Paint bubbles on Hood, anyone else have this problem?

[1MEANSNAKE]

A few days ago i just noticed that there are about 3-4 tiny little raised bubbles at the corner edge at the top of the headlight on the driver side part of the hood. Today i notice that it is about a 3" larger raised bubble with the little bubbles on top of this bubble? It looks like it is from the heat or maybe a possible dealer repair they fixed before selling the car.

Has this been an issue with our cars or does anyone else have this problem? I seen something similar on Bonkers 99GTS when i met him in Ocean City a few weekends ago.

My Viper is garage kept and has less than 10K miles on her

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Ulysses]

This has been an issue with our cars,though I believe it was with earlier models.

 

[unclgreggy]

I had it with my 97 GTS. Was never able to fix it after two attempts. Only fix was a new hood.

 

[NascarDave]

1meansnake,
I had that on my 96 R/T. Dealer told me it was due to improper hood repairs, therefore, no warranty coverage.

DN

 

[joe117]

didn't someone say that this was caused by the use of an incompatible bondo type filler?

 

[Bo knows]

Had them on my 97 GTS and have seen them on a few others. I don't know where they come from but I did get rid of them without repainting. I very lightly wet sanded them out with 2000 grit sand paper & buffed with 2 different grades of compound until it was perfect. I can't promise this will work for you but it did for me. I was planning on repainting and didn't have anything to lose by trying.Good luck!

Bo

 

[1MEANSNAKE]

Thanks for the replies everyone, im going to look into an aftermarket hood eventually.

 

[BigCarrot]

I have them on my back quarter panel right now.

 

[GTS Bruce]

Probably comming from the panel as in a poor resin to catalyst mix. Bruce

 

[txlen]

i had a customer with this prob...i took to my paint guy..they sanded down the area...put the car in the heat booth for about 8 hours..made all the resin vapors rise out of the bodywork...then filled in the area with new glass and resin..sanded and repainted the area...it worked beautifully!!..thats what i'd recommend!!!Len

 

[dansauto]

yes!! The last two posts are correct. Incured mix under cured paint will bubble. You have to strip it back down, and bake it. I sometimes will even grind the resin out and redo it. (can't use bondo! As this is SMC and must be repaired with that material)

 

[AlvaSpeed]

My hood looks like a kids party!!!!
full of balloons................

 

[AviP]

I had my bumper repainted a couple of years ago due to a fender bender and 2 days later it bubbled up in the place where they put in the filler. I took it right back and the body shop guy said that it was because the wrong filler was used. He fixed it right away. 2 years have passed since and no problems.