I bought this car used in 2018 with 10k miles on it in Maryland. Only 1 previous owner. It is red. It currently has 75k miles. within a year after purchase, I noticed the clear coat begin to fail on the door panels just below the windows just on the right side. Shortly after I noticed the roof’s cle…

Glad to hear from someone who knows what matters. I used to drive a Chevrolet that had primer showing on the hood but it got me and my family to and from where I needed to go.

Sounds about right . . . I live in Southern California and unless people are absolutely immaculate with washing, waxing, storing the car inside, the clearcoat often starts to suffer after less than 10 years I’ve even seen several cars about 6 or 7 years old with bad clear coat

[image] davepsinbox_157004: Glad to hear from someone who knows what matters Yes! Unlike the people who think that a vehicle mfr should do a recall of their old cars when the paint begins to look… not so good. My favorite feature in Hemmings Classic Car magazine is the monthly Drivable Drea…

Due to the sunshine and heat here in OK peeling paint is a very common issue and I’ve seen it on may car makes that were only 5 or 6 years old. Even a bit of the clear coat is failing on the right side (the sunny side up) of my Lincoln.

[image] ok4450: Even a bit of the clear coat is failing on the right side (the sunny side up) of my Lincoln. The guy who I occasionally hire as my tree surgeon has the same model Lincoln (Mark VIII), but I don’t know its model year, and the clear coat is pretty much gone all over the car. I…

I’ve seen a number of Mark VIIIs with peeling paint. Considering the age (23 years) at the time mine started I can’t complain. The Marks have been the most reliable and comfortable cars I’ve ever owned. Pains me they’re for the most part obsolete now. Saw a 96 on eBay a few years ago with 300 miles…

… and it has the same badly-clouded headlight lenses that you commented about. His is dark green. What color is yours?

With the Lincoln Marks the problem is not the lens. Those are easily polished out. The issue is the reflectors which use a common Halogen bulb used on many other vehicles. The bulb burns the reflector surfaces to orange, black, and cracking. Every lamp I’ve seen on eBay or at the Pull A Part is not…

[image] ok4450: With the Lincoln Marks the problem is not the lens. Now I recall the nature of the headlight problem.

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I wanted a Lincoln LSC, saw a relatively nice used one for sale. Then found out about headlight design and replacement. I did not buy it because of that.

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