trophy421

My car has the roof bubbling that some people have. Right now the bubbles are pretty small, the biggest ones are about half as big around as a bb. For anyone else with this problem, how big are your bubbles, and how fast did they grow?

Black Soul SS

what kind of car is it?? year??

trophy421

The car is a 2002 Z28.

Lordsauran

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is it on the sail panel on a ttop car? if so there is a service bulletin out for the paint on the sail panel bubbling

irbs

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yeah dude you are under warranty every thing from 1999 to 2002 camaros have the warranty on that. But if you have a warranty you need to go to you local chevy dealrship and talk to the service department.

Rye01z28

yeah trophy421 i have a 2001 Z28 and right behind my ttops i have little white bubbles in my paint. They are pretty small, i would say about the size of a ball point pen. If anyone knows if this is under warranty please let me know. thanks

SSilverSSurfer

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they will fix that under warranty...or so my pops tells me(works for gm)

Flawless02SS

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If I take it in, is it something they can fix in a day?

Trev_SS

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Take that ho in and fight to get it fixed, good luck

irbs

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they repaint the roof panel if you do take it in from what i hear. there was a thread about this a couple of weeks ago do a search.

CRASH 02

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They REPLACE the roof panel. They can't just paint it. The problem is the glue underneath the old paint.

CarrotcarZ

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Does anyone have the link to the TSB for this issue?

kyles2000z

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how many miles is the warranty for this for? would this be covered on a car that has around 60,000 miles? i'm also like the 3rd of 4th owner.

trophy421

Here's a link to a thread with the TSB in it:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/paint-body-work/308546-bubbling-sail-panel-issue-dummies.html

My car is a 2002 that I bought new in 12/01, and it has 42,000 miles on it, so it's out of warranty. I took it to the dealer I bought it from this morning and they offered to replace the roof and pay for parts, with me paying for the labor, which they said was $350 (I don't have a T-Top). The offer is good for a year, so I plan to watch the bubbles to see if they get much worse. I was curious how bad others were. I read on this site that sometimes the job is less than perfect, with window leaks and quarter panel scratches. Since my bubbles aren't all that bad and the car is in otherwise perfect shape, I'm going to hold off for a while.

JohnS

Here's a link to some pic's of the my SS's bubbles, and the repair. Note that the roof panel needs to be replaced, as stated in a previous post.

Roof Repair

trophy421

John, thanks for the pics. Were you happy with the job they did on your car?

ghost68

JohnS where did you get the bolt on sub frame connectors?

JohnS

GM would not cover the repair under warranty (that's another long story), so I asked Legendary Motor Car (of Dream Car Garage fame) to do the work. I paid more than a regular body shop, but the work was flawless. I didn't mind paying more for the peace of mind and a job well done.

JohnS

The SFC's were fabricated by Don Goetz. He can be reached at "dgoetz3@cinci.rr.com".