new (07) civic paint issue

**Joele** · 14-10-2007 03:41 PM

mmm, picked up my civic on Friday and noticed this on the roof today while waxing the the car.. Only noticed it really due to waxing and so I was carefully looking over the surface as I was polishing..

Rippled part looks lower than the rest of the paint work, like it was badly scratched and touched up? or is this just from a painting fault? The chip is in the same area and is down to bare metal by the looks of it..

'Damage' covers about a 20cm by 5cm area.. hard to photograph as light has to be catching it just right. Chip is around 3mm x 4mm. I think the bubble became a chip when I was polishing as I rubbed the bubble off, was very weak paint obviously.

So what can I do? just demand the roof is repainted? bit of a pain to have to give the car back after 3 days..

I thought it was too good to be true when they called me to say my car arrived two weeks early LOL

**sitta** · 14-10-2007 04:35 PM

that just not right, you should ask for a repaint

**nugget666** · 14-10-2007 04:39 PM

that is bad. I would be taking that straight back to the dealer.

**aaronng** · 14-10-2007 04:57 PM

Send it back straight away! They should repaint it.

**mrwillz** · 14-10-2007 05:01 PM

wtf is that

**Joele** · 14-10-2007 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by mrwillz

wtf is that

poor quality control?

**Catcha** · 14-10-2007 05:53 PM

That would be covered under warranty for sure 100%

**Jazzle** · 14-10-2007 08:20 PM

wtf?? looks like the car had a problem and got rejected and the dealer just gave it to u and that explains the 2 weeks earlier arrival..

send it back and ask for a replacement.. even after respray u dont feel like it's a brand new car anymore