Zits on my Bird

[2.8 Bird]

Anyone else have this problem where the clear coat bubbles up like a zit. It just seems like every year there's more and more. Should I pop it

[Ibanezz]

Yours is a 2000 or newer I'm assuming? (I think I got the year right)

Apparently gm changed the way they applied the sail panels, something about the adhesive or not priming the back side of the panel. And the adhesive reacts to heat... the instances people walk out to their cars in summer time and their entire sail panel is literally blistering.

Only fix I have seen is get a 6LE panel, because removing the panel from a donor car leads to breaking it 99% of the time.

[WarShrike]

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I've got a Carbon 6LE panel waiting to go on mine.

[2.8 Bird]

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Where does one get a 6LE sail's panel?

I was just thinking of having it repainted in the future. I guess I just have to wait for it to get worst.

[insidethreat07]

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Where does one get a 6LE sail's panel?

I was just thinking of having it repainted again the future. I guess I just have to wait for it to get worst.

http://6litereaterdesigns.com/store/...roducts_id=241

[2.8 Bird]

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Nevermind, I just found out that even when you have it repainted it will still bubble again. It has a lot to do with the epoxy that GM used.

Has anyone here ever wrote to GM about this?

[enzia35]

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I would love to get the 6LE panels/t-top panel, but it would be close to, or over $1000!

Mine has a very strange "<" blister on the top of the roof.

[2.8 Bird]

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Yeah, 500 is insane expensive. I'm going to try and pull one out from the junk yard. You just have to use a fish string to pull it out successfully. For now I'll let it be and let it get worst.

[PalmHarborBlkv6]

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My 2000 Camaro had the beginning of blisters on the roof. It turns out that GM knew about this and I saw a service paper on it. To get them to pay for it, it would have tohave occured during warranty.
My car is black, I had material that is for convertibles in black put on to hide it completely and that worked good. Because of the T Tops there is not much of the roof there, mostly the back where it was occuring.