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Bubbling Sail Panel Issue for Dummies
No, the glue change was late in 98. All 99s are affected.
My 99 showed pretty much no signs of bubbling until I got it and have to park it out in the sun. Now it has a million tiny little slightly raised spots all along the panel. Not noticeable unless you're up close looking for them, but they are there
My 99 showed pretty much no signs of bubbling until I got it and have to park it out in the sun. Now it has a million tiny little slightly raised spots all along the panel. Not noticeable unless you're up close looking for them, but they are there
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No, the glue change was late in 98. All 99s are affected.
My 99 showed pretty much no signs of bubbling until I got it and have to park it out in the sun. Now it has a million tiny little slightly raised spots all along the panel. Not noticeable unless you're up close looking for them, but they are there
My 99 showed pretty much no signs of bubbling until I got it and have to park it out in the sun. Now it has a million tiny little slightly raised spots all along the panel. Not noticeable unless you're up close looking for them, but they are there
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
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Oh well, I bought it in June of 03, so at least the service notice was issued a few months prior to my purchase. It's really awesome that when I brought her in for a warranty catalytic converter that they mentioned the bubble fix was available
It's also super awesome that the dealership that I bought it from did the fix prior to selling a customer the damn thing 
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Odds are pretty good that your 98 is unaffected. The sail panels are all the same shape 93-02, Camaro or Firebird.
Regardless of the year I'd wait until the panel showed signs of bubbling before replacing it because of the cost, unless you have a year that is guaranteed affected (99-02) and you're doing an overhaul on the body anyway (respray of the whole thing for example).
Regardless of the year I'd wait until the panel showed signs of bubbling before replacing it because of the cost, unless you have a year that is guaranteed affected (99-02) and you're doing an overhaul on the body anyway (respray of the whole thing for example).
