Paint experts...glass hoods = paint chips?

[67coupe]

Had my car painted 1 1/2 years ago. Had a cervini hood installed at the same time. I know the included instructions recommend that the hood be baked in an oven or installed for some time period prior to painting. I informed the owner of the body shop. He said he would bake it prior to any paint prep/work.

It seems like everytime I wash the car. I see more paint chips on the hood. Not a single chip on the bumper or anywhere else on the front of the car...just on the hood. There are probably 15 - 20 chips after just 1.5 years. Some very large. You can see the paint pulled the substrate (for lack of a better word) with it when/how it chipped off.

To me, the amount of chips on the hood is very excessive, considering I'm very careful about what vehicles I drive behind. I will go out of my way to avoid construction vehicles, dumps trucks, trailers, etc.

Is this a product of having a glass hood? Or did the body shop skip the baking step? I'm thinking the later... Can anyone educate me a little?

 

[tannerc91gt]

I'll bet any amount that the body shop skipped it and figured you'd never know, it'll be hard to prove though

 

[67coupe]

That's what i'm thinking too. Might have to call the body shop...

 

[spoulson]

I just installed a new Cervini cowl hood and had a discussion with my body shop about the prep work. He said that fiberglass panels must be baked multiple times for the best quality. The recommendation to bake before prep, and again after paint is a bare minimum. The recommendation I got is to bake before prep, bake after block sanding, and again after priming, and finally after paint. This ensures any shrinkage and pitting in the paint is minimized. Of course, this costs time and money.