gm garbage paint, what to do?

[Duramax2021]

i was washing my vehicle when i noticed a whitish section in front of my rear tires. i thought it may be a film of road salt. closer inspection shows the paint completely chipped. what would you do. have the section repainted. or apply paint protection film and install mud flaps. truck is completely stock, no lift or aftermarket wheels. What are my options. i havent even had the vehicle for 6 months

[Anon12345]

Did a rock possibly hit your truck there? Or is this how the paints coming from GM sometimes?  I havent personally seen other cases of this other than things from the road dinging vehicles.  If it came from GM id go to your dealer and sort it with them.  

[redwngr]

The rough surface is supposed to be in those locations. 

 

Any chance the truck drove across freshey painted traffic lines?

[Duramax2021]

no this is the only location on both sides. its tiny chips in the paint smaller then a size of sand. if you took your fingernail over it you could feel the chip

[Anon12345]

Just now, Duramax2021 said:

no this is the only location on both sides. its tiny chips in the paint smaller then a size of sand. if you took your fingernail over it you could feel the chip

Did it come like that new, though? Or did it occur from a rock possibly hitting your truck there?

[Duramax2021]

no it wasnt there new. 

[Anon12345]

1 minute ago, Duramax2021 said:

no it wasnt there new. 

Talk to your dealer, see what they say. Worst case youll end up at a body shop to get it touched up. Best case your dealer takes care of you. 

[GETGONE]

That's the rock guard they put on the truck and the metallic is making it look like chips because they are at different angles being in the thicker painted area than the rest of the paint. Look at your rockers underneath the cab and you will see the same thing.

[WeGone]

Have you tried a wax remover to see if its wax stuck in the un-even areas?

[Duramax2021]

I brought this to a body shop today and he told me to go see the dealer. He seems to think that the paint has a defect. Tons of micro pores which fill up with either salt or grime and make it next to impossible to clean. 

[GETGONE]

Yeah, it's called the rocker panel coating like I said. It's essentially this stuff except whatever GM brand uses.

 

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40071593/

 

[Duramax2021]

I’m pretty sure the body guys seen that before. There’s no reason it should look like this in 6 months. 

[BIGDOGx]

Kind of confused as if the OP is talking about the texture of the paint in that area or if he has actually specs of it chipping off. This coating has had huge issues since gm started using it, i know on my truck that area is littered with paint chips as that spot get abused by road debris.

[bigdoug42]

I was told by sales that this is extra heavy paint to help with corrosion and rock chips.