Kalgorn Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Well I decided to sand my exhaust tips this weekend after I changed my oil. They look crazy amounts betters. BEFORE: AFTER: -------------------------------------------------------- This is the crackling in my paint or something. I'm not sure what it really is. You can't feel it so I don't think it's the clear coat unless there's multiple layers of clear and it's a bottom coat that's cracking. Maybe it's the paint... I dunno. It fucking blows. -------------------------------------------------------- The mysterious stain... WTF I have no idea what this is but I can't get it to come out. I tried washing it, clay bar, wax, color booster, etc. -------------------------------------------------------- Somebody apparently hit me in a parking lot or something. It's tough to see the damage in this picture but it's their. They broke my headlight too.. I have to replace that. I love people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 i did the same thing to my tips recently, when i bought the car i thought they were flat black, 20 minutes with steel wool later they looked like yours, i love em. i'd be livid if someone smashed my car like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 I would suggest spraying some black under coating on the muffler body being careful to avoid the tips. It will clean up the rest of the look. As for the webbed paint. It's the primer. GM royally screwed up on quite a few cars late 80's to mid 90's. The only way around it is by having the car stripped down to metal. Reprimed, Chemically Sealed and Repainted Basecoat - Clear coat. Yours is a lot worse than my sister-inlaw's Marquis. Her clear coat is stripping off the car like skin from a sunburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOut Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 ...when i bought the car i thought they were flat black... I thought the same thing untill I saw the ones on EurosportZ34's car at the meet. All the ones I've seen have been exhaust stained so I thought they came from the factory painted black/dark gray. They look kick ass when shined up though. Oh, and as for spraying down the mufflers I'd recomend getting some low gloss engine block paint with ceramic in it. It will only run you like $4 a can and it won't cause the mufflers to hold excess heat like an undercoating spray would. I did it to the mufflers on my Cutlass and it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 White Out : "Those tips look great, where did you get them" Eurosportz34 (puzzled look on face): "the factory" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted August 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hmm.. I might have to look into that paint. I'm assuming it wouldn't matter if I spray the underbody of the car with the paint too, right? I plan to replace the mufflers at some point so I'm not going to put too much effort into cleaning them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlsp Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 some bodies paint is crystalizing :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett8 Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 wow ur paint looks exactly like my hood on pretty much the same exact car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Has the car ever been repainted? I've seen repaints do that, but I've never seen that happen to a factory finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurneroftheRice Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 i can vouch that stock GTP tips look good sanded like yours. a friend of mine took a small sander to the tips of my gf's GTP. He went round the edge of um and it brightens it up real nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 The cracking is because of the Primer. The primer was stable enough as a base for the paint which caused shrinkage. Like when you go into the pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 No, the car has never been repainted except maybe the driver's door. When I was in the door replacing the window motor there were metal shavings like from a drill and it looked like some pop-rivots were drilled out and laying inside the door. There were a couple more reasons but I can't remember them... it looked like it may have been in an accident. GM should put a fucking recall on this shit... If it comes down to it, do you think a repaint of the roof and deck lid would be worth it? I would get the front bumper done too since that looks like asscrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudefyet Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 that weird stain looks like someone sprayed hot liquid on the paint...IE oepned the radiatior while hot and it sprayed on the paint...same thing happened on one of my previous cars....took forever to get rid of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 How did you get rid of the stain? I'd really like to remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Lacquer thinner would probably get rid of the stain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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