Paint Peeling B8 Audi A4

lfc200

Hi All,

I've an '09 Audi A4, which in the last maybe 5/6 weeks the paint across the front bumper has started peeling badly on.
Anything similar happened to anyone else?
I have photos that I could post but I'm not allowed as I don't have the required posts!


Cheers

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Hi All,

I've an '09 Audi A4, which in the last maybe 5/6 weeks the paint across the front bumper has started peeling badly on.
Anything similar happened to anyone else?
I have photos that I could post but I'm not allowed as I don't have the required posts!


Cheers

someone did an incorrect repair I would assume.

lfc200

mickdw wrote: »

someone did an incorrect repair I would assume.

Thanks for the suggestion but it has never been in any sort of ding or accident though.
Its very difficult to explain without photos but it is like the paint has bubbled up and started to flake off, and these are just progressively getting bigger and bigger....

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestion but it has never been in any sort of ding or accident though.
Its very difficult to explain without photos but it is like the paint has bubbled up and started to flake off, and these are just progressively getting bigger and bigger....

Stone chipping damage and maybe heavy power washer use?

lfc200

mickdw wrote: »

Stone chipping damage and maybe heavy power washer use?

Stone chipping damage perhaps, its the most logical explanation I can think of...
Shouldn't be heavy powder washer use, as I'd wash the car generally myself....

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Stone chipping damage perhaps, its the most logical explanation I can think of...
Shouldn't be heavy powder washer use, as I'd wash the car generally myself....

Are you 100% that it had never been painted.

lfc200

mickdw wrote: »

Are you 100% that it had never been painted.

Not 100% sure, I've owned the car for 18 months, I've never had it painted and theres nothing in any of the paperwork I have for her, to suggest she was..

I've just PM'd you as well..

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Not 100% sure, I've owned the car for 18 months, I've never had it painted and theres nothing in any of the paperwork I have for her, to suggest she was..

I've just PM'd you as well..

Having seen the pics, I'd be pretty sure it had been repainted at some point.
I was going to suggest you take it back to audi as I thought you had owned it from new however having bought it used, I'd be thinking just a sh1tty paint job at some stage.

tossy

People tend not to leave evidence of painting in paperwork unless it's an enthusiasts/rare or classic car.

If you are reasonably sure it's never been painted then bring it straight to your local Audi dealer.

tossy

Just seen the pics also and i would agree with Mick definitely doesn't look like factory paint. Looks like 2 or 3 coats max of paint on a bumper with no primer applied (to my untrained eyes)

I would just start looking for a decent body shop and get a price to re do the bumper, any decent body shop will also be able to measure the thickness of the paint compared to the rest of the car.

lfc200

tossy wrote: »

Just seen the pics also and i would agree with Mick definitely doesn't look like factory paint. Looks like 2 or 3 coats max of paint on a bumper with no primer applied (to my untrained eyes)

I would just start looking for a decent body shop and get a price to re do the bumper, any decent body shop will also be able to measure the thickness of the paint compared to the rest of the car.

mickdw wrote: »

Having seen the pics, I'd be pretty sure it had been repainted at some point.
I was going to suggest you take it back to audi as I thought you had owned it from new however having bought it used, I'd be thinking just a sh1tty paint job at some stage.

Thanks Mick and Tossy for the replies, was hoping that it wasn't a shoddy repair job from someone in the past! Will ring around a few bodyshops next week and try and get some quotes for a repair!

Cheers.

biko

If clearcoat peel on only a specific area like a bumper I'd be inclined to think bumper has been re-sprayed at some point, maybe after a fender bender.
Fixing it by a body shop shouldn't be very expensive, maybe a couple hundred or so depending..

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Thanks Mick and Tossy for the replies, was hoping that it wasn't a shoddy repair job from someone in the past! Will ring around a few bodyshops next week and try and get some quotes for a repair!

Cheers.

Just to add. Having a bumper repair / new bumper doesn't necessarily mean that the car had any kind of damage that you should be worried about.
Body shop will tell you if the rest of the car has had any paint.

tossy

mickdw wrote: »

Just to add. Having a bumper repair / new bumper doesn't necessarily mean that the car had any kind of damage that you should be worried about.
Body shop will tell you if the rest of the car has had any paint.

