liinxcore

Should I be concerned or is it even worth bringing up to Ford?



This is underneath the paint

21RRF150

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If it bothers you, get it fixed. I doubt anything will come of it, like rust or delamination. As long as you are within warranty shouldn't be an issue. Obviously a manufacturing defect, and should be approved. Nothing I haven't fixed before under warranty.

Synterra

Yea I would take it back, what's the worst they can say? No?

21RRF150

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They shouldn't say no, as long as you are under warranty. When I was at Ford I did jobs like this a lot. Approved every time. If they do give you ****, go to a different dealer. I've found most of the time, if a paint defect gets denied it's usually the dealer and not Ford.

liinxcore

thats what I was thinking. I just wasn't sure if I was being a baby or not haha.

R&L's F150

If it's not really noticeable, I would leave it alone, just looks like a little dirt under the paint. I would sooner have the factory paint intact. YMMV

kidastra

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Seen this a lot at my work, his advice is spot on. Note you will have a repainted panel after they repair it, which might bother you more

liinxcore

thats a good point. I don't think I am that interested to be honest. especially if the repair could make it more noticeable. I wish I hadn't seen it. I just had the side graphics installed and was curious how they were holding up. never examining my truck again haha

21RRF150

iTrader: (1)

I agree here^ and I'm a painter!! Not that a repaint would bother me, it's just a small defect like that, doesn't. But that's just me. It wouldn't be more noticeable at all. But, I've redone whole panels on tri stage pearl colors for a dust nib in the base coat the size of a pen tip. That's what the customer wanted. I have a piece of painted over welding slag on my windshield pillar, it's still there to this day, because it's just not worth it to fix it, to me.

flamebluef150

I had the same issue, but a few more contaminates on other areas of my truck. Also there was a scratch on the roof, apparently from shipping. In fact, I took it back to the dealer today and discussed the issues. They will fix all the paint issues under warranty.

I asked a bunch of questions about the quality of their work, as well as made it clear that I would not be happy if the repair could be discerned from the factory paint. In light of the MSRP of the vehicle, I couldn't imagine how my truck passed Ford's quality control. It was one of the last ones made at the Kansas plant, so they probably rushed it out the door so they could shutdown production and start retooling for the 15s. I agree with the comments above about having a repainted panel, and it possibly bothering me more than if I left the paint issue alone. If the dealer doesn't live up to their promised quality standards, I will have to deal with it then.