Anyone else have that crappy early 90's paint job?

Does anyone else have that oh so quality peeling paint job on thier GM automobile?

Reply to
clevere
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Just about any early 90's car or truck has that problem my eclipse started peeling after 1 year.

Reply to
John

I have it on a 1990 Suburban. I spoke to my body man and he says that the only way to take care of it is to strip all the paint off and start over. GM repainted vehicles under warranty (when they couldn't avoid it).

In the 1980's, carmakers (many import and domestic) used a latex paint and it did not hold up well either. I remember cars with peeling paint in the 1960's and 1970's (and they weren't GM either). I guess that it happens once in awhile and sometimes, it takes time for it to rear its ugly head. Anyway, I plan to get my truck painted in about a year if it's still running well and nobody demolishes it for me.

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Rich B

I tried to talk GM into painting my car, but I was told 'it's too old for us to give a shit'. I wonder if taking them to small claims court would get me the money to have the car repainted .. I'm tired of the paint peeling off the truck lid, hood, right and left rear quarter panels, and the roof .. I asked GM, so you are basically telling me to kiss off?

"No", "Because the car is 13 years old, GM will not pay to have the car repainted" .. Isn't that telling me to kiss off? Besides, yes, it's 13 years old .. but I've seen 25 year old cars with better paint jobs... ARGH!

Reply to
clevere

Unless it rusts out where the paint falls off they won't fix it.

100,000 mile rust through protection on warranty covers this.
Reply to
noname

Well then be happy you still have fenders...

Reply to
noname

Why should I just sit back and watch the paint on my car fall off, when it was defective from the factory?

Reply to
clevere

Nope, just some clear coat haze cracks.

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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE ~_~_~260,600 miles_~_~~_
Reply to
Harry Face

Not to be rude, but because it wasn't fixed during the warranty period. No laws that I am aware of forced you to purchase this car, and if this early '90s car had other, more serious problems of the nature that it would cost several thousand dollars to repair, wouldn't you just scrap it?

I have a late '80s car with the exact same problem. It is part and parcel of owning such a vehicle. My clear coat is peeling faster than my skin would three days after seeing the sun. All this tells me is that I will need to get body work done in the next year, and that I'LL BE REPAINTING IT MYSELF. I won't be giving a bill to GM asking for that money back.

While legitimate warranty problems are worth fighting over, something that happened 15 years ago is not. If I were the salesman dealing with you, I'd send you to the nearest Ford dealership. You wouldn't be worth the commission.

Vuarra

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Vuarra

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