Clear coat on white Caprices

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Black6
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Clear coat on white Caprices

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Had a question. The car I bought has a place where the clear coat is peeling off it. I was wondering if this was a common issue with white Holden paint or if this car had been repainted or something was spilled on and damaged the clear coat. Seeing if anyone else had experienced this.
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toadson
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Re: Clear coat on white Caprices

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You can usually tell if a car has been repainted if you look closely outside in the sunlight. Look for specs of dust in the paint and rock chips that were painted over. White is also a hard color to match so can you tell a difference in the body panels? The clear shouldn't be peeling this soon so my guess is that it's been repainted.
Black6
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Re: Clear coat on white Caprices

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I found the tape line. They just didn’t scuff the Clear very well where they blended it in. Did a really nice job on the rest of the paint though.
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