freshinXR

hey guys,

I am nearly in tears at the moment. Have been busy with work so i havent had time to do any work on my XR. Today i decided to wash and polish her to make me feel better about not doing any work. Long story short, she had a respray from metal 11 months ago and now as some large areas of rust coming through, some has already bubbled the paint and some are just little specs in patches. Am i ****ed is there anything to do or should i SELL SELL SELL. This has happened so quick its not funny. ill post pics later so we can all cry together.

Schmaigz

Take it out back and shoot it, was it professionally spraypainted?

Klawsterfobik

Firstly, sorry to hear your debacle. The joys of owning an old car eh?

If the metal wasn't properly prepared rust will come back, or if it wasnt cut out, just covered over, it'll re-appear. Or the panel beater may have missed a patch just starting (doubt it as they would have had to have seen it when giving it the respray)...

Not much you can do, just cut it out and weld more metal back in

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freshinXR

yeah it was done by a pro. i was really happy with him now im starting to think i was ripped off. Every little touch takes off paint as well so im thinking he skimmped on that too. what can be done fellas

freshinXR

its little bubbles popping up all over the car looked totally rust free when the car was painted. im pissed thats all i can say. havent even driven it yet

Klawsterfobik

re-spray unfortunately... or take it back to him and see what he says..

dont accuse him of anything, just say "hey, i was wondering what you think i should do about the rust in my car thats appeared since you resprayed it 12 months ago"

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Klawsterfobik

are you sure its rust and not blisters?

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freshinXR

whats the difference

Klawsterfobik

rust is metal deteriorating... blisters are air pockets beneath paint

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freshinXR

well there are two types pf areas that i can see. 1 - is like little specs of sand underneath the paint and the 2nd is bubbling, which i thought was way to early to happen especially in the areas that they are in. The two bubbles are at the top of the quater and front doors. No major rust in that area before.