Paint Quailty

[ckm79]

Hi All. Have bought a 06 RX Navara recently. Have done about 3000km. Haven't been on a dirt road yet but the paint work is showing quite a few paint chips low on the doors already. It doesn't seem right. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks

[navara-au]

Originally Posted by ckm79

Hi All. Have bought a 06 RX Navara recently. Have done about 3000km. Haven't been on a dirt road yet but the paint work is showing quite a few paint chips low on the doors already. It doesn't seem right. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks

G-day mate where you from? welcome to the forum.
Paint quality?? i dont know mine has very bad orange peel but the only chips and scratches i get are from me and i have driven on quite a few dirt roads.

[Tommo]

If they are "chips" it's a good chance something external has damaged it sometime. If the paint was bubbling or lifting then scream like hell 'cause there's a prob with the undercoat / prep work.
Is the paint over an area which has the stone chip coating applied before painting? That could be at fauly as well and will appear to chip as it flakes away.
Navara-au, driven down a few dirt roads? Are we talkin' "Broke Back Mountain" here??

[Bigbugga]

Originally Posted by Tommo

Navara-au, driven down a few dirt roads? Are we talkin' "Broke Back Mountain" here??

Something you two wish to confess too?



where are the chips showing up?
even not going off road will still get some chips poping up, main roads love leaving loose stone about to rattle our nerves

[ckm79]

Hey I am in Sunny QLD on the Fraser Coast. The chips are in main areas chips occur. Just wasn't expecting them so soon. Talked to a couple of Navara owners today and they have similar problems. Mainly because of the big flared guards. So I thinking of maybe getting some the clear stick on headlight protector just to cover a little more of the flare.

[Panman06]

Here in the states, the FronT paint is also pretty crappy. I've got a little under 6000 miles and I already have four nice visible chips on the hood. I'm dreading to see what happens after the CO winter. Maybe I should have applied clear bra to the entire truck...

I guess this is due to the move towards enviromentally friendly paint.

[Manoah]

to start with, it looks like nissan only put on two or three coats of paint, kinda looks splotchy? might just be my eyes though.

[navara-au]

Originally Posted by Tommo

Navara-au, driven down a few dirt roads? Are we talkin' "Broke Back Mountain" here??

You keep your sick fantasies for your shirt lifting friends down at the public lavatory
Oh all right..... if you want me to dress up as a cowboy and go up some mountain with you.......but we're not taking your saggy a$$ truck $hit the tow bar will be dragging over the cattle grids.

Originally Posted by Bigbugga

Something you two wish to confess too?

OK Bigbugga dont get jelious we can make it a threesome

Originally Posted by ckm79

Hey I am in Sunny QLD on the Fraser Coast. The chips are in main areas chips occur. Just wasn't expecting them so soon. Talked to a couple of Navara owners today and they have similar problems. Mainly because of the big flared guards. So I thinking of maybe getting some the clear stick on headlight protector just to cover a little more of the flare.

Hi ckm79
What part of the coast are you from? im from redcliffe
V6.... way to go mate glad to see someone else thumb there nose at those slow gutless diesels ...hell with the price of fuel..... its nearly dropped to a buck a litre now anyway.
RX dont have mud flaps???? maybe they will help stop you getting stone chips

[Tommo]

Originally Posted by navara-au

You keep your sick fantasies for your shirt lifting friends down at the public lavatory
Oh all right..... if you want me to dress up as a cowboy and go up some mountain with you.......but we're not taking your saggy a$$ truck $hit the tow bar will be dragging over the cattle grids.

mate you crack me up! I might have some news about the droopy bum issue this week..............stay tuned!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Bigbugga

Something you two wish to confess too?

sorry mate, I forgot the West Oz version "Broke Back Flat as a Pancake" no mountains over there!!!!

[Bigbugga]

Kind of glad I live so damm far away from you lot now.

And we do have mountians

They just used to be bulls and the ants have taken over and are building a new colony