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[kev4bama]

Hey Guys man do I have a story. Some people might remember me talking on here the last few days about my 2005 Focus ST A rock slung up and took about an erasure size chip of paint out of my hood and left a small dent. I took it to the body shop of the dealer that I bought it from and they said they would add paint in layers heat gunning each for faster drying and then add clear coat, wet sand it then buff and polish my entire hood. Well I took it by there today to have the work done as the paint missing was bugging me on a car that is only 1 month old. Well I thought the guy was doing a good job and I must say the hood did not have one swirl anywhere in it but where the chip was he somehow burnt the finish of my hood. It looks like a half moon blackish spot and this is on a red car. Needless to say I was upset about it, the guy that did the work told me not to worry about any charge I think because he knew he screwed it up. Having bought 4 cars from there though I talked to the guy over the service and body shops and he told me he would have the body shop manager call me and set up a time to bring it in so that they can remove the hood and repaint it. They are also going to give me a rental as they said it would take a day or two. I was just trying to fix one little problem and this is what it turns into. Hopefully it will be better off being repainted and reclearcoated as I can start back from scratch. He wanted to just kind of blend it back in but I told him I think it would be better to just go ahead and do the entire hood.

Thanks for letting me vent

Kevin

[RamAirV1]

I feel your pain. I dread having any paint work done by a body shop because I have yet to see anything that comes even remotely close to factory paint.


Good news for you though. Red is one of the easiest colors to touch up. At least that's what the body shop people tell me.

RamAirV1

[scrub]

Sorry to hear that. I was getting hyped to see the pics. One thing is you don't have to worry about them swirls any more. Keep us posted and get some pics too.

[kev4bama]

Yeah I must say that is the one good thing they did, hood looked perfect except for the charred paint. I think he either wet sanded too hard, left the wool pad on that spot too long or left the heat gun in that spot too long. Whatever it was the hood will be sanded and repainted so then when I get it back I can slap on a coat of NXT and hopefully not have to worry about it.

[travisdecpn]

Actually, after they paint it, you are going to need to wait before putting NXT on it for at least a month. To protect the finish you should use a glaze after the repaint such as #80, or #5 until the paint has cured.

[Don]

Originally posted by travisdecpn
Actually, after they paint it, you are going to need to wait before putting NXT on it for at least a month. To protect the finish you should use a glaze after the repaint such as #80, or #5 until the paint has cured.

^^True

...fortunately the body shop where I had my work done put the whole car in an oven and baked the finish so I can wax when I want...too bad mother nature is not cooperating

[Rob66]

Hi Kev

Good luck with the Hood/Bonnet mate. I had a Focus ST they seem to be prone to stone chips.

In some ways I guess its better it happen now while the car is new rather than later after the factory finish has faded slightly (red seems to be prone to this more than any other car) as it would be more difficult for the bodyshop to get an exact match.
How often do you see a red car in a fuel station under the fluorescent lights and one door appears to be 'redder (is that a word) than the rest of the car?

All the best

Rob

ps will post up a couple of pics of my ST later - have you got any of yours?

[Rob66]

Here you go.

My previous Car Focus ST170. Gold Class and Quick Wax were used (before NXT was available here).

Rob

[dave_st170]

Hi

Cool ST m8

Heres mine:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/EdST150/focus3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/EdST150/focus1.jpg

ScratchX
DC2
NXT


Dave

[kev4bama]

Hey Guys,

Well I am taking it in Monday to be painted. They said I could pick it up Wednesday and they are giving me a rental. They said they are going to blend the troubled area and then reclearcoat the entire hood. This makes me nevous as I told them that I want my car to have a mirror reflection at all times and look just as it did when I got the Car on December 27. He assured me it would. With all the paint being new maybe it wont be a problem. I will post some pics of it as soon as I can figure out how!

Kevin

[kev4bama]

I figured out how to post the picutres, see my post below, Thanks for the help Rob 66 !

[Rob66]

Hi Kev

Taken the liberty of uploading your pic for you. Really easy just go to your gallery then...

the picture to enlarge.
the picture
properties
the URL

Then when you entering a thread <> [IMG]http://archive.meguiarsonline.com button at top.

and then paste 'Cltl + V'

Like I have just done... if i can anyone can

Car looks great by the way a lot different to mine though.


Good luck with the bonnet.

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Feb 18, 2005, 02:08 PM

Here we go, Thanks for the help!

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Feb 18, 2005, 02:13 PM

Originally posted by Rob66
Hi Kev

Taken the liberty of uploading your pic for you. Really easy just go to your gallery then...

the picture to enlarge.
the picture

properties
the URL

Then when you entering a thread <> [IMG]http://archive.meguiarsonline.com button at top.

and then paste 'Cltl + V'

Like I have just done... if i can anyone can

Car looks great by the way a lot different to mine though.

[kev4bama]

Here we go, Thanks for the help!

[scrub]

Originally posted by Rob66
Hi Kev

Taken the liberty of uploading your pic for you. Really easy just go to your gallery then...

the picture to enlarge.
the picture