GranPrix said:One of the local S2000 club members asked me to look at some "stains" he had on his car. He said they might have been tree sap, he's not sure because he's the 3rd owner. I went out and here's what I found...
Look at the 9th picture. To some extent thhis is Base Coat Failure...not CC Failure. If it was CC failure, you would see the spider web crackes like the picture post way above. To me, and from what I have experienced in the past, inproper prep work before painting. If you see in the 9th picture, the basecoat has cracked and you can see the substraight(the panel underneath the basecoat. Since it was inproper prep, when the basecoat was layed down, it reacted with whatever was on the panel before, and cracked, or seperated. Also, it looks like, the basecoat soaked up something, thats why its darker than the rest of the paint... Whoever cleared it, never noticed it, either if it was a repaint or from factory(i dont think factory would let flaws like that pass though)...
Awesome picture by the way...I hope that answers your question...i think I nailed it to be honest:woot2: ...I might have some pictures of my own, thats of something similar...i will have to look...