Advice for paint repairs - Toyota Yaris Forums

Betrivent · 04-18-2012, 09:24 PM

The reason for doing the whole panel is for, again, warranty reasons. A small spot repair like this isn't guaranteed to be good forever in the same way a super small patch over a hole in your jeans that JUST fits, isn't as good as a patch that is a little bigger than the hole, is.

So by extending the repair to the edges of thequarterpanel, the new clearcoat has more surface area in which it is one solid piece, and thus has a lot better adhesion to itself. Whereas a small spot repair like this may not adhere completely to the old finish, hence why they would have preferred to do the whole thing - and also why I said, as a disclaimer, that it is not a guarantee job :)

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04-18-2012, 09:24 PM	#9
Betrivent Not quite a noob Drives: e46 325 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: edmonton Posts: 1,408	The reason for doing the whole panel is for, again, warranty reasons. A small spot repair like this isn't guaranteed to be good forever in the same way a super small patch over a hole in your jeans that JUST fits, isn't as good as a patch that is a little bigger than the hole, is. So by extending the repair to the edges of thequarterpanel, the new clearcoat has more surface area in which it is one solid piece, and thus has a lot better adhesion to itself. Whereas a small spot repair like this may not adhere completely to the old finish, hence why they would have preferred to do the whole thing - and also why I said, as a disclaimer, that it is not a guarantee job :)