toyota avensis 04 paint

trepasers

I currently have a 04 toyota avensis 1.6 petrol and the protective coat of the paint work seems to be peeling off..I have seen the same thing happen on similar avensis. Just wondering why this is happening and if toyota will do anything about it ?

trepasers

anyone got any solutions !!

Owen

Usually from a poor repair job. The 'protective coat' is lacquer, and will power wash off if the job hasn't been prepared properly.

trepasers

well I have seen this on two different avensis...they were hardly crashed too ?..anyone have any cheap methods of repairing this kind of damage

Owen

Not necessarily crashed, but maybe had their bumpers scuffed. You can be sure that a lot of Avensis would have had bumper repairs, like most cars for sale. No quick fix only a respray, and the price will vary depending on where you take it. If you can, post photos here and I'll be happy to advise.

trepasers

Owen wrote: »

Not necessarily crashed, but maybe had their bumpers scuffed. You can be sure that a lot of Avensis would have had bumper repairs, like most cars for sale. No quick fix only a respray, and the price will vary depending on where you take it. If you can, post photos here and I'll be happy to advise.

cheers for your help.



this isn't my car but it looks similar to this on a red car..the patches arnt as big but there are allot more of them

Owen

Definitely a repair so. What usually happens is that the base coat is put on wet, and before it gets a chance to dry, another base coat layer is put on. That dries, but the one underneath is still wet. Then lacquer goes on top, that dries too, and you have two layers of paint which are dry, but only a small amount of grip holding it onto the panel. Couple of powerwashes later, and the lack of grip will allow the paint to flake off as per the photo.

trepasers

so that means a whole respray ?? :eek: theres spots all over the car

Owen

Without seeing the car in person, it's hard to say. Might be no harm to bring it to your local bodyshop and ask them for a quote for repair. Shouldn't cost you anything, and they'll tell you what caused it.

trepasers

true enough...will do that tomorrow...cheers for the help !!

This happened to my parents Carina years ago. My Dad had it resprayed (we eventually realised poorly) and in a few years the lacquer started coming off from every panel on the car, so my guess is maybe the same has happened to yours.

Mollystar

trepasers wrote: »

I currently have a 04 toyota avensis 1.6 petrol and the protective coat of the paint work seems to be peeling off..I have seen the same thing happen on similar avensis. Just wondering why this is happening and if toyota will do anything about it ?

Did you get any answers on this?? This is happening all over my car.

Atlantic Dawn

Would this be caused by droplets of water from an underground carpark?

Mollystar

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Would this be caused by droplets of water from an underground carpark?

Not causing it on my car. I live in the country and have never used under ground car parking

biko

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