Xtremeiron4x4

I purchased my 2013 F150 STX 4x4 Super Cab from Beechmont Ford4-15-13. I also bought their Strike Force Package to protect mytruck’s paint, underbody & upholstery. Please see attached pictures, wouldyou be happy with a truck with 11,500 miles & it looks like that? Beechmont is saying road debris caused the damage and will not cover it. So why doesn't my dads 04 that he brought new back in 04 have that same type of damage, he has over 140k on that truck as well.

Does this **** anyone off??

Sweatmachine

Those are rock chips caused by road debris like your dealer told you.

Does your dad's truck have a chrome bumper? Painted bumpers like on the STX, FX2/4 are more susceptible to rock chips like you have here.

To prevent rock chips many of us, like me, have a clear 3M film applied to the front end of the truck when it's new. This is known as a clear bra.

Hopefully you can clean out those areas and use touch up paint, then consider a clear bra to prevent more damage. It's all part of having painted bumpers unfortunately.

packplantpath

I've never seen one driven long that doesn't end up thatv way. Maybe for city only driving in an area with no gravel trucks. My wife's car is the same way.

This is also why I don't really care for ptm bumpers.

Xtremeiron4x4

The old man has an stx 04' with white painted bumpers. I have a buddy with an FX4 2013 with painted bumpers & doesn't have anything like this " His also has 8k more miles on it." With the amount of spots you are seeing on a truck less than a year old in my opinion is ridiculous. I did have a coating done on the truck as well, the complete strikeforce package. This is bull****, my first new car purchase of 30k as a 22 year old.... Everyone I talked to thinks this is just poor quality.

packplantpath

It is also a condition exacerbated by tailgating. Rocks get thrown up and hit you if you are too close.

That may or may not contribute in your case!

Mike Up

Yep, the cause is having a painted bumper. There's a reason why most vehicles with body colored bumpers use a plastic bumper over metal. Having a white color makes those rusted rock chips stick out. Had a silver SUV, never again. Had the rock chips as most, but no rust since it was a plastic bumper. You could see everything else on the metal painted surface though. I always prefer darker colors.

I had a 2000 Nissan Xterra with a black painted bumper. It looked the SAME WAY. You just let it go to long before using touch up paint. It's hard in the winter, so mine had the same rust.

You need to wax the bumper a couple of times to help protect it. You also need to check for rock chips constantly and use touch up paint when you find them.

Ford went cheap with the FX4s and STXs by just painting the bumpers. If you don't get the standard chrome bumpers, they need to offer different bumpers that are plastic wrapped like Dodge and the like. Yes, you lose a lot of durability and take the chance of a cracked bumper. If you want ruggedness, there's the chrome bumpers for that.

Clean up those rock chips, put some touch up paint on them, and a good coating of wax and you should be good to go.

ns_redneck

my 09 had about 3000km on it when i got stuck in a snowstorm for a whole 1800km trip. i kept getting stuck behind salt and sand trucks. and yes before i made it back home my truck looked like that. it was more my hood and painted parts in the front cause i had chrome bumpers.

byte

If it was a paint defect there would be rust spots on other parts of the truck as well, not just the front end.


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21RRF150

iTrader: (1)

This ''strikeforce package''is it just that baby oil they wipe on your truck? Because that won't protect against chips. Only a clear bra, or a road armor type spray film will. So it's not bull****. Rock chips happen. More on some trucks than others. Honestly, you don't have that many for close to 12k miles. How old your truck is has nothing to do with it, it's how many miles driven.

06screwlariat

Yikes! I guess it happens because it's a painted bumper. My 2006 is the same way, the painted bumper has the same amount of chips, but then again mine has 136,000 miles......