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Now that I've got the car all tuned up and front suspension all straightened out, it seems a perfect time for the clearcoat on my roof and hood to fade away, right?

Roof seems to get worse every day, hood is about to start losing clearcoat. Short of a full repaint, I suppose there is nothing to do but let nature take its course, right? Is there any known product that can stop this process?

I have toyed with the idea of Rhinolining the entire roof since I tend to use the roof rack and a cargo cage to haul things. It would be nice to not have to worry about scratching paint while loading and unloading up there. Hood would not be a good candidate for that treatment I imagine.

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Is the clear coat flaking off or just dull?
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RickHaleParker wrote: 11 Aug 2021, 15:03 Is the clear coat flaking off or just dull?
The coat flaking off is a ubiquitous problem on P80 cars now.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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erikv11 wrote: 13 Aug 2021, 10:39 The coat flaking off is a ubiquitous problem on P80 cars now.
I got a 1998 P80 C70 sitting outside. The clear coat is intact and clear.
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RickHaleParker wrote: 13 Aug 2021, 10:48
erikv11 wrote: 13 Aug 2021, 10:39 The coat flaking off is a ubiquitous problem on P80 cars now.
I got a 1998 P80 C70 sitting outside. The clear coat is intact and clear.
OMG!!!
N=1 changes EVERYTHING!!!!!

Thanks Rick. For me 2 are peeling (95 and 98) and 2 are not (96 and 98).
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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erikv11 wrote: 13 Aug 2021, 11:00 OMG!!!
N=1 changes EVERYTHING!!!!!
Thanks so much Rick.

For me 2 are peeling (95 and 98) and 2 are not (96 and 98).
My bad ... your N=2 is the datum for all :roll:
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It seems a bit pseudo random

5 p80s , 1 P2

1 P80 with clear coat peel , 1 P80 with a few spots

Rest are all golden

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3 P80s, 1 with peeling clearcoat (burgundy), 2 not (fortunately).
1996 855 R,
black on black, M56 swapped, Quaife, TME 2.5 exhaust, 17 inch Volants

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Tally: 6 not peeling, 5 are peeling.
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2003 S40, B4204T3, 14T twin scroll AW55-50/51SN, Siemens EMS 2000. ( Killed by a plastic radiator. )
2004 S60R, B8444S TF80 AWD. Yamaha V8 conversion ( I moved, the project did not )
2005 XC90 T6 Executive, B6294T, 4T65 AWD, Bosch Motronic 7.0. ( Transmission dead after sitting for a winter )

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RickHaleParker wrote: 14 Aug 2021, 13:58 Tally: 6 not peeling, 5 are peeling.
Good to know. Next time my wife says I have too many cars, I will reply that there is a guy who has 11 P80s...
1996 855 R,
black on black, M56 swapped, Quaife, TME 2.5 exhaust, 17 inch Volants

2010 V70 D5,
Saville Gray on tan leather, 18 inch Odysseus

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