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Paint defect - where bumper protector meets paintwork
Winter's over, so snow foamed, clay barred and carnauba waxed my D4, all ready for its 2nd year service on Monday (and printed out a big note saying "No Courtesy Car Wash Please").
Anyway, noticed bubbling of paint where the bumper protector meets the paintwork.
So that's added to EPB + towing electrics software activation (still beeps in reverse) for discussion tomorrow
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21st Apr 2013 12:07 pm
euangibson
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Have you popped the protector off to have a good look underneath ?"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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21st Apr 2013 12:14 pm
MarsKy
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No - it was yesterday evening when I was polishing it that I noticed.
So I thought I would just leave it for the dealer to look at. They can break the paint if they want.
I need to read up on the paintwork warranty.
21st Apr 2013 1:38 pm
jjvd21
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That looks defective to me so long as warranty is still in place they should rectify.16 D4 Landmark
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21st Apr 2013 4:54 pm
Russell
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There is signs of paint on the actual bumper protector and orange peel paint finish, looks to me as if that has been bashed and repaired prior to your ownershipMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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28th Apr 2013 5:30 pm
Dommer
Member Since: 26 Apr 2013
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Russell wrote:
There is signs of paint on the actual bumper protector and orange peel paint finish, looks to me as if that has been bashed and repaired prior to your ownership
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Dommer wrote:
You've got the eyes of a hawk.
Sure does - I had to go out to the car to have a better look.
The bumper protector does move about 1cm sideways, so it could be picking up a bit of paint flake.
I don't want to pull it off to have a better look until I get a yes or a no for warranty work.
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