PAINT

[cowcatcher]

I have had the '06 KJ for about three months. It is light khaki and I keep finding scuffs in the paint. They are light streaks as if somone walked by with a purse, brief case or cardboard box and slightly rubbed it and I am sure they will all rub out easily but it seems strange that I am seeing this so much when I have never seen it before on any other vehicle I have ever driven. I must have six or eight seperate places and other than the low volume parking lot at work and an occassional visit to the grocery store I am not often in a high risk parking lot. Is it the color, is it the paint, am I just unlucky?

 

[Dave]

I had scratches similar to what you are describing on my other truck and couldn't figure where they came from until i remembered that i brushed against bushes on a narrow trail. Put off-road stripes on it down both sides. They did rub out. I hope yours come out easy too.

As for parking lots - I park way out away from other vehicles and walk. I keep telling myself it's exercise.


Dave

 

[cowcatcher]

Exactly only I am no where near brush and I have three of these in a parrallel row on the back tailgate to the left of the spare. What would ever hit there?

 

[LibertyCRD]

Mine is scratched all to pieces too. This paint is the thinnest stuff I've ever seen. Hopefully there is enough clearcoat there to buff it out. I just haven't gotten time yet. Seems like the slightest things will scuff this paint pretty bad.

 

[Dave]

Wow --- Scratches on the back by the spare tire......now that's a little odd i would think. The only way i could see that happening is if you backed into some small bushes turning around in the woods (i've done that). The only other possibility is a 2-legged one. (wow)

I would be real EXTRA careful and park WAY away from everyone elce and keep an eye on it. Especially where it sits all day at work. (someone at work - maby?? ) I didn't want to say that but........

I'd be in jail if i caught anyone messing up my jeep. Ya know - for using excessive force and makin em eat pavement and hangin em from the nearest bush with a old rusty winch cable.

If it HAS to have scratches or even a dent i want to do it myself - off road -then it would have character. (?)

 

[kjpilot]

Jeep paint *****! We had a 2001 grand cherokee that if a bird pooped on it, & you didn't get it off in 3 days, there would be a pock mark in the paint.

Talked to my dealer, & he said it was an act of God, therefore not covered by the warrantee. I pointed out that if God had painted my car, bird poo would not get through; the cheap paint job was clearly the fault of Mopar. How far do you think that got me?

 

[grogiefrog]

Yeah, new vehicle paint is really thin. I always park at the end of parking lots too!

One thing I'd suggest is using Rejex... see this link.
http://www.jeepkj.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1471