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Paint delamination 95 Buick

Paint is severely delaminating from the primer in my 95 Buick Regal. I have pieces that the wind blew off while sitting in my driveway perhaps the equiv. to8" square. This problem existed probably 5 years ago and I have been driving with a primed surface for quite some time. The primer is breaking down and surface rust is coming thru. Does anyone have any knowledge of someone having GM assume responsibility of this defect and repainting their vehicle? I now must completly strip down the entire car of paint, sand, prime and base coat/clear coat the car as a huge cost.

thanks

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carl333
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uhm, the car is 10 years old.

I had some dude come into the shop with a 95 cavalier and was complaining about the clear coat peeling, I told him it would be $3500 minimum for a new paint job. He thought I was price gouging him, I told him to go price a few different dealers, and that Maaco didn't count.

Reply to
Paradox

Did you buy it new? You should have tried to get it fixed five years ago. I am sure they won't do anything now

Reply to
Scott

Why?!?! This is a 10 year old car get used to it looking ugly. All you need to bother with is the areas that are rusting - strip these with paint stripper, paint with the Rustoleum stuff that converts rust to black oxide, and prime and paint them with Krylon from a can from your local hardware store. Do it on a day that you know your going to have a few weeks of sunny weather and the paint will cure up nice and hard.

Sure, the paint won't have a fancy clear coat but it will last you another

5 years at least and by then the car mechanicals will be worn out.

The other thing is that speaking from experience, the aftermarket paint never lasts as well as the factory paint. I had my 68 Torino repainted about 17 years ago with Sikkens acrylic urethane which at the time was top of the line paint, and it's starting to fade on the roof and other areas that get a lot of sun exposure. And, at the time I paid close to $3,000 for it to be repainted, too.

Ted

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Ted Mittelstaedt

I realize its been a while since the cancer started. It started in very slowly and didn't think much of it at the time. Now my trunk lid and roof is completely void of paint and not the side panels are starting and just recently learned that GM is aware of the problem. Paint adhesion hould last longer that 5-6 years.

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carl333

White, gray or blue color, by chance?

I *used to* have a '93 Astro van - bought new off the lot - two-toned gray; paint peel after 4.75 years.

Took to dealer, found out about unannounced recall for paint adhesion problems; repainted for the cost of a week's worth of rental car on my dime.

Yep - happened many years ago - in fact, my '84 Corsica did the same thing; same solution.

...sell it for parts.

Sounds like you *may* have had a chance if you had caught it when it FIRST happened, instead of patching the problem by applying the primer and living with it for another five years.

Sorry...

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kwthom

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