Love the truck, don't love the paint

[L_Rutigliano]

Recently, started noticing rock chips on the hood and front bumper and fenders. Down to the primer. OK, no big deal.



This weekend I put a 4' x 8' folding table in the bed by myself. Not too heavy, but pretty awkward. Used the tailgate as a pivot point, but never did rub the table across the tailgate. Got home and noticed a nice chunk of paint missing from the tailgate top edge, down to the primer. Ok, bed can be fixed with a spray-in liner, but what about the rest of the truck?



I'm a little irritated. My truck listed for almost $45k. I expect the paint to be a little more durable.



Now my wife is irritated with me because I won't let anyone touch the truck body for fear of scratching the paint.



Truck is built in Mexico, color is bright silver.

 

[robobx]

mine was built in st louis and is also silver and the paint also sucks butt... I'm expecting it to blow off one of these days

I don't even like letting my dog ride in the back because her feet scratch the sides of the bed(outside)

 

[wild4stangs]

I agree, not much paint on these trucks... I scratched mine just by washing it ! Looks like I will be buffing out scratches often on this thing. I wish I got white or silver, these colors hide the scratches better than the dark colors. .



Other than that I love this truck !

 

[Jeff Clark]

The EPA has cracked down on auto makers so hard that a decent paintjob is hard to come by. I plan on having some ghost flames painted on my 04 when it gets here so I'll have some more clear shot on the whole thing.