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Sep 25, 2004 | 08:54 AM

'99 black sport

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Clear coat issue

On my 99 sport, which is black of all colors,the clear coat has small little cracks in it, all over the truck. The worst part is the hood. After I wax it, you can really see them good, and I even use a buffer. I was told the clear is 'breaking up', and the clear will have to be re-sprayed.We keep it outside, but I keep it clean and polished as much as possible. Black is very hard to keep looking good. I could be out every day, and still get dust off it, even from just sitting. I use Meguires Gold Glass polish on it, man that work great!! I also have some Ford Silicone car polish I use, but the shine doesnt last too long. Just wondering if anyone else has paint-related issues like this.

Oct 11, 2004 | 07:33 AM

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Gday just saw your post and well I'm a spray painter and there could be 3 or more reasons why its cracking, 1: the colour (attracts lots of heat) 2: if it has had a respray they might have used cheap paint, if it hasn't then you got a bad batch of paint from the FMC (ford motor company) 3: Black is a bad colour to leave out side all the time, pretty much same as reason 1. If a car is left out side all the time black will go first, in your case 99 model I would say that is abit strange couse its no quite a vintage yet so I'm leaning towards bad batch of paint theory if it's original paint.