Lacquer peel question??

[Richy Cupra]

I will be painting my handles on my flash red LCR soon and just wanted peoples opinions on how you would tackle it or have tackled it??
Do i repaint them completely, or get as much of the lacquer peel off and re lacquer them like you do with the calipers??

 

[danblowes]

I have exactly the same issue, and need the same advise, hopefully someone will help??

 

[Steely]

i masked up , flatted back and removed the flaking laquer then just dressed with U-Pol laquer, possibly the best job i could of done without getting them done at a bodyshop.

i just practiced on a black dvd case to get the layers right, lasted quite well up to now,

 

[Richy Cupra]

i masked up , flatted back and removed the flaking laquer then just dressed with U-Pol laquer, possibly the best job i could of done without getting them done at a bodyshop.

i just practiced on a black dvd case to get the layers right, lasted quite well up to now,

Super duper bud thankyou for the guide, seems simple enough. Shall be doing all four soon

 

[Azza_]

dam laquer peel, my red cupra is the same! looks rank. if you do it maybe get a couple of pics could come in handy for other people?

 

[ReDBull]

I've got lacquer peeling off all over my car. It makes me upset how crap the paint is on these cars :-(

 

[Richy Cupra]

dam laquer peel, my red cupra is the same! looks rank. if you do it maybe get a couple of pics could come in handy for other people?

Its annoying me very slowly. Ill put some photos up in my RR when i do it in a couple of weeks

I've got lacquer peeling off all over my car. It makes me upset how crap the paint is on these cars :-(

You have the worse colour for it mate, mines a close second. Joy of owning a bright colour i suppose...

 

[Richy Cupra]

Got round to doing this today. Ended up spraying them red instead of just lacquer, they have come out better than I expected tbh

Just the case of sanding with 1000 grit then 2500, 3-4 coats of paint, wait a few hours to dry the lacquer them

Before:

After:

 

[BrettBlade]

Great transformation!

Sometimes it's the little things, and I can bet that was very annoying!

 

[Richy Cupra]

Great transformation!

Sometimes it's the little things, and I can bet that was very annoying!

Definitely mate, made the car a bit scruffy so had to be done

 

[BrettBlade]

I reckon you must have gained some extra aerodynamic properties to make the go a bit faster as well

 

[Richy Cupra]

I reckon you must have gained some extra aerodynamic properties to make the go a bit faster as well

Haha you know it has

 

[Greenlightracer]

Looks much better, just got my red tdi and noticed some of the lacquer peeling on a couple of the handles, definitely something i'll have to do as well thanks for posting , added to my ever growing list

 

[indiemike]

Hello I have the same issue. Can I ask where you got the spray paint from and also the lacquar spray you used.

Thanks mikey

 

[useyourname]

Hello I have the same issue. Can I ask where you got the spray paint from and also the lacquar spray you used.

Thanks mikey

Hi Mikey,
Any decent brand Lacquer will do - try to avoid halfords if possible.

Lookup your paint code, should be on a label inside door or under boot carpet I think.

 

[Y869_SRA]

I've got lacquer peeling off all over my car. It makes me upset how crap the paint is on these cars :-(

Tell me about it. I have a yellow Cupra and it has laquer peel everywhere!
Makes me wanna cry everytime I look at it.

 

[747_727]

Nothing wrong with halfords lacquer apart from the price lol. Get the colour mixed at a proper car paint supplier as they can check the colour of your car against there sample cards as normally there are at least 2 different shades.