Anything I can do myself to get rid of peeling clearcoat??

[Heinz]

My 92 XJ has the typical crappy factory paint and the clear coat is really peeling lots on hood and roof. Should I try to sand it down and repaint myself? I'm gettin tiredof looking at it. Besides that , at 140K it's great! Thanks, Heinz

 

[BenXJCA]

The rain has been taking the clear coat off of mine. Im going to eventually prep it for paint. I can take a key and rub it lightly on my clear coat and it will flake off like a bad sunburn. So I think prepping it would be really easy.

 

[juicexj24]

They easy thing to do right now to get that clear coat off is to give it a good washing, pressure wash type. Use a plastic putty knike to scrap it off. This is what I did to prep mine a few years ago before paint.

 

[Erik the Red]

Jeep products (and other manufacturers) of the 80's had some pretty bad paint problems. So bad, that the manufacturers implemented after-the-fact undisclosed warranty coverage on peeling, fading paint and clearcoat. As I understand it, the warranties extended only to the original owner and only for a certain period of time. My '88 Comanche is no longer covered (I'm not the orignial owner anyway), but considering the cost of a new paint job I suggest you investigate whether your '92 Cherokee is covered under one of these so-called secret warranties.

Erik
88 Comanche