Contemporary for sale worth a re-lacquer? Ends on the 30th
 

Nothing to do with me, but if I lived near Leicester . . .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-75-...UAAOSw3-xdZQdI

although a couple of mot fails its not a bad history

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Hard to tell from the photos, but some of the pics look like it's been attacked with a rattle can ?

It's certainly unusual for original factory paint to be peeling on such a late car - the laquer coat has only really started to break down on the roof of the S-reg Dorchester in the last 12 months, and that paint is 20 years old !

Wonder if this one's been resprayed for some reason previously :shrug:

More common than you think. Our now scrapped Facelift suffered from it big time. I reckon they changed the paint formulation on later cars.

I agree, my facelift CDTi has a couple of fairly large patches on the bonnet and blisters on the boot lid.

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Ahh, fair enough, I wasn't aware of this problem as I haven't owned a facelift (other than the low mileage ZT-T, relatively briefly).

Does anyone know when water-based base coats started to become common ? Could it be this that's not as durable and that later cars were finished with this type of paint system maybe ? :shrug:

It looks to be covered by European Paints Directive 2004/42/EC, which restricted solvents.
The facelift came out about that time (2004), so I think you are pretty spot on with the change of paint.

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When I finally get to sort out the paintwork on the S-reg (...more important body structure repairs taking priority at present ;)), I'll be using solvent based base coat.

I've never understood the logic behind using a water-based base coat, then covering it with a solvent based lacquer....just doesn't make sense to me :shrug: