[W126 Coupe] Paintwork Correction

[Dean Slone]

One comment on a "Lifetime Warranty" that I learned the hard way.

There are 3 lifes in a lifetime warranty.  If any of them end the warranty ends.

  1.. Life of the product or service. (Warranty is good if neither 2 or 3 has transpired)
  2.. Life or ownership of the product or service by the original purchaser ends (unless warranty is assignable).
  3.. Life of the company that issued the Warranty.

The one that got me was #3, a water softener company in Southern California in 1973.  The company went out of business in 1974,  I sold the house in 1975 and the unit was still working even though the "lifetime warranty " had ceased to exist.

Dean
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ronny 560sec 
  To: vance.rowley at thestart.eu ; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists 
  Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:06
  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Paintwork Correction


  Vance,
  In California the good work body shops gives you life time warranty.

  Ronny



  From: Vance Rowley 
  Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 7:01 AM
  To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com 
  Subject: [W126 Coupe] Paintwork Correction


  I am thinking of getting a paintwork correction service done on my old 560 and I would like to know the thoughts of the group. There are lots of different standards of paintwork correction over here in the UK, with a very wide range of prices. I have seen the results on other cars even after a fairly low standard and cheap job. The results are amazing and look like new showroom condition after. My main concern is, how long does this look last, and could a cheap job actually ruin the paintwork. After all, to say the car is now 20 years old, the paintwork doesn't look bad, although a bit flat and dull.
  I wouldn't want to have this done, only to find six months down the road, it would look worse than it does now. One of my thoughts is the wet sanding. Wouldn't this take off the clear coat which is the reason the paintwork looks as good as it does now after 20 years?
  I know nothing about paintwork and hope that one or two of you can throw me a few tips.
  Thanks,
   
  Vance
  1991 560 SEC Euro
   



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