Paintwork Failure?

[deemac]

For the last twelve months no amount of polishing would remove many small marks on my roof or bonnet. These are about 3 to 10mm long by .05mm wide and are irregular in shape.

I called upon the local bodywork specialsit and he was positive that the paint was failing. The fault was caused by (probably) a too thick layer which would not flex with the metal of the bodywork.

My 300SE is six years old and I am well displeased that a marque renowned for its quality should suffer this type of failure.

I am seeing a rep from the paint suppliers soon so I might be abye to shed more light on this.

Meanwhile, has anybody out there got ant suggestions or comments or similar experience?

Lexus have no recored of any resprays.

[Steve ( West Mids )]

On a 6 year old car you will get nothing done unless you could prove it was from rust underneath and no break in the paint letting the water through.

[Scarlet Pimpernell]

Have you had the car from new? If not, then there is also everychance that the car has a small spray up job by the previous owner.

That's one of the pitfalls in this type of thing. It could have been a backstreet sprayjob - so no Lexus records of it.

If you've had it from new then I would suggest you get LGB involved and see if it gets you anywhere (and I wouldn't trust what a previous owner might say if you ask them now...)