Hi I am about to buy a XKR for sale its a 2004 Portfolio super low mileage about 30K. However the rear quarter panel is peeling clear coat. The rest of the car the paint is fine. I talked to a body shop and they recommend the entire car needs a repaint. Does the entire car need a whole repaint or just paint the entire quarter panel ?

 

Even though you're in the wrong Forum, my recommendation is to find another XKR unless you can negotiate a substantially lower price to cover the cost of a repaint.

How many times has it been repainted, and do you know when and where?

It's likely the rest of the clearcoat will also fail.

This is the X150 Forum, for 2007 - 2015 XKR/XKR models. The 2004 XKR you're looking at is the previous generation Jaguar X100 Forums.

 

Well, we can agree to disagree.
I have had many cars repainted. Painting just the one panel will match perfecty (if done by the right shop) today. Tomorrow is another question.
And your car is red, the worst color IMHO for fade.

There are varying levels of skills in the paint shop business. I only choose the best.
Me, I'd paint the whole car especially if you "like" the car. An opportunity to improve the factory paint job, if you're interested... more color layers, more wet sanding, more clearcoat layers... oooooh!! aaaahhhh!

 

Agree Stuart. The car is dirty and has paint damage. If it looks like this, hasn't been maintained. I'd be concerned, especially w an SC.
Guy, agree about high end shop. My Lexus got hit (fender and bumper). When local high end shop got done, impossible to tell it had been worked on. Glad insurance paid the 9k bill.

 

Of course the body shop wants to repaint the entire car......more $$. If the rest of the paint is truly in good shape, you can probably get by with just painting the quarter panel, but the paint match will be the issue. The paint has aged and faded to some degree. A very competent body shop will know how blend/match the color to match the original paint. Your run-of-the-mill body shop probably wouldn't do it, and you'd end up with an obvious repainted section.

I agree with Stuart - use the paint issue as a huge bargaining chip.

 

I just went through this last year and without going into all the detail, if it needs paint, pass.

 

I'd pass.

What else is wrong with the car. If they let the paint go or did crappy repair; can only imagine the rest.

 

Hi XKRV6S,

I have moved your thread from the forum for the X150 to the forum for the X100.

If the car is in excellent mechanical condition and doesn't also need a lot of the common repairs that become necessary with age despite mileage (front shock top mounts, suspension bushings, tires, etc.), I would personally seriously consider purchasing the car if the total cost of repairs and paint did not exceed current market value for the vehicle (minus an adjustment for having non-original paint).

A good paint tech should be able to execute an undectectable repair on just the affected quarter, but others who have mentioned that the rest of the clearcoat may begin to fail may be right, so it really would be prudent to factor the cost of a quality full repaint into the purchase price.

Cheers,

Don