# 2002 Toyota Celica - Paint peeling

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-celica-paint-peeling/151226>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [October 21, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-celica-paint-peeling/151226 "2019-10-21T21:49:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-celica-paint-peeling/151226/21 "2019-10-24T03:01:15Z")

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I don’t remember exactly what years anymore but there was a switch from petro paints to water based paints and some folks had some problems trying to adjust to it to get a decent finish. There were product problems I think and also learning curves on getting the paint to adhere to the primers and base coats. Also back then they switched from a single stage paint to a base coat/clear coat system to try to provide a higher gloss finish that people had been complaining about. I still don’t think we are getting a very smooth finish but a lot better than what it was. EPA was involved.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-celica-paint-peeling/151226/22 "2019-10-24T13:01:04Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> I still don’t think we are getting a very smooth finish but a lot better than what it was. EPA was involved.

Not sure I can agree to that statement. The paint on our 2010 Volvo still polishes up like it should and feels smooth when waxing. Same for our 2018 Ford Fiesta .

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**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-celica-paint-peeling/151226/23 "2019-10-24T14:07:29Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> I don’t remember exactly what years anymore but there was a switch from petro paints to water based paints and some folks had some problems trying to adjust to it to get a decent finish.

may be different dates for different makes, for Nissan for example they were transitioning in early 2000s and my 2001 was still “old paint” and held up for 10+ years before I sold it, then I had 2003 Sentra painted “new formula” and it flaked off everywhere after 9 years

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**Author:** ![tom418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@tom418](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tom418)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-toyota-celica-paint-peeling/151226/24 "2019-10-24T22:15:49Z")

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I did find one complaint about 2002 Celica’s.

According to the website, Toyota did not use a clearcoat on red and white paints.

> **[2002 Toyota Celica Peeling And Chipping Paint](https://www.carcomplaints.com/Toyota/Celica/2002/body_paint/peeling_and_chipping_paint.shtml)**
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> The 2002 Toyota Celica has 1 problems reported for peeling and chipping paint. Average failure mileage is 55,000 miles.

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