Crack in paint

[Jeremyv]

Okay so I was going over my truck like I do a few times a week( just habit idk why) and I noticed a crack in my paint! I’m beyond irritated to say the least. Anybody else have this happen?! It’s about a half inch long and it’s in the driver side rear door.

 

Hard to tell from the picture. I’ll get better ones tomorrow. How hard is it to fix?! Should I just bring it to the body shop and have it fixed or leave it be?

 

 

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[Boardmember]

You’re right, it’s hard to tell exactly what you have.   There are some dentless repair services that could probably make this look virtually unnoticeable.   A body shop will want to do it correctly but cost a whole lot more.

 

these things bug me.  I have to fix them.  “It’s a truck.” says my wife.  

[Jeremyv]

Luckily my wife told me to get it fixed. The crappy part is it’s gonna have to wait as we are trying to save for a house. But I’ll try and put more OT in at work and hopefully I can have it fixed sooner rather than later. Just irritating that I bought the truck a month ago( granted it’s a 14 with 45k miles) and all these little things are happening.


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[hirdlej]

Check for accidents.  It could be bondo cracking under the paint.

[Jeremyv]

Check for accidents.  It could be bondo cracking under the paint.

It had a clean CARFAX and service records.


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[drentlaw1]

1 hour ago, hirdlej said:

Check for accidents.  It could be bondo cracking under the paint.

I found out that my box on the passenger side where the exhaust exits had been Bondoed and re painted. Had a small crack is how I found out.

[djw88]

9 hours ago, Jeremyv said:

It had a clean CARFAX and service records.

clean carfax means nothing.

not all repairs are reported.

[Crstfr]

man my front bumper has some paint chipping... from a damn rock.. but i went over with a power washer cleaning one day , and it pealed more off.. its about the size of a nickle.. i have 2  like that... white bumper.. two big black spots.... need to get some touchup paint soon... its an eyesore.. 

[Loco-diablo]

5 minutes ago, Crstfr said:

man my front bumper has some paint chipping... from a damn rock.. but i went over with a power washer cleaning one day , and it pealed more off.. its about the size of a nickle.. i have 2  like that... white bumper.. two big black spots.... need to get some touchup paint soon... its an eyesore.. 

After it's repaired, do yourself a favor and get it filmed. XPEL ultimate.

[amxguy1970]

14 hours ago, Boardmember said:

You’re right, it’s hard to tell exactly what you have.   There are some dentless repair services that could probably make this look virtually unnoticeable.   A body shop will want to do it correctly but cost a whole lot more.

 

these things bug me.  I have to fix them.  “It’s a truck.” says my wife.  

Your wife is right, especially if it is used in anyway, shape or form as a truck...

13 hours ago, Jeremyv said:

Luckily my wife told me to get it fixed. The crappy part is it’s gonna have to wait as we are trying to save for a house. But I’ll try and put more OT in at work and hopefully I can have it fixed sooner rather than later. Just irritating that I bought the truck a month ago( granted it’s a 14 with 45k miles) and all these little things are happening.


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Just throw some touch up paint on it, unless it starts getting much worse and peeling you never look down there as it looks pretty low...

 

Tyler

[Crstfr]

47 minutes ago, Loco-diablo said:

After it's repaired, do yourself a favor and get it filmed. XPEL ultimate.

what's something like that run if you dont mind me asking.

[Loco-diablo]

25 minutes ago, Crstfr said:

what's something like that run if you dont mind me asking.

I had the whole front end done on my 2017 2 days after purchase (Z71 midnight edition) bumper, 18" up the hood and quarter panels, A pillars, back of side mirrors.

Whole thing was around $750 last June.

[Crstfr]

thanks Loco...

[SASK_RT]

On 2018-05-07 at 4:37 PM, Jeremyv said:

 

Okay so I was going over my truck like I do a few times a week( just habit idk why) and I noticed a crack in my paint! I’m beyond irritated to say the least. Anybody else have this happen?! It’s about a half inch long and it’s in the driver side rear door. 

 

Hard to tell from the picture. I’ll get better ones tomorrow. How hard is it to fix?! Should I just bring it to the body shop and have it fixed or leave it be?

 

 

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There was a service bulletin for 2014+ trucks that had paint adhesion problems. Maybe a dealership can work with you on a repair.

 

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/SB-10072069-0335.pdf