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papasmurf 08-20-2003 12:04 PM

i have a vr touring and my paint is faded. im wondering did they use clear coat on the paint in 1993?

j9fd3s 08-20-2003 12:27 PM

i dont think the vr had a clear. the mb, cym and silver have a clear



mike

papasmurf 08-20-2003 12:49 PM

so the only way to get it to look better is a respray? or can clear be put on?

j9fd3s 08-20-2003 01:34 PM

you could have it buffed out



mike

Silver Ninety Three 08-20-2003 01:58 PM

rx-7 paint is very low quality in my opinion. Red was normally not clear coated unless you got the high reflex paint option. Best thing to go is to take it to a good body shop and do a full repaint with qaulity paint.

papasmurf 08-20-2003 03:15 PM

i dont have the money for a full repaint. would a clear applied to my paint plus wetsanding/ buffing bring out the color?

tfhuth 08-20-2003 03:33 PM

That sounds like a good idea. I would take it to a paint shop and have them take a look at it.



My paint is starting to look like crap too.



Tom 93 VR FD

papasmurf 08-20-2003 04:18 PM

i have a place downtown chicago thatll do it for about 200 with wet sanding etc, possibly less and better quality than maaco. ill take it down there and tell everyone with no monay and a vr what there is to do.

j9fd3s 08-20-2003 04:25 PM


Originally Posted by papasmurf' date='Aug 20 2003, 12:15 PM
i dont have the money for a full repaint. would a clear applied to my paint plus wetsanding/ buffing bring out the color?

clear applied to your paint would be like preserving the fadedness



mike

papasmurf 08-20-2003 04:29 PM

but if it is buffed and wet sanded it will preserve what is left. right now parts of my car feels almost like very fine sand paper, so i gotta have something done to it.



what are my other options? how much would a true repaint run me anyways?


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