Bubbling paintwork .... corrosion ?

i live in the UK

 

Looking at a 2011 Italia, Is corrosion a difficult / expensive thing to fix ?

 

The factory applies certain coatings under the paint as I remember. It's difficult to duplicate those at your local auto body shop. Also, depending on the body color, it can be difficult to match the color when you re-spray. Usually even small repairs require fairly large panels to be re-painted. Metallic colors are especially difficult to perfectly match, due to the angle at which the metallic flake lays down.

Unless you have some level of experience with body work and/or painting cars, I'd suggest you consult a professional body shop. Even sometimes small areas that "just need touching up" can require fairly extensive labor and work to do correctly.

Check out LNC collision's YouTube channel; he does great work on exotics and you can see how extensive some of the paint and body work can be when repairing car:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPf4jHW3UeGWw-rhb2cQADw

Ray