Hey guys,

After washing my truck... again, this weekend, I am starting to notice more and more little stone chips, flakes offs and minor scratches to the metal. I am starting to see a bunch of chips on the tail gate and the front bumper is especially showing stone chips. I just dont get it. regular daily driving, no dirt roads, only about 1 - 2 weeks of winter driving. Virtually no construction areas. I just cant understand where these are coming from. I mean, i even park a country mile away from other vehicles in parking lots. I don't have any pics of this, but wondering if anyone else is experiencing this as well?

Could this be defective paint??? In the areas where chips have gone to the metal, i have noticed that the paint is so thin you have trouble catching a fingernail on it. Ford ever have a problem like this?

My color is Blue Flame.

Anyone?

 

I just waxed my truck for the first time yesterday and have had the truck for about 6 weeks. Only one small paint chip on the front bumper, other than that mine looks new! Color is silver.

 

I have had my truck for 2 months. I haven't noticed any paint chips at all.

 

I've had mine since 1/31, approx 1,500 miles. Mostly around town driving, with one long road trip to Bristol. The roads at the Bristol campground were gravel... so when I'd pull out on the main road (and have to get up to 55+ quick), the rocks would go flying off, making a horrible racket hitting the truck (don't have mud guards yet). I was for sure after a weekend of that and several trips in and out of the campground, I'd have a few dings, but two washes since I haven't seen a single scratch. My color is Razor Red.

 

Actually I have been very surprised with the factory Ford paint so far and I have black. When I drove my truck off the dealership lot, I had two IOU's for the detail guy to "buff" two deep scratches off of my driver door. Well after I got home I saw two other area's on the truck where they had "buffed" and I decided right then and there that them IOU's were going in the trash. There were terrible hazing, and micro marring all over the truck. I have been detailing for over 15 years, so I could tell they had no idea what they were doing. So this past Friday I spent 10 hours total fixing everything on my truck the correct way and was very pleased how well the paint reacted. I completely got rid of everything the dealer had messed up and with ease. I even had to wetsand the two deep scratches and with my three steps I completely got rid of every scratch.

Honestly I was surprised that wetsanding got rid of them, because each one I could get my fingernail into. The funny thing is I have owned Chevy's all my life...this is my first Ford and by far the best truck I have owned. If I had wetsanded my Chevy's, there is no way I could have completely gotten rid of the micromarring.

 

I don't think the problem is thin paint. I think it has more to do with the chemical make up, water based I believe. From what I remember reading, someplace, today's paints have the tendency to be very brittle. Thus they chip more readily then old paints did.

Not sure how much truth there is in this, but it made sence when my 03 Ram 2500 was chipping.

 

98% of the newer vehicles on the road have very thin paint, so it doesn't surprise me that you have many chips in the paint.

Lots of paint chips on the front of the truck just goes to show you how poor the roads and highways in the U.S. are maintained. Just have to live with it.

 

Its not just stone chips in the front. I have them on the back of the truck, paint flakes on line layed corners where stones physically cant hit. Deal kind of say "hmm, i'll see if their are any other reports". and no real answer.

The only reason i can see there being chips on the back is from my hitch deflecting stones back toward the truck. But there really would be much velocity.

 

I have seen chips on rear or trucks and cars when trucks/cars going in the other direction flick them up toward the rear. They ain't as bad as the front ones but i have seen them. I ain't even got one on the front of my truck still and I'm at 4000+miles now. But i guess it's because when I'm doing 40+mph i don't sit any closer than a few hundred feet to the vehicle in front.

 

I have 700 miles on my white tri sand platinum, and 1 small rock chip on the front bumper. After doing a google search for '3M clear auto paint protector', I found a local Saturn!! dealer that can apply the film on the front bumper area for 200.00.:o

 

I got a coupple rock chips in the front a a few scratchs down the side.. I thin this truck scratchs alot easier then my 06 smokestone.. then again i also thin some of it is the dark colour too

 

Stating the obvious here but that doesn't seem normal. Can you post pics?