First of all, I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas.

So it seems that my clear coat is flaking off on a small section on the roof. I attached a few pics. Sorry, its probably not that clear.

My friend told me it was probably best to have a shop sand off that section and repaint it.

I was going to take it into a shop, but then thought I can probably do it myself. Just wondering if anyone had any advice on how I may go about repairing this.

Thanks!

(PS: In case I do end up taking it into a shop, anyone know a "fair" price for the work? It will help me in the estimate gathering process...thanks)

 

Sal - Sadly this seems like an issue on many of the S Types. I have had the same issue with mine in spots. You could try to polish it out with an orbital polisher and a few compounds but likely you will still see the blemishes.

Best thing to do is probably have a shot re-spray the effected area and be done with it. From your photos looks like the roof, I am not sure on the cost of shooting the roof, but I had my entire bonnet done and the shop charged me $700 parts and labor out the door on a cash deal.

Good luck with her!

 

I wouldn't attempt the spraying it myself unless you are a very good experienced painter. It's likely that the whole roof will need re-spraying or at the very least re clear coating.
The trouble is the new paint will need to blended in to a soft line or ridge take the repair invisible.

You could machine polish it as a tempory visual improvement but the actual un protected paint will be exposed to the elements.

 

+1 on darren's comment, definitely dont try this at home!! Get a reputable re-sprayer with a booth to do this if its not done right the paint wont harden and you will have to do some blending on the pillars to make it look right...

Now a second option would be to go with a tuner look and get some vinyl maybe some of that carbon fibre looking stuff and just cover the entire roof with a wrap!! :-P

 

I did not know you could get a 2005 with out a moon roof?? I thought they were standard.
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Me too!

 

Thanks for your replies. Much appreciated.

Yeah, actually when we went to the dealer they had a few with and a few without the sunroof. Since we rarely used it (I mean really rarely), we chose the one without the sunroof (as well as the savings...haha).

 

I like the Moon roof but it eats head room and I could use a bit more!
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