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Restoring peeled off paint?
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 4:36 PM
It's a 1997 Cavalier Coupe, and the body is in pretty good shape except for these couple of blemishes:
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The car was sitting for over a year without being covered at all which has only made the paint chip off further, and the car is still very dirty(all of those dark lines outside the immediate edges of the paintless patches are dirt, not cracks). But I found a half off deal for a full auto detail package originally priced at $99 and so I'd like to get this car looking nice and shiny again soon. I haven't cleaned those paintless areas at all for fear of more chipped paint coming off.
Anybody got a ballpark estimate for the cost of getting something like this restored professionally in the Pittsburgh area? Or, what kind of process and costs am I looking at in order to restore it myself? Thanks!

Re: Restoring peeled off paint?
Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:15 AM
In all honesty if it chipped like that just from sitting up its guna chip worse when you drive it,and also more than likely you will have more spots like this over the car...and if your goin to get 2 spots fixed you might as well just have the car painted....idk about up where you are but my tech school i go to we work on and paint peoples cars for free...all they have to buy are supplies..maybe you want to look into that



Re: Restoring peeled off paint?
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 5:19 AM
its not really restoring if its chipped. its a repaint. and costs can vary wildly on that depending on who does it and how much needs to be done. hell what city you live in can affect the price a few hundred bucks either way

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Re: Restoring peeled off paint?
Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:34 PM
Daniel Cooper wrote:we work on and paint peoples cars for free...all they have to buy are supplies..maybe you want to look into that


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