Paint Issues
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Paint Issues
Just bought my 350 two months ago. Just hit 1700 mi. today. I had a break in the weather out here over the weekend so I figured I'd wax it to help build a barrier against the salt. I must've found over 100 small (1-3mm) rust spots comming up from the body through the paint. I'm going to the dealership tomorrow but was wondering if anyone ever heard of or had any issues with bad paint prep from the factory?
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Ya, i doubt it's sap. You can run your finger over most of them and not feel anything. The clearcoat feels completely smooth and I even tried a small amount of tar and bug remover. Plus there arn't any trees within 50 of where i park everyday. Some one else suggested maybe hot brake dust. It's only been driven for a month and a half and 99% of it has been on back roads So i dont know where I'd be getting the dust from. It's even on the tailgate.
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Can you post a picture? you can get little rust spots on your paint from the iron shavings from snow plow trucks. A clay bar will take care of that.
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im guessing you have a white truck? Its from the brakes, the fords have been doing it for years....Just get used to clay barring your truck 3-4 times a year, once you get some wax on there it wont be as bad but they still show up!
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So, I went to the dealership's body shop today. They told me it was "rail dust". It comes from the truck being shipped to the dealership by train and imbeds into the paint causing it to rust. I was told you can only really notice it on white paint. They said they have a compound that im sure is similar to what you were describing for the plowing issue. It'll take 2 days to fix and is covered under warranty. No loaner though, since i bought mine from a private seller with 200 miles on it. Thanks for your help guys. I was worried I got such a crazy deal on it because the paint was going to start flaking off in a year.
I'm defenitely still interested in this plowing issue though. That can come from your own plow? Probably only at higher speeds though right? I've been plowing for 6 years and had a 99 white 7.3l 350. never really noticed any issues with it on that, but then again it was only 1/4 the cost of this truck so i wasnt really looking very hard.
I'm defenitely still interested in this plowing issue though. That can come from your own plow? Probably only at higher speeds though right? I've been plowing for 6 years and had a 99 white 7.3l 350. never really noticed any issues with it on that, but then again it was only 1/4 the cost of this truck so i wasnt really looking very hard.
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So, I went to the dealership's body shop today. They told me it was "rail dust". It comes from the truck being shipped to the dealership by train and imbeds into the paint causing it to rust. I was told you can only really notice it on white paint. They said they have a compound that im sure is similar to what you were describing for the plowing issue. It'll take 2 days to fix and is covered under warranty. No loaner though, since i bought mine from a private seller with 200 miles on it. Thanks for your help guys. I was worried I got such a crazy deal on it because the paint was going to start flaking off in a year.
I'm defenitely still interested in this plowing issue though. That can come from your own plow? Probably only at higher speeds though right? I've been plowing for 6 years and had a 99 white 7.3l 350. never really noticed any issues with it on that, but then again it was only 1/4 the cost of this truck so i wasnt really looking very hard.
I'm defenitely still interested in this plowing issue though. That can come from your own plow? Probably only at higher speeds though right? I've been plowing for 6 years and had a 99 white 7.3l 350. never really noticed any issues with it on that, but then again it was only 1/4 the cost of this truck so i wasnt really looking very hard.
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