Exactly, being an A4 i would wager a previous owner may have fitted a bumper from a higher spec or S line model for example.

Moanin

I had a similar situation with my A4 (2010). The front bumper had been previously painted by previous owner but the undercoat used was for metal and not plastic (So I was told in the body shop). So I got it resprayed in a body shop who used the correct undercoat this time......

lfc200

Hi All,

Everyone was pretty spot on actually with what ye said... I brought the car to Audi today, they had a look at it, checked the details on the computer and saw that they themselves re-painted the front bumper before I bought the car.
End result I'll be without the car for 2 days, but Audi are fixing it free of charge.

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Hi All,

Everyone was pretty spot on actually with what ye said... I brought the car to Audi today, they had a look at it, checked the details on the computer and saw that they themselves re-painted the front bumper before I bought the car.
End result I'll be without the car for 2 days, but Audi are fixing it free of charge.

Interesting.
Fair enough they are fixing it but its pretty shoddy work for it to go that way.

lfc200

mickdw wrote: »

Interesting.
Fair enough they are fixing it but its pretty shoddy work for it to go that way.

Very much so, was re-painted in April 2013, a month before I bought it...
When I go to bring it in for the repair, I want to find out what was wrong with it in the first place, that meant it needed a re-spray, secondly I want them to explain properly what caused this to happen in the first place, and what is different this time around so it wont happen again a few months down the line.

mickdw

lfc200 wrote: »

Very much so, was re-painted in April 2013, a month before I bought it...
When I go to bring it in for the repair, I want to find out what was wrong with it in the first place, that meant it needed a re-spray, secondly I want them to explain properly what caused this to happen in the first place, and what is different this time around so it wont happen again a few months down the line.

If I was you, I would have it inspected by another independent bodyshop. See if it has had any more paint just so that you have all the info when dealing with audi.
All may not be as it seems! They almost appear too efficient in this case.

rman2727

What Audi garage was it? I had a very similar experience with a very well known Audi main dealer and discovered the only panel NOT resprayed was the passenger door! I ended up giving the car back. Your car is not an estate by any chance?

tossy

mickdw wrote: »

If I was you, I would have it inspected by another independent bodyshop. See if it has had any more paint just so that you have all the info when dealing with audi.
All may not be as it seems! They almost appear too efficient in this case.

I would agree with Mick here seems the owned up and offered to fix it a bit too easily.

Moanin

lfc200 wrote: »

Hi All,

Everyone was pretty spot on actually with what ye said... I brought the car to Audi today, they had a look at it, checked the details on the computer and saw that they themselves re-painted the front bumper before I bought the car.
End result I'll be without the car for 2 days, but Audi are fixing it free of charge.

2 days to spray a bumper? I only got the passenger corner sprayed on mine and it was left into body shop early morning and ready to go around 3pm!

tossy

Moanin wrote: »

2 days to spray a bumper? I only got the passenger corner sprayed on mine and it was left into body shop early morning and ready to go around 3pm!

I'd be surprised if you didn't have to return to the bodyshop again with that paint job, far too quick a turn around for paint to dry between coats,cure etc.

Moanin

tossy wrote: »

I'd be surprised if you didn't have to return to the bodyshop again with that paint job, far too quick a turn around for paint to dry between coats,cure etc.

Well I had the job done in May and is fine so far......

lfc200

mickdw wrote: »

If I was you, I would have it inspected by another independent bodyshop. See if it has had any more paint just so that you have all the info when dealing with audi.
All may not be as it seems! They almost appear too efficient in this case.

tossy wrote: »

I would agree with Mick here seems the owned up and offered to fix it a bit too easily.

Thanks again for the advice mick and tossy, what I'm going to do is get it repaired by audi and then take it to a 3rd party bodyshop. I won't have time to do it before its booked in with Audi!
Will let ye know what the story is!

lfc200

rman2727 wrote: »

What Audi garage was it? I had a very similar experience with a very well known Audi main dealer and discovered the only panel NOT resprayed was the passenger door! I ended up giving the car back. Your car is not an estate by any chance?

Nope not an estate.. I'd prefer not to say on a forum!