# 2008 Smart ForTwo peeling panels

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** smart, fortwo\
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402 "2018-03-25T14:23:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Donna18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Donna18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donna18)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402/1 "2018-03-25T14:23:21Z")

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Smart car panels are colored plastic, right? So why are they painted in the first place? Mine is peeling. I have been removing the loose clear and sanding, after I get through the primer there is yellow. I’m guessing I will have a car with no paint over time.

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**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402/2 "2018-03-25T23:36:07Z")

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> [@Donna18](#):
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> Smart car panels are colored plastic, right?

Yes, if a magnet won’t stick. Painted plastic is common, especially on bumper covers.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402/3 "2018-03-25T23:40:19Z")

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Hope you like yellow, spell check is not working, yellow does not look right. I suppose you are thinking the same. Remember a buds chess set, silver and gold, the gold wore off to expose silver, and the silver wore off to expose gold, I hear you on why can’t we make it the color it is supposed to be in the first place.😣  
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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402/4 "2018-03-25T23:42:08Z")

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Have you owned it since 2008? If it hasn’t been waxed during the last 10 years, the clear coat could be coming off.

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**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-smart-fortwo-peeling-panels/114402/5 "2018-03-26T00:15:34Z")

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> [@Barkydog](#):
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> I hear you on why can’t we make it the color it is supposed to be in the first place.

yeah, my last car, a passat, when you scratched the silver colored plastic bumper you found a layer of black under that, then under that it was silver again.