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Today was the first day I really had a chance to look at the paint. I started out by going to the parts house and buying a shammy and oil, filter, and I already had a new air filter in my garage. After i had the oil changed I when through a brushless car wash because I'm scared I'm gonna be blamed for the things they still need to fix and the paint is really new. It was the only way I could really inspect the paint. I shammied the truck dry and went to an empty lot to take a few photos while the sun was still out. The finish is much better this time around. Not sure you will be able to see in the pictures. .

I walked around the truck and used my clean hands to feel the panels. I found 6 or 7 bumps that felt the size of a large grain of sand. I also found an area by the driver door lock the has a chips or flakes. Very small ones but the defect covers an area the size of a dime. There is another spot on the passenger side rear door about the size of a tic tac that looks like the clear didn't adhere. It's painted but it catches the light different. I'll try and get a close up picture of it tomorrow when its not to sunny.

There is an area by the passenger side taillight that almost looks like the paint might bubble. It's a bump with some give.


I tried to describe everything in the best detail I could because I'm trying to see if that many and kind of defects even though they are small are acceptable for my level of paint job.

I thought painters could lay down good paint. I thought the only thing that was different for a show quality job was how smooth they worked out the clear. I think if you have the doors and hood off you could make sure there were no little bumps to snag a wash rag. They are able to do it when they blend repairs, why can't they do it when they have the whole panel?

If these last defects can be fixed in a satisactory way I could move on and be happy with the job. So I feel like I'm in limbo till I get this taken care of.

Am I being too nit picky?

The other shop that I liked said it was too big of a job for them but gave me an competitive estimate anyway. He said it would take him a month and tie up his staff too long. But it is a good shop with a good reputation. I'm going to see what he thinks of the job and the defects before I return to get the last few items missing from the truck. (My paint shop ordered another driver side mirror back and a license plate light housing. Mine was broke on the passenger side.)

This over all has been a manic nightmare of stress and a rollercoaster of unpleasantness that seems like it will drag on into next year possible.

I really didn't want to have a relationship with my paint shop. My intent was to drop it off, then pick it up and see a remarkable transformation, pay my bill and never look back. Lol. Instead I get to play this game again where I drop it back off and pick 10 things to fix, they fix 3 and i repeat till I get tired of it or they fix it all.

Hopefully I have the constitution to stick it out. I have so many other projects and things I'd rather be doing to the truck and around the house instead.

On the bright side. I love driving my truck. It has such a good suspension and power. It's such joy to drive. Which is why i got in this mess in the first place, Im in love with my truck. lol. Isn't It obvious. Lol.

Last edited: Oct 29, 2017

Oct 28, 2017

Last edited on Sat Nov 17th, 2018 03:52 pm by Eddie Money