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spider cracks - 5/22/2008 3:12:50 PM    corvette1976 Posts: 18 Joined: 4/27/2008 Status: offline I have a 1976 corvette that looks amazing with one flaw, spider crack. Without striping the whole car and painting it, I was wondering if there is anyone who knows touch up the spider cracks? _____________________________ If you have to buy your own first car, why not make it a good one!!! Post #: 1

RE: spider cracks - 5/22/2008 3:44:28 PM    SCHOON Posts: 307 Joined: 9/8/2006 Status: offline Depends on the color. Black or white can be touched up. (in reply to corvette1976) Post #: 2

RE: spider cracks - 5/22/2008 5:01:43 PM    C3 Starship Posts: 4694 Joined: 7/25/2006 Status: offline Does it look like this? If so, ya take it down to the primer and start over. _____________________________ 1980 L-82 Fastback (forward too) Mono composite front and rear. Full adjust ride height and response. 400+ hp, 454, M-22, 3.07 http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o225/C3Starship/Patch.jpg 2007 H. D. Sportster, XL 883 EFI (in reply to SCHOON) Post #: 3

RE: spider cracks - 5/22/2008 6:03:21 PM    corvette1976 Posts: 18 Joined: 4/27/2008 Status: offline It's black. The cracks aren't even close to being as bad as that but they are long spider cracks starting form the top of the hood down to where the lights are. Is there a way or item that could touch it up without it being incredibly noticeable? _____________________________ If you have to buy your own first car, why not make it a good one!!! (in reply to C3 Starship) Post #: 4

RE: spider cracks - 5/22/2008 8:26:01 PM    C3 Starship Posts: 4694 Joined: 7/25/2006 Status: offline I can't help ya with a touch up method, but it's just gonna get worse. I believe what is happening, is that your paint is shrinking which is causin' the cracks. It's just something that happens with age, sun, and temp changes. After all, your baby's paint is over 30 years old. Wish I had better news for ya. _____________________________ 1980 L-82 Fastback (forward too) Mono composite front and rear. Full adjust ride height and response. 400+ hp, 454, M-22, 3.07 http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o225/C3Starship/Patch.jpg 2007 H. D. Sportster, XL 883 EFI (in reply to corvette1976) Post #: 5

RE: spider cracks - 5/22/2008 9:36:43 PM    73shark Posts: 1057 Joined: 4/18/2006 Status: offline +1 If you plan to keep the car, probably best to invest in a new paint job.  You can help keep the costs down by doing some of the work yourself like stripping all of the things off like taillites, mirrors, rockers, bezels, script, etc.  Also can read up on it and strip the old paint off. _____________________________ So many toys, so little time (in reply to C3 Starship) Post #: 6

RE: spider cracks - 5/23/2008 10:35:39 PM    corvette1976 Posts: 18 Joined: 4/27/2008 Status: offline It looks like this: http://gs275.photobucket.com/groups/jj317/T4OYHEQEG/?action=view&current=P1011031.jpg http://gs275.photobucket.com/groups/jj317/T4OYHEQEG/?action=view&current=P1011033.jpg http://gs275.photobucket.com/groups/jj317/T4OYHEQEG/?action=view&current=P1011035.jpg _____________________________ If you have to buy your own first car, why not make it a good one!!! (in reply to 73shark) Post #: 7

RE: spider cracks - 5/24/2008 8:02:03 AM    C3 Starship Posts: 4694 Joined: 7/25/2006 Status: offline My Vette is black too. The guy I bought 'er from covered the front with a blue nose that went back to flames. Kind of a cool idea, but the rest of the car is like the pic I showed ya. Here's the blue nose. Took this pic while doin' an engine swap. I don't blame ya if you're not impressed, the flames are pretty funky,but the concept isn't such a bad idea. Just a thought. _____________________________ 1980 L-82 Fastback (forward too) Mono composite front and rear. Full adjust ride height and response. 400+ hp, 454, M-22, 3.07 http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o225/C3Starship/Patch.jpg 2007 H. D. Sportster, XL 883 EFI (in reply to corvette1976) Post #: 8

RE: spider cracks - 5/25/2008 8:25:14 PM    cyclic hardover Posts: 67 Joined: 6/23/2006 Status: offline I hate to tell you this but your engine is missing. (in reply to C3 Starship) Post #: 9

RE: spider cracks - 5/25/2008 10:00:39 PM    blueshark Posts: 2148 Joined: 7/20/2006 From: Dickson, TN. Status: offline Looks to me it is exactly what Starship said. I just finished a '76(well, I'll be buffing it tomorrow), that had cracks in the paint just like that maybe not as bad but very much the same type. It was from the paint shrinking and also due to the amount of paint on the car. This one had 5 complete paint jobs over the original as well as a few sloppy touch-up jobs. What a PITA! I wish the guy had told me it had a 1/4" of paint on it. Boy did I ever under-cut my self, LOL!. In oerder to fix that you will need to remove all the paint right down to the glass. The factory primer back then really was crap. Best bet is to Have it blasted with plastic medium or baking soda. Might sound expensive at first but believe me, spending 3 weeks sanding off 23+ layers of paint by hand sucks a fat one!!.... Waaaay sucks!!! Good luck with it. Cheers. _____________________________ God Speed Rich. www.larosadesign.net Design, Engineering,Tooling www.stantonscustomrods.net "Welcome to Tennessee, The patron state of shootin' stuff".......Shooter (in reply to cyclic hardover) Post #: 10

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