Help! Really bad swirls/no clear coat!?

[JBs]

ok so i recently got my parents' old 528, and in the 10 years the car has been around, i don't think it has been detailed once!

when i got it did as much as i could to get it looking good again, but seriously the paint is in REALLY bad shape.


i'm going to be getting a PC and supllies soon, so i think that will help the situation.

here are some pictures of what you can see looking into the sun (some of them are adjusted to see the swirls and missing clearcoat)

The whole car is like the pictures of the swirls, but only the pillar in between the driverside rear window window and rear windshield is missing a coat of something

Regular Swirls:



Swirls so you can see how bad it actually is:



The missing clearcoat in regular light:


missing clear coat in altered light:




i'm just hoping i can fix it

mabye i can put some clear laquer on it?

Please post something, i'm lost.

thanks

[drdellorama]

that looks like it's been repainted before, and the new paint is peeling, the bodyshop did a half assed job painting it.

as for the swirls, i'm sure you can remove them all with a PC and your fav polish

[scottgt]

repaint for sure

[JBs]

for real? wow that sucks

EDIT: so there's no way to fix it?

[drdellorama]

well the car is old, so if you can, just live with it.
the only way to repair is to repaint the whole panel or that area i would think.

[JBs]

just talked to my mom... appearently it hasn't been repainted


it has only been in 1 accident and the rear bumper was the only thing affected.



i'm thinking i should just go and put some clear laquer that came with the tough up paint on it, but idk if that's a good idea

[scottgt]

kinda a big spot for touche up paint

[BILL]

Originally Posted by scottgt

kinda a big spot for touche up paint

I AGREE........BETTER GET MAACO

[scottgt]

Originally Posted by BILL

I AGREE........BETTER GET MAACO

if you want it to look like that 2 months later again lol...tehe

to bad you dont live close i would paint it for you

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by BILL

I AGREE........BETTER GET MAACO

MAACO would make it worse

That's definitley a repaint. Previous body shop did a shoddy job prepping.