For those of you that did the hood mod and found that you didn't have paint on the under side, did you see if ford woulf do a repaint under warranty?
Will ford repaint hoods under warranty?
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Will they repaint it under warranty for flaking? I have several small spots of paint that just flaked off and are gradually getting bigger.
people have posted on here that the paint is thin on the outside of the hood and had the flaking problem and they have had they painted under warranty. As far as the under side, I haven't read anything about that yet. You can try it. But then they might question why do you have the cover off.
The thing that aggrivates me is that I have rock chips all over my hood. Only, I never heard a rock hit the hood...not once...but suddenly it seems like every time I drive the car I come back and blammo another chip. I'm starting to think it chipping on its own.
RE: flaking/sheeting hood paint.... I believe YES they will, there is a know issue of poor adhesion on Mach 1, and 03 cobras.
A good friend of mine(Ford tech) has an 03 Mach, it had a few stone chips that he had touched up.
He went to the car wash, hit it with the power rinse.....
:bash: :nonono:
It was coming off in sheets.... not pretty!!!
He got it painted under warranty....but there was a defect in the gelcoat of the fiberglass which was visible after painting.
He got a new hood!!!.... and paint and it was all covered!
the original vendor of the hoods to ford, had some problems with paint adhesion(they came to the assembly line prepainted or so the story goes)
WARNING>>>>>> Make sure they don't over sand the hood prior to repainting, or you will have to get a new hood too!!!
The gelcoating is a little on the thin side too.
I would recommend you pursue it further, it should be covered.
For those with less dramatic paint loss, but touch up still failed to stem the tide............. hit it with the power wash! It will come sheeting off then!
(It might make you cry though.. send the wife inside first)
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I had two rock chips and they repainted my hood under warrenty. The paint was bubbleing around the chips. The service manager took a 10 second look and said sure we will paint it.
rb185afm, what dealership did you take it too. Looking for a good one out here.
I had a factory blemish on the driver side fender. The paint turned light orange then back to yellow. Needless to say after the first body shop did a terrible job fixing the paint, the car was taken to my choice and about 80% of the car was repainted under warrenty.
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