What causes paint to flake like this?
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I’m hoping for some help.
In the last 2 months i have had two areas on one door panel where the paint has seemingly flaked off down to bare metal.
These happened on separate occasions and as mentioned above are limited to one panel only. It’s a 13 month old car and I haven’t seen any other similar age cars with the same defects.
Is it two unrelated( and unlucky) big stone chips or is it a defect with the paint itself on the particular panel? It’s too low to be shopping trolley related so I’ve written that off as an explanation.
Pictures below:
Yes I know my car needs a clean!
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In the last 2 months i have had two areas on one door panel where the paint has seemingly flaked off down to bare metal.
These happened on separate occasions and as mentioned above are limited to one panel only. It’s a 13 month old car and I haven’t seen any other similar age cars with the same defects.
Is it two unrelated( and unlucky) big stone chips or is it a defect with the paint itself on the particular panel? It’s too low to be shopping trolley related so I’ve written that off as an explanation.
Pictures below:
Yes I know my car needs a clean!
Edited by Shepster on Monday 24th September 16:58
t paintWhere abouts on the car are they? One looks to be at the bottom of the door? Both chips look to have a scrape and then the chip.
Looking at the photos it doesn't look like a defect to me, possibly road debris that's been flicked up. On my last cat I was diving down a road with no other vehicles around and a rock somehow managed to hit the middle of the driver door chipping the paint.
Looking at the photos it doesn't look like a defect to me, possibly road debris that's been flicked up. On my last cat I was diving down a road with no other vehicles around and a rock somehow managed to hit the middle of the driver door chipping the paint.
Both on the near side door. Seems strange that two isolated chips on the same panel, when there isn’t any on other panels, could occur? I’m willing to accept I’ve been unlucky.
RE: impact.
Yes I agree, but one is 10 inches from the ground so I cannot think what could have caused it? Way below trolley and handbag level.
RE: impact.
Yes I agree, but one is 10 inches from the ground so I cannot think what could have caused it? Way below trolley and handbag level.
dbdb said:
It is difficult to know what has caused it, but to me they do look like impact chips. The paint on our (somewhat older BMW E91) keeps its shine well but seems to be very inclined to suffer chips. There are far more chips on it than any other car we've had.
Agree regard the shine, but we are both implying (as well as multiple posters above) that the paint is more adverse to chips down to bare metal than other cars. Therefore considering it’s well within warranty, am I within my rights to ask BMW to sort it?Shepster said:
dbdb said:
It is difficult to know what has caused it, but to me they do look like impact chips. The paint on our (somewhat older BMW E91) keeps its shine well but seems to be very inclined to suffer chips. There are far more chips on it than any other car we've had.
Agree regard the shine, but we are both implying (as well as multiple posters above) that the paint is more adverse to chips down to bare metal than other cars. Therefore considering it’s well within warranty, am I within my rights to ask BMW to sort it?I suspect that it'll be a fruitless task tho'.
Shepster said:
Both on the near side door. Seems strange that two isolated chips on the same panel, when there isn’t any on other panels, could occur? I’m willing to accept I’ve been unlucky.
RE: impact.
Yes I agree, but one is 10 inches from the ground so I cannot think what could have caused it? Way below trolley and handbag level.
Stone hitting the side of the car - it does happen.RE: impact.
Yes I agree, but one is 10 inches from the ground so I cannot think what could have caused it? Way below trolley and handbag level.
Again I completely accept it could be stone chips, but isolated on two separate occasions to the same panel? Maybe I’ve just been really unlucky!
Tumble dryer - My thoughts exactly, but at the risk of the wrath of PH, it’s a company car, I don’t own it and I’m not a company director... But in 2 years time when I return it I could do without a charge of £x for what seemingly isn’t normal for a year old car that’s covered 20k miles.
Tumble dryer - My thoughts exactly, but at the risk of the wrath of PH, it’s a company car, I don’t own it and I’m not a company director... But in 2 years time when I return it I could do without a charge of £x for what seemingly isn’t normal for a year old car that’s covered 20k miles.
TooMany2cvs said:
Opened into a low wall/high kerb/bollard of some description.
I’m pretty sure I would remember a passenger doing it. That also only explains one...Now you’ve said it though I’m thinking I should maybe have a chat with the wife!
Joking aside i know it isn’t through someone opening the door twice into something.
Squiggs said:
I can't see any flaking paint ….. what I can see is impact damage.
Either the door has been opened onto something -
or someone has opened their door onto yours -
or a combination of the two.
Correct,that's not what flaking paint tends to look like plus there's a scrape in one pic.Either the door has been opened onto something -
or someone has opened their door onto yours -
or a combination of the two.
Buy a touch in pencil from the dealer and.....touch it in
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