I hear you! mine started peeling after 3 years and all though my mileage was over by 3K my time warrenty was still going for another 3 months! They refused to do anything at first but later gave me a real crappy deal! basicaly take it to a crap shop to have the bed repainted. You've got to know this shop...really bad crap comes out from them. So basically my truck is almost completely clear-coat-less on the bed. I'm kinda hoping someone rear-ends me and i get what i want from insurance. The rear of my dak is pretty much crappy looking...some moron at work hit my truck yesturday but refused to fess up...the paint is scapped off my bumper. Just one more thing to the truck...
I haven't given up with dodge repainting my dak but it's pretty much a total loss!
Tim Althoff
www.yllwdkta.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Fitchett [mailto:fitchett@chem.utah.edu]
Sent: Tue 6/3/2003 11:12 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Cc:
Subject: Re: DML: peeling clear coat... the saga continues....
Currently the truck is garage kept and i only drive it once a week if that
especially from spring to fall when i can ride my motorcycle. in winter it
is a daily driver. It was covered for two years at night when i lived in
apartments and the other 2 years it was exposed all the time. I have always
kept it clean and waxed, typically i use Der Shiney Stuff as a polish and
Der Real Stuff as a wax.
Year 1: California-exposed- daily driver
Year 2: California-exposed- daily driver
Year 3: Utah-Covered at night- daily driver
Year 4: Utah-exposed- daily driver
Year 5: Utah-garaged- winter (and other foul weather) driving only
However i dont see how being garaged or covered should affect the paint.
seems to me that it is not a requirement to have a garage to have your paint
stand up for 5 years.
Brian
<Tubamirbls@aol.com> wrote in message news:1cd.ae03189.2c0d5952@aol.com...
>
> Brian
> Just curious----in re the clear coat peeling on your hood and cab
top:
> Do you keep your truck in a garage or some sort of enclosure
overnights
> or does it sit out?
> Do you drive it daily or at least 5 out of 7 days a week year around?
> Have you kept it washed before a lot of dirt and grime have built up?
> Have you used a good brand of car polish at least annually that
includes
> any necessary "finish restorer" product to remove minor paint (clear coat)
> deterioration?
> Do you live in a part of the country where 4 real weather seasons are
> normal?
>
> If you'd be good enough to reply I'd like to compare your "saga" with mine
>
> Paul Sahlin
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