08-07-2012, 11:06 AM | #1 |
Drives: '10 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: State College, PA
Posts: 128
|
Worst 5th gen paint conditon
I don't know what the previous owner was doing with this car, observe.
The entire car is like this, with 2-4 "keys" and 2 bad touch-ups, some reach the primer, 1-2 reach scratches reaching the metal, and these little scratches everywhere, easily over 500 scratches. Saving up for an exhaust and a good repaint would cost too much. afraid a good detaier won't do much. We'll see what happens. (There's always wrapping the car in vinyl, lol)
__________________
|
08-07-2012, 11:11 AM | #2 |
it's hers...
Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: katy, tx
Posts: 1,202
|
Some people see their vehicle as just that 'a vehicle'. Regardless of money spent.
Don't bother with a dealer on the paint. Go to a good detailer, be prepared to spend a couple hundred bucks, but you will have a like new finish once they are done. From what you have shown in the pic, ALL that can be fixed. Good luck. |
08-07-2012, 11:40 AM | #3 |
|
If scratches are down to metal, they need repainted. And there's no detailer in the world that would touch that job for "a couple hundred bucks"
*In life, there are no nandroids*
__________________
[B]
|
08-07-2012, 11:46 AM | #4 |
it's hers...
Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: katy, tx
Posts: 1,202
|
I was referring to the pic the op posted. As for scratches down to the metal, you are correct, that could cost hundreds alone.
|
08-07-2012, 12:13 PM | #5 |
Drives: 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Orlando/Stuart, FL
Posts: 1,161
|
|
08-07-2012, 12:23 PM | #6 |
Drives: The shiny ones. Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: In the detail shop!
Posts: 5,979
|
|
08-07-2012, 12:27 PM | #7 |
|
Boy don't we all.
__________________
The DREAM is free... It's the HUSTLE that is sold seperately
|
08-07-2012, 01:51 PM | #8 |
You bought the car like that?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 |
|
08-07-2012, 02:25 PM | #9 |
Account Suspended
Drives: 2011 1SS M6 Green 1993 Custom Eldo Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 973
|
|
08-07-2012, 10:21 PM | #10 |
Drives: 221SS1LE Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: on your 6
Posts: 990
|
Maybe the neighborhood cats were using it as a scratching post
|
08-07-2012, 11:13 PM | #11 | |
|
Quote:
*In life, there are no nandroids*
__________________
[B]
|
|
08-08-2012, 12:28 AM | #12 | |
|
Quote:
|
|
08-08-2012, 09:27 AM | #13 |
|
Looks like a couple of dogs fighting over who was going to ride in the trunk
__________________
Ordered 6/19/09 Black on Black 2 SS Delivery 10/14/09! Added CAI, Heritage Grill, DRL Plug and Play Harness
|
08-08-2012, 10:25 AM | #14 |
Oldbie that nobody knows
|
Good grief, that's atrocious.
There's detailers skilled enough to do seamless touchups on key marks, usually involving filling the key mark with touchup, wetsanding, and polishing. I've seen it done, but it's a genuine skill. As for the paint condition, a repaint is a last resort and I honestly think is unnecessary. A genuine detail will bring it to showroom condition... but you'd want a reputable detailer for that, and a job of that caliber is at LEAST $700.00. |
|
|
|
|