Where to go from here???

[rapidxr6]

Well...the Rapid-xr6 had her 15,000km service today and all is sweet. However i am still having an on-going fued with my local ford dealer about the extremely poor paint qaulity in the engine bay, the RR paint is so thin you can see the undercoat as clearly as elephant knackers on a dog. Also the inner lips of the bonnet are the same. There was no problem getting a couple of other factory blemishes corrected but they are not willing to move on re-spraying the shocker engine bay.
So the question i poise is....Where do i go from here??
forget about it?? : not friggin' likely!
Keep pushing them some more? : Maybe off a cliff!
Or write a letter to somone that do's not give a toss?


Zoll.

[MO]

Well given the attitude in todays consumer world...unless you are prepared to spend about 10k to prove your point....suck it up and be glad your dealer will still deal with you.

[347_XR8]

UP! Sorry had to say that. Maybe complain to Ford itself or goto another dealer.

[phoon]

As far back as I can remember (which is usually on a couple of minutes), what was the topic again? OH yeah paint, Ford have never been able to get the paint right. GMH have always had better factory paint jobs. In this day and age, you would think that the paint would be the last thing you could get wrong.

[Bossxr8]

The engine bays all have low quality paint, its not the proper paint used on the exterior but a colored tinter/clearcoat.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The engine bays all have low quality paint, its not the proper paint used on the exterior but a colored tinter/clearcoat.

And I thought this had all changed?? I had the first blood orange pursuit built, and the engine bay was a disgrace, looked like red oxide primer! Ford (FPV) wouldn't budge on improving it.. And then after the multitude of similar rants they started properly painting the engine bay plus clear coating it. Has this stopped? or was it ONLY FPV's?
Knowing Ford NOT FPV do the paint, surely this would now be across the board on ALL models?

[rapidxr6]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The engine bays all have low quality paint, its not the proper paint used on the exterior but a colored tinter/clearcoat.

Thanks Boss.. clears up the question in my head. when talking to the panel shop fella at my ford dealer he said he had never seen 'clear' sprayed on so thickly, i commented..the clear's so thick cos the RR is so thin, would rust threw otherwise... BUT after reading your comment.. it makes perfect sense.
Just another cost cutter... i got a qoute from a reputable crash repairer to have the engine resprayed...anywhere from $1500-$2200... don't think i'll go that far yet.
CHEERS!! :

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by charliewool

And I thought this had all changed?? I had the first blood orange pursuit built, and the engine bay was a disgrace, looked like red oxide primer! Ford (FPV) wouldn't budge on improving it.. And then after the multitude of similar rants they started properly painting the engine bay plus clear coating it. Has this stopped? or was it ONLY FPV's?
Knowing Ford NOT FPV do the paint, surely this would now be across the board on ALL models?

They used to be plain black, that was the change, to a colored clear coat. Better than black but it doesn't look the same as the exterior paint and it is as thin as they could probably get it. It was only FPV's and XR's that got that as well, XT's etc still get black.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

They used to be plain black, that was the change, to a colored clear coat. Better than black but it doesn't look the same as the exterior paint and it is as thin as they could probably get it. It was only FPV's and XR's that got that as well, XT's etc still get black.

I think you'll find only certain coloured cars got the Matt black treatment, Merc silver for one.. The Oranges, reds, blueprints had A coat of "colour" (If you'd call it that?) But NO clear until around end of 2003 or early 04