r/Cartalk • u/gjuvjhgjmj • 19h ago

Body Clearcoat Failure or Paint Failure?

Clearcoat Failure or Paint Failure?

Looking to purchase a vehicle and want to get opinions on if this is just the clear coat failing or a total respray.

Affected areas are hood, roof, and trunk.

Car is a 2007 Acura TL. Seller claims he got a quote of $1,200 to fix.

Picture links:

https://ibb.co/tTWYJb7s https://ibb.co/wrKC1vj9

Any insight you have would be great!

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u/run_uz 19h ago

HPDL. Honda paint doesn't last

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u/Summer184 10h ago

This was common with Honda/Acura and I believe they did a "silent" recall back in the day, either way it's going to need a complete re-spray. If you're really interested in having it properly fixed I'd get your own estimate, $1200 sounds pretty cheap.