Re: I've just noticed the my 20 month old Peugeot 407 Executive is showing signs of damage to the lacquer at 2 places on the bonnet.

Definitely not unique to Peugeots, I had a jaguar which the lacquer came 
away from the paint, mainly on the boot though,  and I have seen it on
quite 
a few other cars. A metrocab taxi was the last one I saw it happening to
and 
that was only 2 weeks ago

GGJ


"No Spam" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hi,
>
> I've just noticed the my 20 month old Peugeot 407 Executive is showing
> signs of damage to the lacquer at 2 places on the bonnet. Both areas
> are about 4.0 cm in diameter. The lacquer around the edge is also
> loose in parts so no doubt the damage will extend very quickly in time
> as the damage so far has happened almost overnight.
>
> I will be taking it to a main dealer to get their views on whether it
> is covered under the 2 year warranty
>
[<http://www.peugeot.co.uk/resources/content/0.0_Common_images/PDFs/3_7_warranty_terms_and_conditions_v2.pdf>}
> but as that states "damage to body paintwork or lacquer caused by
> ..... projections of gravel ..." is not covered I am not hopeful as
> the bonnet has stone chips in other places & I suspect they will say
> that is to blame.
>
> Any views please before I do that would be welcome.
>
> With 40 years of experience of cars this is the first time that I have
> ever seen the clear lacquer separating away from the paint layer
> underneath. Is it something unique to Peugeots?
>
> If I am faced with a repair at my own cost what are the options? Is it
> a whole bonnet re spray of just the damage? Might I be able to do it
> myself with an aerosol tin of clear lacquer?