Topless87

My 87 vert has a ton of swirl marks. So, I gave McGuires(?) ScratchX a try. It actually did OK, but the polish pad got very black. Were 87s clear coated? A friends 1990 black C4 seems to have a little metal flake in it and mine is just plain black. Any knowledge would help to know if its be repainted or what.

Thanks

YellowYbody

Clearcoat came out on the 1981 Corvettes that were built at bowling green. 1981 was the only year Corvettes were made in two plants as they switched from St louis to bowling green. St louis were still painted with enamel. So long answer, Yess your 87 came from the factory with clearcoat. :steering:

MyBlueC5

Without looking for telltale signs it's been painted, I can easily answer your clearcoat question. If you polish the car with some polish and the color of your car shows up on your rag, then it's not clearcoated. Single stage (regardless if enamels or urethanes) will "rub off" and leave the color of your paint on your rag when you polish it.

If you have any minor scrapes or scratches (I mean real light scratches) and they appear white, then you probably have a clearcoat. When clearcoats scratch, they show white residue.

HTH's...

Mark

BILLY D

:iagree:

Topless87

I'd wager its been painted. The scratches are very light, like someone or something was sitting on it and rubbed it. As you can see in my sig, its a fairly nice paint job with a few exceptions, like I can tell some repair was done around one of the headlights because I can see the texture of the fibers of the fiberglass in the paint(they didn't gelcoat the repair). This in combination with the ScratchX coming off quite black tells me I'm dealing with no clearcoat.

Thanks for the input, if it came clearcoated, its not any more from what I see.

Was 1986 black RPO 41U a solid black?

(this is very similar to the post on the 96, but very different cars, almost a decade apart)
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Goody

Your friend has "Black Rose" for a color. Different than your "Black".

Topless87

That explains it! Hey, here that 1990CORVETTE yours is a rose.
How sweet :D

1990CORVETTE

I hear it, I have wondered why it has that flake in the paint. Black/Rose. Never heard of it but it sure does look sweeeeeet

Midnite 88

In the sunlight Blackrose will actually look Purple. If yours doesn't, then it has been repainted also.

I think the Blackrose looks sweet too.

Mike.

jsquared94

Black rose only ran from 92-94. He must have a different color.

Jared :flag