Warranty about to expire

[Jrryjms07]

Originally Posted by ZOMFGAARON

Time to break out the paint thinner water and salt. I'm gonna get my car repainted.

Lol. I've had a handful of customers ask me that if it does rust if they can choose a different color the to paint the car.

[Jrryjms07]

Originally Posted by dnieves

I remember years ago reading my Sentra's warranty that rust/body work was covered ONLY if it rusted through from the inside out. Otherwise they it's your tough luck for not priming & touching it up when it was just a chip.


An example of dealer covered situation would be the surface rust (like some members here found) INSIDE the rockers rusting through to the other side.

That's crazy! I'll hav to ask my service manager and see what is "covered" in the "rust" protection.

[Jertronic]

Specifically this is the paint peeling/rust on front passenger wheel well. The white residue is wax. What will deal do about warranty repair do you all think?


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[Silver Ignition]

Dude take a hint, the dealer will not do anything for you.

[ZionsWrath]

You had splash guards installed and it rubbed the paint. Good luck with warranty and by the way, bumper to bumper is 3 years 36k miles.

[Jertronic]

Correct. reason I'm asking is to obtain opinion of forum members. Mud guards were a bad idea in retrospect. Or, I did a half ass job in installing.


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Jertronic

Correct. reason I'm asking is to obtain opinion of forum members. Mud guards were a bad idea in retrospect. Or, I did a half ass job in installing.


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Pretty sure the opinion of the forum has been made abundantly clear!
If I was a dealer I would not touch that for anything.

[zc06_kisstherain]

Originally Posted by Jertronic

Correct. reason I'm asking is to obtain opinion of forum members. Mud guards were a bad idea in retrospect. Or, I did a half ass job in installing.


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i know you're looking for an opinion here but it was caused by mudguard.
i would talk to dealership and nothing to lose besides wasting time & gas money. worst thing they can say is no. then you go to reputable bodyshop to get it painted.

[dnieves]

That's scary, I think I'm going to take mine off and take a look. Hopefully if nothing' s going on (paint damage/rust wise) maybe I'll put a strip of PPF on the edge just in case.

[Jertronic]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Pretty sure the opinion of the forum has been made abundantly clear!
If I was a dealer I would not touch that for anything.

Putting pictures up is the single most basic and effective way to communicate on enthusiast forums. Didn't intend to make you upset.


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Jertronic

Putting pictures up is the single most basic and effective way to communicate on enthusiast forums. Didn't intend to make you upset.


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Not upset in the least! The pics certainly do make it clear but you added them well after you got loads of answers. Just that you asked for opinions, got several answers but still keep askn'.
Like I said waaaaay back at the start I would still see if the dealership would give you a touch up kit. Won't be perfect but better then it is.
Us Canadians are lucky as mudguards and heated mirrors come standard on or cars. I guess they figure we just might have to drive in cold weather and snow for some reason.

[dnieves]

Originally Posted by Jertronic

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Specifically this is the paint peeling/rust on front passenger wheel well. The white residue is wax. What will deal do about warranty repair do you all think?


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If I were you, I'd remove the black plastic, mask off an 0.5-1.0 inch from the rust, clean the area, sand down the rust, clean it again, prime it asap with an etching auto primer (2 thin coats?), cure, paint it, let it cure, another coat (?), wet sand if needed, hit it with clear, cure (few days ?) cover it with PPF, put the black plastic back on and put the mud guards back on.


Or take it to a shop you trust -no sloppy work (you could do that yourself for free)..... beware ultra cheap price they'll just paint over the rust.... no expensive work due to extensive blending/feathering if you plan to reinstall the mud guards (they cover up a lot). Once again use PPF to cover areas prone to the paint being rubbed off directly by the mudguard or indirectly by trapped dirt.


P.S. whenever you take your car for painting try to dismantle as much as you can -some shops are so lazy and in a rush they'd rather mask & tape off instead of take apart.

Send us pics on how it works out for you and good luck!

[Hotrodheart]

Originally Posted by Jertronic

What have people experienced with warranty work relating to paint failures. I have a couple paint chips on wheel well border that is gonna require body shop sanding primer and paint repair etc.

Want to have the stealership do it before she hits 24K.


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I see, You want the dealer to fix the rock chips under warranty. OK. Let us know how that goes.

P.S. Note to OP: there ain't no Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy.

[Hotrodheart]

Originally Posted by FirestormFRS

Troll or just really naive?

Valid question. I'm going with naive, but I'll never understand the mentality of the internet troll species. "Hey, you know what would be cool? Saying a bunch of stupid crap and making everyone think I'm an a%$hole!" Big fun there!