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Thomcat Senior Enthusiast

Thomcat

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We should be proud to participate as owners of vehicles with molecule thick color paint weakly bonded to a lead free primer with a Jello hard clear coat finish as our price to pay for reducing the weight of the paint and removing volatile chemicals from the water based clear coat. As such we are entitled to a hearty "Thank You" from the automobile manufacturers for reducing their costs in choosing the most profitable rather than the most durable method of painting $50K+ vehicles as their means of with complying with Government mandates and regulations to save the environment.

 

And either birds have somehow mutated to poop battery acid or these crappy automotive finishes have lost all resilience against their droppings and the splattered guts of insects. Nowadays more important than a first aid kit, toolbox, or heavy blanket in colder climates should be a bird crap removal kit because their poop on a hot finish will permanently etch the Jello clear coat.

 

As concerns "dirt in the finish" - I'd leave it if it was small and encapsulated within the clear coat in an less prominent area on the finish rather than screw around with a lacquer refinishing attempt which is not a given color match, blend and luster under all light conditions and might age poorly against the original finish.

 

And dirt in paint and thin and crappy paint are integrally related. A huge "boulder" of dirt less than a millimeter thick is readily apparent in a color finish that is a few microns thick, whereas one wouldn't even notice in the older few millimeters thick color coat.

Ck960 Enthusiast

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You guys should look into having a professional detailer in your area install a ceramic coating to your trucks if your concerned with protecting the paint.

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Paulybee Enthusiast

Paulybee

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My truck has a couple of spots like this. Roof and door. Even has a drip mark. Lol. The paint on our trucks is horribly thin and super soft!

rxnotec Enthusiast

rxnotec

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My tailgate has two spots on it. One dirt spec and one impressions where it looks like someone picked it out when it was wet.

TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

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I had 3 spots in my 2014's paint, my 2016 has 3 spots of dirt and 2 spots where the paint was smudged at the factory and never fixed. When it goes in for the first oil change I am going to have them look at the smudges then.

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Nick Anthony New Member

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Went to pick up my truck yesterday after the dealer it was subletted to had it for 10 days. Looks like they buffed out most of the spots (so long clear coat ?), but missed one huge one on the roof, and didn't even touch the huge chunk under the right tail light. Also had a small bit of paint peel off when I removed the tail gate bow tie that they claimed was a rock chip and not covered. However the emblem was properly removed (gentle heat w/heat gun and dental floss) and the paint came off with the double sided tape. You can still see some crap in/under the paint around the "chip" that didn't peel. Short story long, it's going back for round two.post-161534-0-41715900-1472233861_thumb.jpeg

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ajrich80 Enthusiast

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My 2016 had seam sealer under the paint on the roof. The roof just got repainted a couple weeks ago.

 

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