Rust in Paint. Again.
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Rust in Paint. Again.
Well washed the truck ths weekend and little pin head size rust marks all through the paint all over the truck. This is the second truck this has happened to. I had a 2006 F250 before this and it did the same thing. The dealer Claybared the truck 4 times and the rust always came back. Now with this 2008 F250 It's starting. I only have 7000 miles on the truck and always keep it very clean. I took it down to the dealer and the body shop manager looked at it and said they would Clabar it and that will take care of it. I don't believe him because of the last truck. Is there a way to contact ford directly to address this problem. 2 trucks wit the same problem.
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Your problem is from shipping by rail car. Its called rail dust. Its tiny metal fragments that come off the wheels of the rail car and burn into your paint. Its been a problem for years. They only solution is trying the clay bar or re-painting.
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I guess that protective plastic film that is adhered to vehicles for shipping does not do any good with super heated particles???? What kind of sense does that make?? They should be using heavy duty reusable full vehicle covers to protect the vehicle from these types of things. Is it just me or is this problem totally ridiculous???????If it were me I would probably say fix it permanently or give me my money back.
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Are there not any closed in box cars that can solve this problem anyway? If there aren't any then I should build some and make a bunch of money.
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I'm definitely not a paint & body expert, but I would think if those metal particles are super heated they would burn all the way through to bare metal, which would explain the rust. So I think you would have to do some paint repair before new clear coat,IMO.
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Yeah, I had one of those chevy trucks back then, they sent me a card worth $200.00 off of a new truck on a trade in to comply with the settlement. Thanks, but no thanks. My last truck was white and had that problem, it had rail dust all over the sides of it , but it didn't start rusting until after the first year. It was down deep into the paint by then and I could do nothing about it. You would think they would do something to address that.
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theres nothing wrong with your truck..
what your seeing is commonly called "fallout or raildust"... basicly its just tiny particles of metal falling in the rain, and embedding them selfs into your paint as the rain evporates away...
the only thing u can do to slow it down is cover your vehicle or have it claybared every now and then...
what your seeing is commonly called "fallout or raildust"... basicly its just tiny particles of metal falling in the rain, and embedding them selfs into your paint as the rain evporates away...
the only thing u can do to slow it down is cover your vehicle or have it claybared every now and then...
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And to clarify, I meant getting a layer of clearcoat applied now.
