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Hey guys

Looking for opinions on paint damage to the roof of my R32 GTR

The car was resprayed in the original colour in Japan and whilst a good finish, the roof has a few spots where there is damage to the paint, under the clear coat.

I have had a quote to respray the whole roof (removing all glass) and fix crazing on some plastics components for $2k. By the time i buy new trim pieces from nissan and pay to remove/refit glass it will be close to $3.5k

Sorry but to the point i was wondering if anyone is aware of any other options other then a full respray of the roof as its isolated to a few areas only. Im also not quite sure what paint damage it is.

Here are some pics:

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Cheers Jase

Edited by gts25
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no real options, you cant get away with a fade out on a roof. if the job wasnt done properly and there is damage under the clear then its a strip back and repaint. if its not done properly then your gonna end up back in the same position

Haha I'm sure it won't be the last time you open your wallet for the GTR. Unfortunately most peoples wallets are continuously open while owning a GTR, including mine.

Just make sure the people fixing the paint strip it right back otherwise the problems might arise again in the future. Some shops will just scuff the paint back and spray over the top unfortunately.

  • 4 weeks later...

Hello! I don't think it can be fixed in other way than repainting. I had such problems with my car too. I had to repaint the whole roof. Then I applied a colour protector from colourshield, and everything has been OK with it so far. Hope, I will never have to do it again...

Edited by trevordd

I have been back to the panel beater and yep it needs to be resprayed. Roof is going to be stripped right back and resprayed, down the a pillars and the rear quarters. Whilst they have the car I am having all plastic components repsrayed (grille, N1 kit, mirrors, tail lights etc).

Job will be done properly and all glass will come out. The great thing about it is the windscreen guy they use is going to use a generic rubber over the edges and over the front and rear windscreens rather then me forking out $800 for the original trim kits. The screens will be removed, reinstalled and custom rubber install done for <$500

Will be done in the next few months..

  • 8 months later...

hey guys

to wrap this thread up properly, i had my car resprayed last week (roof, rear quarters with glass out and most plastic parts) and picked it up yesterday

it came out fantastic. heres a shot of the roof:

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as previously discussed a generic rubber was used out on the outside of the screens instead of the expensive nissan trims kits. in my opinion it looks just as good if not better then the multiple piece trim kit. all up to remove and reinstall glass with genuine inner clips and generic rubber was approx $500.

heres what the rubber looks like

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stoked with how the car came out

got the work done at johns twins in wollongong. cant speak highly enough of their work and customer service

terry - unfortunately i was interstate when the work was done so i didnt speak to the windscreen guy. the rubbers look to be of good quality

jase

Edited by gts25

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