I too notice the quality of paint on my truck. Near the bottom of the
passenger door, there were two spots where the orange peel "pits" were
so deep that they actually revealed the primer. Only two small pinholes,
but they were still there on my new truck. I didn't even think of asking
to have it fixed - I've already had the truck in for service NINE times
regarding paint (chips and sratches that were on the truck when I got it
- and THEY chipped the door edge TWICE while the rear speakers were
being serviced!) Told them I couldn't do without the truck until deer
season was over - will take it back after the first of the year to get
the driver's door edge redone. When I complained of scratched paint
(badly scratched) on the bottom of the door sill, the salesman told me
"the door sills are never going to be perfect". I told him that other
people might not care, but I did. I even tried to buy Dodge door sill
guards and another salesman told me Dodge didn't make them - I might
find a pair at a truck accessories shop. Funny - two days later at
another dealership, I bought a pair of those guards that Dodge didn't
make. I guess the MOPAR packaging and the big Ram logo stamped into the
center was what confused the salesman! At least I've put about 3,000 on
their loaner cars. I love my truck, but if you're in the Dallas area and
you're in the market for any Chrysler product, for God's sake, stay away
from Manuel Chrysler/Dodge in Richardson, Tx. - also known as "customer
service Hell".
Tate
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>From: Andy Callahan[SMTP:quasideedle@uky.campus.mci.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 12:16 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Paint
>I have several friends that work
>at the Corvette plant, one of which works on the finishing line. All he
>does is inspect paint jobs all day and reject the ones that don't meet
>certain requirements. He looked at my paint and said he had NEVER seen a
>factory paint job like that. He said that if it were a corvette, it never
>would have even made it to the finishing line, it would have been turned
>back before then. I wonder if my paint was any worse than other new DAKs,
>so I began looking at others, and they appear to be pretty bad too.
>Although, mine seems to have a bit more "orange peel" than some others.
>I'm not sure what to do about it. I have 10,000 miles on it now, and I'm
>not sure if they would be willing to to anything about it. Of course, all
>this is in addition to the sunlight-prominent swirls mentioned by others.
>
>Andy
>
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