2003 Mitsubishi Spyder

2003 Mitsubishi Spyder - Cracked Paint

Paint and blend on hood and fenders

2003 Mitsubishi Spyder
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This was another car lot special from my used car lot dealer. The paint on the hood was weather chafed and cracked. The cracks went all the way down to the metal and of course some surface rust was showing up.

I started off trying to sand the paint off but whatever cause it to crack also made the paint really too hard to sand. So I used paint stripper and removed all the paint from the hood.

Once I got the hood into primer, it was an easy sand and paint. I wet sanded the fenders so that I could fan some of the color over onto them so that the hood and fender looked like a match.

The dealer supplied the paint which was a horrible match. There also wasn't enough to blend and clear the front bumper cover and it really showed up. Crazy enough, it was a one day job and the car sold the next day.

All of my cars in my pictures and videos are actual real customer's cars, so usually my main focus is to get the job done. However, I plan to do better in the future on collecting more photos.

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The paint on the hood started cracking and checking down to the metal
After about 30 minutes of using a DA sander and getting nowhere, I used paint stripper to remove all the paint
This was a car lot car, someone had already did a bad job of matching the paint but all the dealer waned was the hood fixed
I had to blend in over the tops of the fenders as the paint brought to me wasn't that great of a match
It turned out as a decent enough job for what I was paid and material given
It needed the front bumper cover blended but wasn't supplied enough paint
Amazingly enough, it sold the day I took it back

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