecoat and then clear.

I'm in this bussiness and 500bucks sounds reasonable. Depending on color you can easily be near 200 in paint and material. And doing paintwork isn't like a collision job. No parts to markup, no install labor, just PITA paintwork...and on a Vette...needs to be perfect.