Vinyl On Bonnet?

The problem with peeling paint is very common to early X250 Ducato and variants. The primer they used was too ‘shiny’ for the to-coat, progressively it will peel away. Sanding it back and covering it will only delay the next peel. You must get it all sanded back down to a ‘non-shiny’ primer, or preferably to bare metal and start again. Adding just a vinyl wrap to a bonnet with an existing paint problem will again only delay it. As mine was getting rather grubby with peeling paint on the wings, bonnet and scuttle, I had it all dealt with by a large coach paintworks. As I wanted to change the colour from white to French Gold they also painted the doors, wings and front end. It wasn’t cheap, but perhaps it was, £2000. Judge for yourself before and afters.
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Worth it if you can afford it Simon :) :) yours looks ace.

Ours has the same problem, I did touch it in but it just lifts the surrounding paint too, I asked for a quote when I had the back bumper done, £3-400, not worth it and a used one would have the same problem, vinyl not an answer unless you do paint prep first or it will show through, so prep it your self then rattle can it on a calm day, not going to look much worse than a scabby bonnet.
 
the question is do you want it to look like new and 'proper'? or would you just like it to look better and not scabby?
Both options are perfectly reasonable - Option 1 is the best long term one, however a fair bit more expensive.

As been said, a Vinyl wrap needs a perfect surface or it can look awful. But .... get a wrap with a pattern and the lumps and bumps disappear. (think of Pub Carpets and why they tend to be such a busy pattern - great at hiding all the spilt drinks ;) )
You could get something like "plastidip" or Upol Raptor? they are a thick product and can be applied on very imperfect surfaces, but it may not be the kind of look you (and especially the wife I would guess) would want?
 
A lad across the road had his old Renault homebuild ‘spray’ painted a while ago to cover the little dings and scuffs, it is a plastic style of paint and has a textured finish. Surprisingly it actually looks quite good
 
I had this problem with my 2007 X250 but it was limited to the leading edge of the bonnet following stone chips.

I sanded the area below the fold and down to the edge back to primer, soft masked along the line of the fold, and rattle can painted it.

There was a small amount of orange peel, so I let it harden for a month or so and compounded it. End result, a perfect finish that is invisible.
 
jagmanx said:
Is not a proper "prepare and paint" job.
Both better and long term.?
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To go back to factory (or rather BETTER than Factory) finish, yup :)
I believe the bonnet and central bumper on my 2007 MY Ducato was resprayed early in its life. Looks fine, with the only 'issue' being it no longer has the Autotrail leading edge Decal on it.
 
SimonM said:
A lad across the road had his old Renault homebuild ‘spray’ painted a while ago to cover the little dings and scuffs, it is a plastic style of paint and has a textured finish. Surprisingly it actually looks quite good
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Similer to what I painted my old soda roof with, 2 pack poly shark skin, no one ever noticed it was not a vin cloth roof.
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winks said:
Dunno Trev. Trying to get an idea of cost for the time being. See what comes out tomorrow.

Cheers

H
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Hi H,

I had the same problem and the the couple of wrap places I went to both told me that the wrap wouldn't cover the marks as they would probably show though, like Canalsman pointed out in his post. I ended up getting the whole cab resprayed, not cheap but if you get it done properly it shouldn't flake again, the place that did mine knew about the problem with this flakey paint and said if he does it it won't happen again and seeing as I'm a mate of his I beleive him but only time will tell.

Regards,
Del
 
Hi, the peeling paint problem is not limited to the X250 variant or older models. I have a 2018 X290 and the paint is peeling on the roof. Both sides along the seems between the roof and sides. Luckily it's not visible from the ground. Upto now I've peeled off the loose, lightly sanded with fine wet and dry then touched up with a solvent based touch up stick I had mixed at a local auto parts supplier.
 
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