Wow... never noticed that before

[Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin]

Thread for those things not immediately noticed....

From the defect category

3 very small bits of garbage in the paint by the driver's mirror

From the non-defect category

Pretty cool, not sure how I missed this for this long.

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[t4thfavor]

Congratulations, I haven't seen my paint since February 5th.

 

[RedlandRanger]

I did find a couple small bits of garbage in the paint in mine, but it doesn't bother me - It is a truck after all and if I hadn't seen it for two months and only saw it because I was clay barring the paint, it can't be too bad.

I have two thoughts on paint issues like this:

1. It is an expensive truck (44k+ in my case), and it should be almost perfect paint at that price point.
   
2. After painting a few cars, it amazes me that mass produced vehicles paint jobs are as good as they are. It is SO easy to get something in wet paint. I guess I'm saying I'm very impressed at the quality that they do produce at the volume they produce them. It may not be perfect, but it is REALLY good. If you want a PERFECT paint job, you can spend 10 grand or more easily.

 

[DHMag]

A few blemishes in the paint won't compare to the door dings and scratches you'll accumulate over the years.

 

[RedlandRanger]

A few blemishes in the paint won't compare to the door dings and scratches you'll accumulate over the years.

Very, very, true. Especially if you use it as a truck.

 

[C.moore01]

Yeah the paint on mine has some garbage and defects in it that I wished wasn’t there .. I had a bigger problem with the factory stamping of the body panels, I’ve been to a paintless dent repair man twice over spots in the doors that wasnt perfect

 

[THLONE]

Why should the paint be better on the high dollar models. You got all those gadgets for your money. Lol

 

[MTB-BRUH]

I got hail damage on my truck right after I got it. Not terrible though so I took the $600 insurance check and bought some goodies for my motorcycle. I’m a firm believe in “it’s just a truck” it won’t perform any different if it has a few small dents that are hard to see anyway. Plan on having it for 20+ years

 

[RedlandRanger]

Why should the paint be better on the high dollar models. You got all those gadgets for your money. Lol

I didn't say it should be - just that expectations are higher when you spend more. But all the trucks should really come with a quality paint job, and I think they do - I don't think it has to be PERFECT - I'm not sure that is a realistic goal for a mass produced vehicle. But the paint jobs are VERY GOOD.

 

[SubVet]

I also have a paint spot on my hood. Extremely small. I could wet sand it out but it's too small to bother me. If it is a bother. Get some 1500 Grit and wet sand it.

 

[joeb427]

I have dirt under paint around pinhead spot on a door.

 

[joeb427]

A few blemishes in the paint won't compare to the door dings and scratches you'll accumulate over the years.

That doesn't excuse paint issues on a $40K truck or $25K truck. Let's not even go to panel fit.
This is where the Tacoma shines.

 

[Msfitoy]

The Ranger has the FASTEST accelerating resume mode I've ever seen in a car or truck. I use S mode exclusively and when I have cruise set for say 50mph, at the light I accelerate to 20, hit resume and my Ranger out accelerates most other cars unless they're really trying to race

 

[bobkat]

Mine has two spots with debris in the paint... rear corner.. and front.. plus the driver door is not lined up with the rear door and the rear door closes harder than the rest. There was a chip in the drivers door jamb ( very small so they had it touched up with a guy out in the back of the dealer who detailed and did body work. That looks good.
Acceptable no... my last rangers wernt perfect but they were used. none of my new cars ever had junk in the paint....live with it... I'll have to



I'll bet my first ranger ( 1985 ) was not far off from good paint too and the window sticker on that one ( they left it in the glove when I bought it ) had a whopping price tag of 9k lol

 

[DBRanger]

The Ranger has the FASTEST accelerating resume mode I've ever seen in a car or truck. I use S mode exclusively and when I have cruise set for say 50mph, at the light I accelerate to 20, hit resume and my Ranger out accelerates most other cars unless they're really trying to race

It's fast because of all that Star Wars lighting you got happenin there Warp speed.

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