All Terrain Painted Bumper Chips

ASW · January 17, 2014

Ditto on the water borne paint! All cars have this issue, and it's one reason BMW paints their cars several times in order to have a better paint job and thickness.

aircrewmen · January 17, 2014

Same problem, the painted bumper is bullshit. Why would they put that on a vehicle they advertise as all terrain.

KMGZ400 · January 17, 2014

I agree^^ really frustrating I paid all this money for the truck and there's about 5 to 6 chips in the front end and I do not tailgate and stay away from all other vehicles... What can ya do?

Dirtbiker · January 17, 2014

Everyone is different I guess. I hate chrome and got the all terrain just so I could have painted bumpers ha ha.

aircrewmen · January 17, 2014

Yeah they look good but are far from practical. If I had any idea they would chip so easy I would have never got them. I painted aircraft for awhile and the paint just chipping off like that was a sign of bad prep work and the paint not sticking to the metal. It might be because of there environmental restrictions on what they can use and that's why the paints not sticking. That's something they should have realized because this is ****ing rediculous. I already got 4 big ass chips in my paint and I've only had it 4 months

KMGZ400 · January 17, 2014

Yeah they look good but are far from practical. If I had any idea they would chip so easy I would have never got them. I painted aircraft for awhile and the paint just chipping off like that was a sign of bad prep work and the paint not sticking to the metal. It might be because of there environmental restrictions on what they can use and that's why the paints not sticking. That's something they should have realized because this is ****ing rediculous. I already got 4 big ass chips in my paint and I've only had it 4 months

It's a pain, I wouldn't have gotten a painted front end either. I'm about to cover the front of my truck in blue painters tape like all the tuner guys to when they drive to meets

klrrdr · January 17, 2014

There is a guy on ebay in Tennessee selling a chrome take off for $250,pick up only. I don't care for chrome either but I like it a lot more than chipped up bumper.

GMC-AT · January 17, 2014

The bumper is only half the problem... remember the grill is also painted and will chip just as easily. Again, I only have a few small chips in 5K miles ... but one of them was on the painted grill. So far, I have just been touching up the paint as needed. you can't see any chips.

This chiping shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I know that I thought about this a lot before ordering the AT package. I knew in advance this could be an issue. But decided I had to have the AT... we all know it looks the best!

Just get some OEM touch up paint, don't tailgate or get a clear bra..

jrpriest · January 17, 2014

I am new to this site. I have a 2014 Sierra Denali that i got just before Thanksgiving. It has 8k miles on it now. I spent a few hours last weekend touching up all the paint chips on the front bump. I guess there were atleast 25 or 30 chips. The wifes 2011 FX 35 has a painted front end. It has 52k with maybe 10 chips. The 2010 Tundra i traded had 202k with fewer chips.

dredd · January 17, 2014

I have the AT with the same problem. 4K mile and big azz chips, but with the way this is going...

Vibration

creaking noise when cold

ON STAR has never worked

moisture in headlights

Fire recall

I might not have it very long.

bozfour · January 19, 2014

You guys should use touch up paint and look into xpel ultimate.

Silverado Steve · January 19, 2014

Check out to fix those rock chips:

www.langka.com

www.drcolorchip.com

GMCustomerService · January 20, 2014

Hey dredd,

I'm sorry to hear that you are experiencing this. If this is something you think we should take a look into please reach out via PM with your name, contact info, VIN, current mileage, and preferred dealership.

Sincerely,

Jonathan A.
GM Customer Care

klrrdr · January 20, 2014

Jonathon, find out how I can get GM to take back these cheaply painted bumpers and give me the chrome ones. This is like the last straw. Nothing works like it should and now we have to ride around in trucks that look like they have been through a war on top of it. We should all start writing to every truck magazine that said what great trucks these were and tell them what is really going on and how GM is just pretending we don't exist and every thing is just fine and dandy. Maybe a couple of pages of bad press will light a fire under your bosses butts.

dredd · January 20, 2014

Hey dredd,

I'm sorry to hear that you are experiencing this. If this is something you think we should take a look into please reach out via PM with your name, contact info, VIN, current mileage, and preferred dealership.

Sincerely,

Jonathan A.

GM Customer Care

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