C5 Paint Question
Safety Car
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Car looks great... It's an old C5 same as mine... Some times you gotta live with what cha got... and character is is what ya got there in that paint skin... Perfection is futile and a drag!.. Drive and be happy. 😁
Drifting
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From: Denver, NC
A lot of people just pay out of pocket to repair a bumper with rock chips or a scratch that happened on the door rather than go through insurance. These repairs usually do not show up on history reports and, if done on the car, will be hard to detect for someone looking for prior damage. Not a paint expert, but I would think the passenger door/bumper would be slightly different shade if only that door was touched. If it was blended I would think the clear coat issue would also show up on parts of the fender and quarter. Don't think repaint is necessary, but maybe a good professional sand and polish will knock out the orange peel so it's a better match.
I have had clear coat repairs done in the past on cars for a few hundred bucks - no accidents - just chips from normal use. If everyone says it looks good, I wouldn't lose sleep. I have 100k on this one - maybe one day I'll get the nose cleaned up. It's just so fun driving it and chips are inevitable.
Last edited by Ed Ramberger; Feb 23, 2019 at 03:46 PM.
