Clearcoats factory on our cars?

My 89 has clear on it, has never been painted

My dark gray metallic 89 did not have clearcoat, but it does now. I am the original owner.

glowstang93 said:

This may not be totally accurate, but here is what I noticed. Paints that have no metallic and are base colors did not have clear coat. No clear on Red, black, white, yellow. If its got metal flake in the paint like my reef blue, it has a clear coat.

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I think there may be truth to this. My 1990 LX is has the red factory paint and doesn't have clear coat; neither does my Black 1991 GT as far as I can tell.

also... i know its only a remote possibility but what if 16 years of polishing caught up tot he clearcoat?? just a thought

hmmm my 87 has never been painted, and i can see the clearcoat peeling off of the back bumper (coincidentally the only place that still has some on it) polishing turns my rags red


med. cabernet red is the color


if that isn't clearcoat peeling off then ill eat my transmission

My 90 does not have a clearcoat on it. The hood and front fenders have a clear that is peeling but I believe it might have been in an accident and painted the front portion of the car. The vin number on the underside of the hood is painted over which leads me to believe so. The rest of my paint was oxidized so I used some rubbing compound and took most of it off. Definately no clear coat.
Kevin

It depends on where and when the car was made. Ford tried to get all the cars in clear coat, but some of the factorys that made the mustang were not upgraded for the clearing process in time for 1990. I have seen some 91 cars with out clear, and some with. As others have stated the base colors where the last to see the clear process.

I found this out when I was in auto body school and was wanting the repaint my ground effectsand a few other pieces. The instructor's info said that it had clear, but after sanding on the hood some we easily saw that was NOTthe case, so he did some digging and found out from someone at ford. So it depend on when and were in was built.

A lot of the newer fox bodys have clear coat on the metallic only. I have even seen a 93 cobra in high performance red nonclear coat .Don't make a lot sense.

Joe

Hmm, what if a car was repainted? Do they usually put clear coat on the cars? My 2nd 5.0 has been re-painted and i want to buff the paint but dont know if it's had clear or not, is there anyway to tell? For what its worth its metallic.

Can't tell from the picts way to far away to know if it is cleared or not. It does look a different color than my 90 red LX. If you have a rock chip or two check real close you might be able to see the clear layer. Here is a pict of my red LX with non clear factory paint. The ground effects were painted with PPG single stage it is not a clear cloat paint either.

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Well the car has alot of elbow grease in it mainly. If you buff it and it has been outside for several years, or as old as it is by now you will have red come off on the buffing pad. If it has been buffed several times before becarefull about buffing a whole lot. If it hasn't been buffed before do a three stage buffing systems. Meguiars has all the grits to do it right available at Pepboy and the such. I would recomend looking at a place call Griots, they sell good high-end waxes and buffing stuff. Good Luck.

P.S. Mine also stays inside all the time except for show and cruises, and I only have 50,000 miles on mine.