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I just double checked and I was off every so slightly because the original quote was charging me 1.6 hours of labor to "scan for codes".
FCA, or actually Stellantis, didn't I initially deny it, the dealer he took it to refused to work on it because he did not buy the vehicle from them. I know that was a lot of posts ago to try and remember, but it wasn't Stellantis or RAM that did the initial denial. Hence why he went to a 2nd dealership as for factory paint jobs being repeatable and less chance of issues, sure, but there are many more factors that come into play on a paint job than just the person spraying the paint, or in the factorys case, robots. Maybe the bumper wasn't properly prepped. Something contaminated it on the way to paint booth. Lots of different variable you are not mentioning, even though as a "professional" painter knows can be factors. Yet you went into great detail about my gravel road driving without knowing anything about how I drive, making up all sorts of scenarios that were far fetched.Pretty sure I said that in post 51 and that was the only reason I was in agreement with him in this situation but I'll say it again.
FCA initially denied his claim then subsequently decided to pay it then once he got the work done, they denied it again. I said it in post 51 and I'll say it again, that's bull. You told the man you'd pay the claim, pay the damn claim, period. They shouldn't have changed their minds so that's on them. I can separate the 2 situations and speak to both which is what I did and IMO, correctly.
As to the quality of his paint job, the pics he has shown look like rock strikes, not a failure in paint adhesion.
This is a rock chip IMO
This is poor surface prep and paint adhesion failure, why? too many relatively straight lines. Paint has come off below the headlight as well which eliminates the possibility of something striking it. There appears to be no sealer on the part nor any flex agent in the paint or clear given the relatively straight lines. This looks like a service king half donkey job to me and by that I mean this part was replaced and repainted by a shop. Service king is notorious for doing work like this and or having your clear completely delaminate from the paint after 2 or 3 years.
The problem with the premise of this being a factory bad paint job is that the paint process is automated and done by robots which means repeatability. It that were indeed the case, more than likely every truck on the line that day, that week would have the same issue however that issue would manifest itself in the form of the 2nd pic, not the 1st.
And yes, a poor paint job would have more issues than a good one (oh S, I agreed with you) but we haven't established that he had a poor point job, have we? The repair shop said it was rock chips, made no mention of a poor paint job.
The shop that repainted the bumper, what did they do? If you and the OP are indeed correct, that shop better had sanded that bumper down to the steel then re-primered with a etching-high build primer then sealed it before repainting because guess what's going to happen if they simply wet sanded the bumper and resprayed?
Give that man a cookie, yep, that "poor factory paint job" is underneath the new good paint job. What happens when you spray paint
I am only showing pictures of the impact sites?
it is a sharp looking truck. If it was me, I would just cut my losses, get PPF ASAP, and move on.
Paint protection film. Basically clear vinyl
thanks that actually sounds like an awesome idea
It is if you want to protect your paint. Follow it up with a Ceramic coating
What losses? It was repainted
I Ceramic every 6 months or so. I have a Turtle wax branded spray that works pretty well.
That's not a real ceramic coating. Doesn't offer the same level of protection. It's just a glorified polish.
Real ceramic doesn't really offer much more protection imo. This stuff is also only like 10 bucks a bottle and lasts several coating.
A properly applied professional ceramic coating it more durable than your factory clear coat and doesn't scratch as easily.
What did you do with that truck?
