How should I go about sorting this out? Not Happy!

[Daz.]

Before I go into it I'm the second owner of this car and it's first (female) owner was very upfront about everything to do with the car...

I have invoices from Renault for when the first owner took the car back to renault for a paint defect on the drivers door and was rectified. No biggie - the car was immaculate when I went to look at it and purchased it 2 years ago.

Washing the car today I noticed a chip in the paint - rubbed my hand over it to see how deep the chip was and this happened!

I've had to cover it up quickly with a pen so you can't see it properly - What confused me was the fact it was silver underneath - then I realised it's the original paint underneath!

I also spotted the other little bit bubbling underneath the rear trim so decided to take it off to investigate - after fighting with the thing this is what I found....

Round of applause for Renault here I think you'll find. It's obvious the new paint can't stick to the original top coat so now it's had a couple of stone chips hit it it's started to fall away - it's only going to get worse too - I can see me getting the whole said repainted but with a few marks on the passenger side I'd rather get both flanks done - which I seriously can't afford at the moment with the wedding taking all the money we earn!

I'm pissed off because it's in great condition apart from this and a couple of bonnet scratches.

At least it's low down and mostly out of sighe but still...

Is it worth having a smart repair done for now do you think?

 

[EllD90]

I wouldn't worry about it. No one else will probably notice.

 

[Daz.]

You can't really tell from the pictures but the paint underneath the trim is the original paint and a completely different shade of silver to the obvious new poor paint - although because its blended in you can't tell it's a shade different - makes the flaking worse as it's instantly noticable

 

[MikeB]

Man up!

A good body shop should be able to sort that pretty cheaply.

 

[kerry-w]

Same situation here with mine, its had the passenger side resprayed before on the cheap I assume, Colour match was s**t so they had to blend the front grill. Now ive had to replace that you can notice the colour difference easily.

Also have overspray under the door handle too and bubbling on the rear arch

Looking at yours though I wouldnt bother getting that done really. Wont it still be covered under renaults paint warranty?

 

[Curtis!]

Cheap spray jobs FTL. Another case of you pay for what you get generally.

 

[sideways danny]

at least yours is silver underneath. Mines blue.....and still shiny

 

[bill]

f**king hell mate, you dont have much luck with paint do you, get it through the shitty winter weather as it is, then get it sorted.

 

[EllD90]

Thinking about it again, some silver duct tape should sort that right out

 

[rodneytrots]

Get it repaired if it bothers you so much, although I don't feel for you as weve just had our brand new 308 convertible reversed into,outside the house by a silly bint, who didn't bother to look where she was going. Needing a new door, inner sill, full blend down the side on a 24k car/ oh and the bonnet and wing gaps are all over the show. Now thats something to get pissed off about. Hit it so hard, it also kerbed the drivers side wheels into the kerb. Terrific.

 

[Bluebeard]

A few points...

1) Its a secondhand car. Most have had paint.

2) Its taken you two years to notice it..... Can't be that bad can it.

3) You say she has an invoice for a repair to the drivers door, have you removed that trim too? The two could be completely unrelated.

4) Dry your eyes.

 

[Adz172]

Invest in a touch up kit and do some D.I.Y lol.

 

[mx1_champ]

mehh thats nothing... looks like it took them 3 attempts to do that blow in tho... and they obvs didnt scotch it up right the last time round.. hence the peel

 

[Daz.]

Get it repaired if it bothers you so much, although I don't feel for you as weve just had our brand new 308 convertible reversed into,outside the house by a silly bint, who didn't bother to look where she was going. Needing a new door, inner sill, full blend down the side on a 24k car/ oh and the bonnet and wing gaps are all over the show. Now thats something to get pissed off about. Hit it so hard, it also kerbed the drivers side wheels into the kerb. Terrific.

It'll get fixed on insurance - stop yer moaning - although I'd be selling up as soon as it'd done - sounds like a right shed

And it's irrelveant that it's a new car - it has 24k on it, mines 8 years old and has 39k - whats you point?

 

[Daz.]

A few points...

1) Its a secondhand car. Most have had paint.

2) Its taken you two years to notice it..... Can't be that bad can it.

3) You say she has an invoice for a repair to the drivers door, have you removed that trim too? The two could be completely unrelated.

4) Dry your eyes.

Aye you're right oh I never actually cried, wobble of the lip and a manly Noooooo into the sky with one fist to the clouds...

There was nothing to notice when I bought it as it hadn't crept out from under the trims, wierd thing is they took the side skirt off as I've had it off in the past -just lazy basts.

I'm going to take the drivers door one off out of curiosity now. Been covered up nicely now - meh I'll sort it out next year - will hide a couple of scratches at the same time.

To be fair this is nothing compared to the trouble I've had with the williams in the past!

I'm ok now

 

[rodneytrots]

I was putting it into reason mate, 24k thats not the mileage thats the price and will be worth fcuk all come resale time through no fault of my own and no its not a shed it/ was absolutely beautiful, having never owned a new car in my life and 3 weeks in its fucked.
Anywho onwards and upwards, I hope you get it fixed..
All the best

 

[rodneytrots]

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