'94 Volvo 850 paint problem

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Originally Posted by Clan

Cause is a previous poor respray job ... Its going to be expensive to have put right which ever way you tackle it .

Thanks for your message.

Seems you were right after all. Took car to a local respray guy, and he confirmed it has been resprayed, but I still cannot see any evidence of this, such as paint on trim. Resprayer must have gone to a lot of trouble masking, but shame the spraying was not up to that standard.

I have the chance of a S/H bonnet in same colour, but probs with getting it home. Stupidly I thought my 740 could accommodate it, 'til I realized bonnet is of course a lot wider, and deeper than door.

[rtz62]

I always refer to my local bodyshop (unfortunatly approx 200 miles from you).

Any good bodyshop, or detailer for that matter, should have a PDG (paint depth gauge) which would instantly give an idea of the paint thickness over the whole body.

On the law of diminishing returns, how mucxh is a good quality paint job to rectify the problem compared to the market value of the car???

On the other hand, if you intend to keep it....