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Offline Ginge 35Edition

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Brittle Bonnet Paint
« on: 02 May 2014, 13:09 »
Hi All

My bro has mentioned that he seems to be picking up lots of chips just on his bonnet. He drives his car like I do mine so it wont be because he's driving hard or up close to others.

Has anyone else had an issue that has been contested with the stealers?

I did try a search but PAINT seems to have been a common discussion topic.

Cheers

Neil
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Offline CraigW

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #1 on: 02 May 2014, 13:13 »
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Offline Ginge 35Edition

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #2 on: 02 May 2014, 19:47 »
Yeah I posted in that thread, but it doesn't really tell me if anyone has challenged it yet?
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Offline CraigW

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #3 on: 02 May 2014, 19:57 »
Quote from: Ginge 35Edition on 02 May 2014, 19:47
Yeah I posted in that thread, but it doesn't really tell me if anyone has challenged it yet?

Who you going to the challenge? It's not an issue for the dealership and VW sure aren't going to listen. We, being forum members and car enthusiasts, make up a tiny % of VW owners and the average owner of cars is not going to bother their shirt about a few marks on the paintwork cause they just want a car to get them from A to B.

Sorry pal but it's a lost cause
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Offline Mark V GTD

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #4 on: 02 May 2014, 22:22 »
Totally agree with Craig I'm afraid....
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Offline Ginge 35Edition

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #5 on: 03 May 2014, 06:48 »
Not really, my bro had a Punto Sporting years ago which picked up a huge amount of stone chips, the paint depth was challenged and he got a new car from them.

I'll feedback if he has any success.
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Offline KyleB

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #6 on: 03 May 2014, 11:00 »
I'd be interested in challenging them but as mentioned don't think you'd get very far.
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Offline p3asa

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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #7 on: 03 May 2014, 11:03 »
If enough people tweeted them pictures of the poor paint, I'm sure they would do something.
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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #8 on: 03 May 2014, 12:38 »
Is there a car industry standard for minimum pint thicknesses on exterior panels? Almost certainly not, but if there is and the VW panels don't comply then we'd have a case.

I think this is an issue that plagues many marques since the switch from solvent based paints.
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Re: Brittle Bonnet Paint
« Reply #9 on: 03 May 2014, 18:13 »
Vauxhall have had quite a few problems with the new Astra VXR - they have resprayed many cars already (Arden blue seems the worst) and have since started to add the ckear plastic helitape in vulnerable areas.

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