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Small paint chipping

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sk Senior Enthusiast

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I just bought and used a Dr. ColorChip kit. They are a little pricey (mine was around $60) but it seemed to work great!

Rock1500 Senior Enthusiast

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I would love to know why my tailgate keeps chipping....... Honestly.... How does a truck that sees basically zero gravel and has not had a trailer on it in the time frame get a tailgate covered in chips. And no...... I have never, ever driven with the gate down. What...... rocks come off the tires and circle back defying physics and smack the gate? My truck just wants all it's paint to fall off.

I had the same issue as well so I ended up 3m the back of the truck a little.

 

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Badass69 Senior Enthusiast

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I had the same issue as well so I ended up 3m the back of the truck a little.

 

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Mines beyond that now... and I honestly would have to have the tailgate covered in its entirety as I have chips from the top edge to just above the bumper. I will have it repainted when it gets bad enough... or swap with one at work going back to auction that's in good shape lol.

 

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Duane1123 New Member

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I have a 2016 Chevy Silverado paint chipping on front from small road debris this debris is undetected by sight or sound I have put approximately 1500 miles on this vehicle drove on the interstate maybe twenty miles on four different occasions no I do not follow behind semis I do not follow behind dump trucks there is no road construction every time I have drove the interstate I have looked at the front end and there would be more paint chips I have approximately 20 chips in the paint on the front of my Silverado and now paint is entirely too thin I have had other Silverados in the past 4 as a matter of fact and never had this issue the only time I ever had paint chip from the front of any of my Silverados you heard it or seen it when it hit GM needs to do something about this if I would have known I needed a clear protection over the paint I would have had insisted on this when I bought it

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Dodgersfan Enthusiast

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How picky should I be about the paint job on my truck? I just got a 16 LTZ, that has couple paint defects. There are 2 spots that look like there's a tiny pebble under the paint. And there's one spot that has a little bubble on the passenger side door. Is this just something to be expected? I paid $50k for a truck, and that's the price of luxury vehicles. I wouldn't imagine BMW or Mercedes having this issue.

TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

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You can ask the dealer to look at it and try to correct it. I have 2 pieces of dirt in the paint on my 2016 along with a blemish on the rear painted bumper by one of the parking sensors where it looks like something smeared the paint while at the factory. When I go in for my first oil change I plan on asking the dealer to address the smear spot, the 2 pieces of dirt I am going to leave alone a as the repair would require a strip and repaint of the panel.

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Whiskerless.Whaley Enthusiast

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How picky should I be about the paint job on my truck? I just got a 16 LTZ, that has couple paint defects. There are 2 spots that look like there's a tiny pebble under the paint. And there's one spot that has a little bubble on the passenger side door. Is this just something to be expected? I paid $50k for a truck, and that's the price of luxury vehicles. I wouldn't imagine BMW or Mercedes having this issue.

Dodgersfan I would suggest not messing with it. I have been going round and round with the body shop and my truck and this last go around was for a spec of what appeared to be white paint in my hood, well a week later half of my hood has now been repainted. I did have about 10 "pimples" in my tailgate also but those were easily buffed out and did not require painting.

 

As far as chipping goes, I had some considerable chipping around my back window and third brake light. The brake light was due to the light contacting the cab and that was "fixed". As for the chipping around the back window I was able to convince the dealer that this was a material issue and not cause by road debris due to the fact that the area of the chips was not a road facing surface and would not have been caused by rocks or road material.

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