I have a 1996 Volvo 850R and the clear coat (im pretty sure) is chipping off. I live in Colorado and the sun/wind is intense. What should I do?!?!

 

If your car is painted in metallic colour, then it is clear coat. If your car is paintedin solid colour, no it is not clear coat. I haven't seen any 850s imported to the US market with metallic colour but I'm not sure. Moderator Tech or Moderator JimKW could tell you an accurate info on this.

In case if it IS clear coat, the best thing to do is to have it re-coated at a body shop, but this one may cost you more than what the car is worth, in which case you want to leave it as is or if you know a person who's good in painting, you could perhaps pay him/her a couple of hundred dollars to do the job.


JPN

 

+1

 

Hey now,

Sorry to hear about your paint/clear problem.

I have a '94 850 Estate, the Anvil, and I'm having a similar issue with the hood[&o] on the passenger side and I have thought about looking up information on wet sanding and maybedoing the hood with DuPont or Dupli-Color clear coat, but not until next summer as I'm still working on getting the Anvil back into top shape. Getting an abs sensor, trying to figure why I can smell coolant when running the heater, re-adjusting the rear the parking brake and summer tires. Maybe 17" wheels if they offer over time at work.

Let us know how it goes and what you decide to do. Older cars need more love [sm=loveeyes.gif]and sometimes can be cost prohibitive but if you really love your ride, you'll find a way.

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My Yellow one is doing the same thing. Mine just started I am going to be going to a body shop soon to see if they can catch and spray some more clear on it to stop it from flaking more.

It is very common.

 

Tech, is the Yellow clear-coated? If so, does it have slight metallicparticles in it? That is probably mica kind of yellow rather than solid yellow then.


JPN

 

No Metalic.
Yes clearcoat.
All teh 850's here in FLA lose the clear coat like that.

 

I am astounded to hear that Volvo gave extra protection on solid colours. I feel like [sm=chairshot.gif]myself. I sucked.


JPN

 

Here let me do that for you [sm=chairshot.gif] Just kidding.
No biggie remember we all learn something new everyday.

 

According to the girl that works at my Independent Volvo shop, who has been there quite some time, only the Red 850's are not clear coated. She has told me that several times.

 

I have seen all red ones here with the clear peeling off.