Re: Paint problems?? -Reply

From: corky (corky@lankaster.com)
Date: Wed Apr 08 1998 - 19:39:00 EDT


Robert Trottmann wrote:
>
> My 95's paint is holding up well, except for this little dot right in the middle
> of the hood. I don't know what would cause that paint to just chip off like
> that, right smack dab in the middle, just above the TBI. Just can't figure it
> out.......
> Hood Killer
>
> Michael Z-Sykes wrote:
>
> > If it helps any, my 88' paint is coming off too. Damn that 10 year old crap.
> > It looked fine for the last 10 years, don't understand why it has to get old
> > all the sudden (anyone detect a little sarcasm here?) I need a paint job
> > too, anyone know a good place on the East coast?
> > -mike sykes
> > 88V6LE3.55AUTO
> >
> > >>> Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu> 04/08/98 02:26am >>>
> > 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.
>
> --
> Mailto:rotrottmann@davidson.edu
> http://thelma.davidson.edu/rotrottmann/web/default.htm
> Davidson, NC- Now
> St. Louis, MO- May 19th
> 95 Sport 318 Auto 2WD

Lucky it held up this long! My 92 peeled last year. Yep, right in the
middle of the hood was where it started. CC paid half to paint. Looks
like they still don't know how to paint a vehicle!!!!!! Corky



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:08:36 EDT