eclipse paint help!

[Micjohvan]

Hey everyone, Im new and this is my first post. Anyway I have a 92 eclipse I bought about 2 years ago. Its my second car and second eclipse. My first eclipse was a 91 GS, the one I have now is a 92 base model. I sold my 91 Gs to my buddy who wrecked it. Anyway I have taken almost everything off it to make mine into a GS. I have the seats exhust (mine had a small hole) and all the other crap I could get off it to make my car a GS. (it was a 1.8 so I didnt take the motor ) Anyway My paint on my hatch, hood and a few other very small places are oxyidizing. Its worst on the hood and hatch, the car is a darkish purple color and I have seen this problem before. My question is how can I get rid of the oxidation without having the whole car painted. Also if I had to get it painted how much do you guys think it would cost. I dont want anything fancy. Thanks for any help you guys can offer.

[shadow eclipse]

I had same problem on my 99 rs, It was worst on the hood as well. I dont think its fixable though and youll probably end up having to paint the car. On my car it was like the clear coat just rubbed off the the paint and left the dull black base exposed, it really looked bad. I was going to repaint it but decided to sell it. Peace

[spyderturbo007]

Originally Posted by shadow eclipse

I had same problem on my 99 rs, It was worst on the hood as well. I dont think its fixable though and youll probably end up having to paint the car. On my car it was like the clear coat just rubbed off the the paint and left the dull black base exposed, it really looked bad. I was going to repaint it but decided to sell it. Peace

I have a friend that had the same problem. It is a black 95 GST. There is a TSB about the paint problem so I called the dealer for him a couple of months ago. The service manager told me that once a month a rep from Mitsubishi comes by to check on "things". The manager also told me that my friend should bring in his car and let the rep look at the paint. He said that he has seen a couple of cars repainted for free by Mitsubishi. He did tell me that it was on a case by case basis.

Anyway, my friend is lazy and never went. Bum!

[slowgsowner]

I see this problem on cars in general all the time. No dealership I know of is gonna paint it for free, unless it was a recent repaint, and was had a warranty on it. Painters (good painters) don't work for free....(i know, I am one) for starters do this...
1. take some car wax/ doesn't matter what kind, rub it on in circles let it sit for a minute then using a white terry cloth towel wipe off the residue.
now look at the towel, does it look like you rubbed the paint off i.e. same color of the car? if yes, stop and get it repainted. if no then check the panel for chips of flaking. if there is then get a painter to look at it.
2.if there is no sign of the pre-mentioned problems you can probably get away with wetsanding and buffing it out. look around for a book on how to do this or search for it, its not hard at all' but it would take so long for me to type out how that my fingers would bleed. good luck and be carefull if you persue this route, you could make it worse real fast.