dealership undercoat on rims wtf
06-23-2002
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factory overspray on rims
today i was real bored, so i took out my jackstand and took off each wheel and cleaned the inside of the rims. low and behold to my shock and dismay i found clumps and chunks of undercoating on the inside of my rims. now it wasnt just a little, it was a lot, and on every rim too. so i got the old clay bar out and that didn't work. so i called up the dealership and bitched, so now they're gonna clean it off somehow. they also got undercoating on the underside of the hood and on the shock towers, pretty much everywhere except the outside paint. anyone know how to clean this undercoating off of the paint? it's been on for about a year, and was done at the dealership a few days after i bought it, part of the "protection package". i knew the overspray was in the engine in spots but i would have thought they'd have enough common sense to cover up the wheels. they better get those rims spotless or im requesting new ones.
^my rims 14"
^my rims 14"
06-24-2002
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Rep Power: 0 My only other suggestion would be to scrape off the gooey chunks with a razorblade, at least you will ge the bigger chunks off...
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Rep Power: 0 yes i thought about that but there is a lot of overspray and would take a long time. i have a appointment this thursday to have the detailers at the dealership fix it. they made the mess, so they can clean it up.
06-25-2002
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Rep Power: 0 well there shold be stuff under the hood and ont the strut towers but it should not be black it should be like a tan in color . as far as your rims that BS man I would tell them that cleaning is not suffeciant and that you want them replaced because there being very careless with undercoating . there is a proper and non-proper way to undercoat and well I think we know what they did here
06-25-2002
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[hr]Originally posted by: tummyboy
well there shold be stuff under the hood and ont the strut towers but it should not be black it should be like a tan in color . as far as your rims that BS man I would tell them that cleaning is not suffeciant and that you want them replaced because there being very careless with undercoating . there is a proper and non-proper way to undercoat and well I think we know what they did here[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: tummyboy
well there shold be stuff under the hood and ont the strut towers but it should not be black it should be like a tan in color . as far as your rims that BS man I would tell them that cleaning is not suffeciant and that you want them replaced because there being very careless with undercoating . there is a proper and non-proper way to undercoat and well I think we know what they did here[hr]
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Rep Power: 0 yeah it should be on the paint but not black. thats the wrong stuff they used I used to install enviro packages for auto armor . and they use a tan product that works really well
07-03-2002
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Rep Power: 0 How the heck did they manage to get undercoating on the underside of the hood??
As for undercoating itself, it may eventually be more harmful to your car, since the rubber will crack with age, and the moisture that seeps in will be trapped in between the coating and the underside of your car... accelerating rust formation.
Not a lot of people get that treatment done anymore.
As for undercoating itself, it may eventually be more harmful to your car, since the rubber will crack with age, and the moisture that seeps in will be trapped in between the coating and the underside of your car... accelerating rust formation.
Not a lot of people get that treatment done anymore.
07-24-2002
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[hr]Originally posted by: Ronin
How the heck did they manage to get undercoating on the underside of the hood??
As for undercoating itself, it may eventually be more harmful to your car, since the rubber will crack with age, and the moisture that seeps in will be trapped in between the coating and the underside of your car... accelerating rust formation.
Not a lot of people get that treatment done anymore.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Ronin
How the heck did they manage to get undercoating on the underside of the hood??
As for undercoating itself, it may eventually be more harmful to your car, since the rubber will crack with age, and the moisture that seeps in will be trapped in between the coating and the underside of your car... accelerating rust formation.
Not a lot of people get that treatment done anymore.[hr]
cause they were lazy
i dont know where you heard that bunk about the undercoat but its not true. as long as the undercarriage is clean and dry at the time of application it will be fine. the dealership applied the coating too so its warrantied.
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