hi all,

my sister has a 1989 mint condition mazda 929, it is a really nice car, years ahead of its time, however, the paint is starting to peel off on the bonnet and roof. is there any solution to stop it getting worse?

thanks

You're in luck.

All the car needs is a full respray and the paint peeling will just stop in its tracks.

Short answer: No.

ers, you have 929 posts. Fate?

ers, you have 929 posts. Fate?

Hahah you timed that well mate

You should post some pics of the paint mate, its pretty common for the clear coat to peel on weathered panels.

If its not too bad you may be able to sand back the clear and just re-clear it

hi all,

my sister has a 1989 mint condition mazda 929, it is a really nice car, years ahead of its time, however, the paint is starting to peel off on the bonnet and roof. is there any solution to stop it getting worse?

thanks

Thats a common problem with mazdas of the 80's, same as the magnas I guess. The HC 929's are nice, I had a few (as well as some HB's and a HD) and they are ahead of their time.

How long has this car been in her posession? Some of the older cars, especially some imports (can't recall the old 929 even though I had an old 929L lol) the paint really wasn't so tolerant of Aussie conditions... but if the paint job has lasted this long then that is pretty impressive... unless you were like I was years ago

I had a pristine XD Falcon when I got my license, immaculate paint job etc... after a few months large crows feet ran through some of the panels under the paint and it started to crack and peel.

Took it to a panel shop to find in horror that it had fairly recently been resprayed (just before I bought it) and it appeared to them that paint stripper had been used to take away the old paint prior to the respray but hadn't been completely removed... wow what an expensive repair job that was!

If you know the history then yeah hopefully it will just be a respray... do you live near the coast?

Maybe you could blend the paint on the tops, to match, to save from a complete respray. The paint job will be more than the cars market value. She needs to way up her options. Just drive and enjoy. Or repaint, and keep the car for years to come or live with it then buy something else later.

Why not paint the poor panels in a different colour and have a two tone car? I can remember about 30 years ago one could purchase new Aussie made cars that were two tone. Generally the roof and the upper part of the doors as well as the back quarter panels behind the rear doors was a light colour (mainly white) while the lower sections were in a darker shade.:cool: :cool:

ok,
car history. she got the car 2 years ago, and since then it has been sitting in the north qld sun for most of its life... however, before that, the people we got it off (our previous next door neighbours, the guy was italian, so i need to say no more) had it since brand new. always washed using the proper stuff etc. and most importantly Always under cover (when not being used).

the peeling is very flaky, and not fading. it is like a stone has chipped a part of the car where the paint was never good.

the car has NO PAINT protection.

it lives around 8kms from the coast but no sign of rust.

pics...

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm292/bellto/20042009304.jpg


http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm292/bellto/20042009306.jpg

thanks.

ok,
car history. she got the car 2 years ago, and since then it has been sitting in the north qld sun for most of its life... however, before that, the people we got it off (our previous next door neighbours, the guy was italian, so i need to say no more) had it since brand new. always washed using the proper stuff etc. and most importantly Always under cover (when not being used).

the peeling is very flaky, and not fading. it is like a stone has chipped a part of the car where the paint was never good.

the car has NO PAINT protection.

it lives around 8kms from the coast but no sign of rust.

pics...

thanks.

You should be able to get away with just a bonnet respray with blending into the guards as it's metallic, depends where it's faded\peeling, usually the top panels go pretty much at the same time. Once painted, get it polished with some decent stuff to protect it and should be good if roof and boot haven't started to go as well. If you do it get the bonnet resprayed, make sure the panel beater takes that bonnet trim off carefully, they're worth a fortune!

Hahah you timed that well mate

You should post some pics of the paint mate, its pretty common for the clear coat to peel on weathered panels.

If its not too bad you may be able to sand back the clear and just re-clear it

Re-clearing!
Not what ya think.
When the clear is faded or peeling,it still requires the panel to be re-coloured because when the basecoat is exposed,it is damaged by the sun and weather and if you try sanding just the clear off,you damage the bascoat.
If its a bonnet,you will have to re-colour and blend the top of the guards unless you can match the colour 90-100% close to the original colour.
Not having a go,its all science i had to study to be a spray painter.

Re-clearing!
Not what ya think.
When the clear is faded or peeling,it still requires the panel to be re-coloured because when the basecoat is exposed,it is damaged by the sun and weather and if you try sanding just the clear off,you damage the bascoat.
If its a bonnet,you will have to re-colour and blend the top of the guards unless you can match the colour 90-100% close to the original colour.
Not having a go,its all science i had to study to be a spray painter.

Exactly! Before i went into mechanical engineering i was a qualified Panel Beater. It is very hard to match old oxidised paint hence why you will probably have to blend the tops.
It all comes down to simple economics in the end.