New GT350 - Paint bubbling on fender

[el-guapin]

Do not settle for a spot repair, have the fender redone which should be quite easy with a dark, non metallic color

^^ This!

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[Dominator961]

I’m curious. How many of the people giving advice here have actually done any body work or painting?
Because some of the comments here are funny.

I’ve been in the body shop business all my life (family owned body and custom shop of 46 years)

Air pressure
Spray gun tip
Spray gun type, pressure vs HVLP
Brand of paint
Paint thinner used
Humidity
Color variance
Base primer
All effect color matching.

The correct way to color blend is to blend into the surroundings panels. Or depending on the size of the damaged area and the panel being painted.

In this case, the damaged / effected area is near the bumper cover. No urethane bumper cover ever matches the metal or surrounding panel.

Given the size of this panel and the size of the effected area it can be color blended without going into the hood or door.

But to be honest, if this were my car, I’d be pissed and want a new fender.

Black isn’t black
White isn’t white.
There are literally 100s of metallic and non metallic black and white colors etc.
some whites have yellow, blues, reds, and even black in them.

 

[Bladex10]

If i was the owner of that car, I want nothing to do with the word "repaint". That car left the factory like that and i'm sure you paid near full MSRP for that car so Ford needs to make it right and replace the whole panel with another oem piece.

 

[TRS7139]

I’m curious. How many of the people giving advice here have actually done any body work or painting?
Because some of the comments here are funny.

I’ve been in the body shop business all my life (family owned body and custom shop of 46 years)

Air pressure
Spray gun tip
Spray gun type, pressure vs HVLP
Brand of paint
Paint thinner used
Humidity
Color variance
Base primer
All effect color matching.

The correct way to color blend is to blend into the surroundings panels. Or depending on the size of the damaged area and the panel being painted.

In this case, the damaged / effected area is near the bumper cover. No urethane bumper cover ever matches the metal or surrounding panel.

Given the size of this panel and the size of the effected area it can be color blended without going into the hood or door.

But to be honest, if this were my car, I’d be pissed and want a new fender.

Black isn’t black
White isn’t white.
There are literally 100s of metallic and non metallic black and white colors etc.
some whites have yellow, blues, reds, and even black in them.

Well actually, I have....everything from acrylic lacquers to current basecoat/ clearcoat, acrylics etc which is why I said initially it is not huge from a pure repair perspective, but I suspect given the question about “ why” the paint failed, either the whole fender or new fender is sure as hell what I’d be comfortable with.
I’m sure you’d agree anything very dark beats anything white/light to color match.

 

[TRS7139]

Well actually, I have....everything from acrylic lacquers to current basecoat/ clearcoat, acrylics etc which is why I said initially it is not huge from a pure repair perspective, but I suspect given the question about “ why” the paint failed, either the whole fender or new fender is sure as hell what I’d be comfortable with.
I’m sure you’d agree anything very dark beats anything white/light to color match.

I owned this for 20 years and actually had to respray the front from windshield forward to about the headlight buckets. Required blending in about 4 spots.
All in all I think pretty good for an amateur on a very expensive classic

 

[PhillyShelby]

I owned this for 20 years and actually had to respray the front from windshield forward to about the headlight buckets. Required blending in about 4 spots.
All in all I think pretty good for an amateur on a very expensive classic

Want to do mine? Haha

 

[TRS7139]

Over and above being a very rare car, it never suffered serious rust nor damage, had all OEM serial numbered panels. For a 1962 car those doors shut like a Rolls, you could go down a country road @65-70 and never hear a squeak or rattle, never should have sold it.

 

[JR369]

I’m curious. How many of the people giving advice here have actually done any body work or painting?
Because some of the comments here are funny.

I’ve been in the body shop business all my life (family owned body and custom shop of 46 years)

Air pressure
Spray gun tip
Spray gun type, pressure vs HVLP
Brand of paint
Paint thinner used
Humidity
Color variance
Base primer
All effect color matching.

The correct way to color blend is to blend into the surroundings panels. Or depending on the size of the damaged area and the panel being painted.

In this case, the damaged / effected area is near the bumper cover. No urethane bumper cover ever matches the metal or surrounding panel.

Given the size of this panel and the size of the effected area it can be color blended without going into the hood or door.

But to be honest, if this were my car, I’d be pissed and want a new fender.

Black isn’t black
White isn’t white.
There are literally 100s of metallic and non metallic black and white colors etc.
some whites have yellow, blues, reds, and even black in them.

If it were my car, I probably opt to not take the fender off. Might as well have been in wreck as far as another buyer is concerned. Just knowing that I have a great professional paint shop at my disposal that has done a lot of work for me on other vehicles gives me confidence to have a spot like the OP’s spot corrected.

 

[PhillyShelby]

If it were my car, I probably opt to not take the fender off. Might as well have been in wreck as far as another buyer is concerned. Just knowing that I have a great professional paint shop at my disposal that has done a lot of work for me on other vehicles gives me confidence to have a spot like the OP’s spot corrected.

Good thought, but I wonder if it will return if I decide to go that route...

 

[JR369]

Good thought, but I wonder if it will return if I decide to go that route...

No way if done by a competent shop. Seriously that’s competency 101.

 

[PhillyShelby]

Update. Ford is ordering me a new fender - after I told them about the new TSB for 18's. Seems like the shop is well run, hopefully they do a perfect job with paint matching - I cant imagine it would be too difficult with brand new paint.

 

[el-guapin]

Update. Ford is ordering me a new fender - after I told them about the new TSB for 18's. Seems like the shop is well run, hopefully they do a perfect job with paint matching - I cant imagine it would be too difficult with brand new paint.

Good for you!.. Now, will this repair be listed on carfax?. Will it affect the value of the car?

 

[PhillyShelby]

Good for you!.. Now, will this repair be listed on carfax?. Will it affect the value of the car?

I'm going to document everything. With pictures and service records as to why the repair was made. I'm hoping it will not. I plan on keeping this car for a long time 10+ years. It is not my daily. When all is said in done I would hope the next buyer will agree I made the right decision to replace what was ultimately a factory defect on a brand new vehicle.

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