[clearcoat or no?]

[deadbolt@mindspring.com (S. Coleman)]

Standard colors have NO clearcoat on them unless they have been repainted.
Factory used none on standard colors.  (red, black, etc.)  All semi, and
full metallic have clear.   No way around that.   Flash silver has clearcoat
from the factory.
HTH,
Chris
'88 16v Rocco
'78 8v Rocco
'80 Caddy
'92 SLC
'02 337 1.8T
'00 GTI VR6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [clearcoat or no?]


treed2@u.washington.edu wrote:
Hey,

This might sound like a dumb question but I have no experience with
painting cars (other than rattle canning the truck bed of my first vehicle
in a useless attempt to stop the rust)..

How do I find out whether or not my car has a clear coat layer? I have an
'87 16v with factory flash silver... did all mkii's have clear from the
factory or ..?

Is there an option code on the trunk sticker or something like that or is
there an obvious, easy way of telling just by looking at the paint?

I'm just curious about this.. thanks

-Toby



Dunno about flash silver, but my '87 16V "Arctic Blue Metallic" (silver with
a
turquoise hue to it) was factory clear coated. It showed up as the only
warrantee work ever done on the car, and explained why it had been repainted
even though the body was in good shape. It had peeled I guess. Anyway, we
didn't get flash silver 16Vs up here AFAIK, but I'd expect all of the
silvers
would have clear coat if one type did.


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