They used to make good paint jobs, my mom has an '86 Ram with the original
paint job still looks great except where my Dad hit a tree on the RF
fender, and where I scratched the hood on a mailbox, otherwise it still
shines like new money, no flaking or peeling anywhere, our neighbor has a
'85 Ram, that with original paint job that still looks brand new, don't
know what happened between then and now, but they used to know how to do a
good paint job......
Bruce
>
> I will tell you one thing, I bought a 91 Dodge Spirit from my mom. I
> never had a problem with the car. The paint was screwed up from day
> one. When my mom owned the car she had Dodge paint part of the car
> three times. The trunk was pitted bad. Of course the people that
> painted it, just painted over the pits. Guess what? The pits where
> still there, so they painted it again. Now all of a sudden the paint on
> the roof is peeling (seen this a lot on the caravan roofs). I am
> selling it, so I don't give a rats a**, but still, you would think that
> you can get 10 years from a factory paint job (if you take care of it,
> which for the record, I did). 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.
>
>
> Glenn Ayotte
> Bristol, CT
>
>
>
> >----------
> >From: Jon Steiger[SMTP:stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu]
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 2:26 AM
> >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >Subject: Re: DML: Paint problems??
> >
> >At 08:32 PM 4/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I have a 97' black Dakota Sport and I'm very happy with it except for
> >>one thing. The paint job sucks!!! After the first month, Paint started
> >>falling off the front bumper. Now,...9 months later, there's a whole
> >>strip of paint that has fallen out of the front bumper. Also, the rest
> >>of the body gets scratched so easy!! I don't think the paint is thick
> >>enough.
> >> A couple of weeks ago, I saw another dakota like mine on the
> >>road,(white), and it had the same problem on it's bumper.
> >>Were their any recalls on this? Does anyone else have this problem with
> >>their 97' dakota??
> >
> > Warning, anti-Mopar sentiments follow! ;-)
> >
> > What the heck is wrong with Dodge?!?!? The paint job on my '96 has held
> >up fine; I have no complaints, but the number of complaints about bad
> >paint jobs, paint flaking off, etc is overwhelming! And its not just
> >the '97's, I think every model year is plagued with this problem. This is
> >obviously a VERY common problem. Did they forget to administer the mandatory
> >drug tests to the guys in the paint booth, or what??? I know, maybe the
> >ventilation fan is broken. ;-) Sure, I realize that there were some
> >problems
> >when the EPA made 'em switch the paint a little while ago, but the folks in
> >the body shops seem to be able to make it stick!!
> >
> > There are a bunch of people on this list alone who had their trucks
> >repainted at Dodge's expense (or partially at Dodge's expense, in some
> >cases). You'd think one of the penny pinchers up at corporate would make
> >the connection! "Dahhh, maybe there's a problem here..."
> >
> > Come on, Dodge... You've got an AWESOME product here, QUIT SCREWING UP
> >OUR PAINT JOBS!!!! Once we get 'em to keep the paint on the truck, we can
> >work on the orange peel. One thing at a time...
> >
> > Ok, that accomplished nothing, but I do feel better now. ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > -Jon-
> >
> > .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu -- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---.
> > | DoD# 1038, EAA# 518210, NMA# 117376, USUA# A46209, KotWitDoDFAQ, RP-SEL |
> > | '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT Club Cab, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 (#FF019) |
> > `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
> > I do not speak for the SUNY College at Fredonia; any opinions are my own.
> >
>
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