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328dabi wrote: May 20, 2025 3:54 PM
 

 

Mike W." wrote: May 21, 2025 1:23 AM

328dabi wrote: May 20, 2025 3:54 PM
 


 

No clear coat from the factory? That's a huge win. What color is it, it looks like Burgundyrot, which on the ones I've seen does have clearcoat.

Looks good whatever.

Yes it is Burgundrot, which has factory clear coat. But the clear was chipping in areas. The roof and trunk were especially bad with paint fading and no clear. So I wet sanded and applied a coat of clear and then wet sanded and applied another coat of clear. In a few days I’m going to wet sand again and ceramic coat. Most people would have gotten a paint job. My goal was to try to preserve and keep original paint. So I decided to redo the clear coat and keep my fingers crossed that I bring it back to life. Still need to touch up some areas with touch up paint before doing a ceramic coat. But so far I’m pleased with the results. The car is presentable now, less than 400 in products and several hours of my time saved me 5k on a paint job and more importantly, the car retains its original paint.

328dabi wrote: May 21, 2025 1:52 AM

Mike W." wrote: May 21, 2025 1:23 AM

No clear coat from the factory? That's a huge win. What color is it, it looks like Burgundyrot, which on the ones I've seen does have clearcoat.

Looks good whatever.

Yes it is Burgundrot, which has factory clear coat. But the clear was chipping in areas. The roof and trunk were especially bad with paint fading and no clear. So I wet sanded and applied a coat of clear and then wet sanded and applied another coat of clear. In a few days I’m going to wet sand again and ceramic coat. Most people would have gotten a paint job. My goal was to try to preserve and keep original paint. So I decided to redo the clear coat and keep my fingers crossed that I bring it back to life. Still need to touch up some areas with touch up paint before doing a ceramic coat. But so far I’m pleased with the results. The car is presentable now, less than 400 in products and several hours of my time saved me 5k on a paint job and more importantly, the car retains its original paint.

Mike W." wrote: May 21, 2025 12:43 PM

328dabi wrote: May 21, 2025 1:52 AM

Yes it is Burgundrot, which has factory clear coat. But the clear was chipping in areas. The roof and trunk were especially bad with paint fading and no clear. So I wet sanded and applied a coat of clear and then wet sanded and applied another coat of clear. In a few days I’m going to wet sand again and ceramic coat. Most people would have gotten a paint job. My goal was to try to preserve and keep original paint. So I decided to redo the clear coat and keep my fingers crossed that I bring it back to life. Still need to touch up some areas with touch up paint before doing a ceramic coat. But so far I’m pleased with the results. The car is presentable now, less than 400 in products and several hours of my time saved me 5k on a paint job and more importantly, the car retains its original paint.

Actually I did something like this 10 years ago and it came out pretty well. It looked good when I was done. Not as good as yours looks, which is great, but good. And I thought I was the only one crazy enough to try to reclear something! viewtopic.php?f=3&t=131715

 

• No more stumbling at idle.
• No more having to blip the throttle to 'wake up' the alternator after starting.
• System voltage no longer dips when stopped at red lights.
• There is now a difference between the "slow" and "slightly less slow" wiper speeds.

willyv124 wrote: Aug 05, 2025 1:14 PM That just inspired me to replace mine. I've had a new voltage regulator just sitting around waiting for the day i "need" it and realized better to just check and replace before that day comes and while I probably still have some life left. I definitely have noticed a higher voltage (upper 13's and low 14's) on the cigarette voltmeter where as before it was often in the low 13's upper 12's. 
 


 

Aldo525 wrote: Aug 05, 2025 1:27 PM

Just curious on what voltage regulator brand are you guys bought???...seems to me all stuff are chinese today...maybe not bad stuff, but.....

willyv124 wrote: Aug 05, 2025 1:14 PM That just inspired me to replace mine. I've had a new voltage regulator just sitting around waiting for the day i "need" it and realized better to just check and replace before that day comes and while I probably still have some life left. I definitely have noticed a higher voltage (upper 13's and low 14's) on the cigarette voltmeter where as before it was often in the low 13's upper 12's.