Damaged clear coat on hood - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

teamturbo · 11-19-2016, 06:40 PM

Clear coat seems to fracturing near some chips on the hood. Damn rocks with this soft paint. 2013 with 30K miles on it. Whats the best way to go about fixing something like this? Hood has numerous chips now

Scrappydoo · 11-19-2016, 06:42 PM

Sure it hasn't been repainted at some time?

teamturbo · 11-19-2016, 07:54 PM

No, I bought the car brand new.

new2subaru · 11-19-2016, 08:18 PM

It looks like it's on the surface to me. Have you tried to buff it out yet?

teamturbo · 11-19-2016, 11:04 PM

No I haven't, perhaps that would do it. I might swing by a professional shop to ask their opinion. It's certainly not swirl mark deep. Fully exposed down to the paint and in some areas down to primer.

humfrz · 11-20-2016, 01:26 AM

Oh, as suggested, I'd try buffing them out. If that doesn't work, I'd just wax over them and drive on.

humfrz

NLS8520 · 11-20-2016, 09:51 PM

It is tough to make out in a picture, I just wanted to ask is there any chance that could be sitting on top of your clear coat, have you tried some dawn detergent or an automotive all purpose cleaner? I am sure its not but it looks a lot like tree sap to me. If it is in fact clear coat failure it would require a repaint nothing you can do, although if you find that is the case might want to contact Toyota Corporate HQ see if there is anything that can do to help with that, there is no reason a normally cared for 4 year old car would have clear coat failure unless its defective.

Tcoat · 11-20-2016, 09:55 PM

I have hundreds of chips on my hood and none of them look like that. They just look like chips with zero effect on the clear coat around them.

TheDetailer718 · 11-28-2016, 01:58 PM

The picture is a bit blurry, but it looks like the same type of damage I had on my trunk lid. Mine was from a bird dropping that was left on there too long. Because I planned to swap out the trunk with a carbon fiber one I wanted to see how far the bird droppings etched through. I started to wet sand, went through the clear coat and the etching was still slightly present. The paint on these cars are fragile. I have a few more marks on the roof and quarter panel similar to that and now I know a respray is the only fix for them unfortunately.

11-19-2016, 06:40 PM	#1
teamturbo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Missouri Posts: 218 Thanks: 137 Thanked 110 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Damaged clear coat on hood Clear coat seems to fracturing near some chips on the hood. Damn rocks with this soft paint. 2013 with 30K miles on it. Whats the best way to go about fixing something like this? Hood has numerous chips now Attached Images

11-20-2016, 09:55 PM	#8
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,294 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	I have hundreds of chips on my hood and none of them look like that. They just look like chips with zero effect on the clear coat around them. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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11-19-2016, 06:42 PM	#2
Scrappydoo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Drives: Grrrr Location: The Motherland (not France) Posts: 599 Thanks: 330 Thanked 378 Times in 231 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sure it hasn't been repainted at some time?

11-19-2016, 07:54 PM	#3
teamturbo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Missouri Posts: 218 Thanks: 137 Thanked 110 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No, I bought the car brand new.

11-19-2016, 08:18 PM	#4
new2subaru Weight Weenie Join Date: Aug 2015 Drives: 15 FR-S Location: Canada Posts: 2,657 Thanks: 5,221 Thanked 2,425 Times in 1,393 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It looks like it's on the surface to me. Have you tried to buff it out yet?

11-19-2016, 11:04 PM	#5
teamturbo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Missouri Posts: 218 Thanks: 137 Thanked 110 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No I haven't, perhaps that would do it. I might swing by a professional shop to ask their opinion. It's certainly not swirl mark deep. Fully exposed down to the paint and in some areas down to primer.

11-20-2016, 01:26 AM	#6
humfrz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 30,409 Thanks: 29,793 Thanked 32,808 Times in 16,829 Posts Mentioned: 715 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Oh, as suggested, I'd try buffing them out. If that doesn't work, I'd just wax over them and drive on. humfrz

11-20-2016, 09:51 PM	#7
NLS8520 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: N/A Location: US Posts: 273 Thanks: 319 Thanked 188 Times in 92 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It is tough to make out in a picture, I just wanted to ask is there any chance that could be sitting on top of your clear coat, have you tried some dawn detergent or an automotive all purpose cleaner? I am sure its not but it looks a lot like tree sap to me. If it is in fact clear coat failure it would require a repaint nothing you can do, although if you find that is the case might want to contact Toyota Corporate HQ see if there is anything that can do to help with that, there is no reason a normally cared for 4 year old car would have clear coat failure unless its defective.

11-28-2016, 01:58 PM	#9
TheDetailer718 Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Queens, NY Posts: 62 Thanks: 2 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The picture is a bit blurry, but it looks like the same type of damage I had on my trunk lid. Mine was from a bird dropping that was left on there too long. Because I planned to swap out the trunk with a carbon fiber one I wanted to see how far the bird droppings etched through. I started to wet sand, went through the clear coat and the etching was still slightly present. The paint on these cars are fragile. I have a few more marks on the roof and quarter panel similar to that and now I know a respray is the only fix for them unfortunately.

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