>
> >From what I remember, Ford did a recall on it's trucks becuase of the
> same paint problem we are all having. They did the recall in the early 90's
> (I remember cuz' my Driver's Ed teacher was bitchin' about it). Wish
> another certain company would use that kind of common sense. Chrysler
> is really stingy when it comes to recalls. I' read a nit on how they EPA
> are NHTSA and all them have to fight with ChryCo forever to get a recall
> out of them for things like Minivan rear doors that open suddenly, or leaky
Actually it wasn't suddenly, they were opening during crashes where the
van was rear-ended, never really understood what the big deal on that one
was anyway, as long as your buckled up what does it matter whether the
door comes open or not in a crash, especially the rear door, I mean the
impact from a wreck sends you forwards not backwards, so how could you
possibly get thrown out the back door?
> gas tanks. I think ChryCO makes the best stuff, but I wish they would
> bakck it up a little better ya' know?
> -mike
> 88V6LE3.55Auto
>
> >>> John Casall <jcasall@yahoo.com> 04/09/98 01:46am >>>
> just painted over the pits. Guess what? The pits where still there,
> so they painted it again. >
> I have never seen a dealer body shop that exhibited much more common
> sense than this, which is why Joe auto body does a better job if you
> pay enough they will strip the car and properly prep it.
> speaking of, this isn't just a Dodge problem chevy and ford both have
> similar problems(although theirs don't seem as bad and seem to have
> been mostly fixed)
>
> < I have always been told that factory paint jobs are better than
> what Joe auto body guy can do. I don't think so Tim.>
> factory paint has the *potential* to be better, they use robots which
> allows a cool electrostatic gun to be used . they ground the car (or
> the gun,can't remember which) and the paint shoots out charged to a
> high voltage. literly sucks to the car- very cool this prevents
> overyspray which keeps the EPA happy with manufactureres and
> prevents
> paint from drying in the air and slowly sttling to the car OSHA
> regulations won't allow this with humans. I think the majority of
> paint problems are based/blamed on either primer or new paints-EPA
>
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