Paint chipping

[Macadonious]

I know this has brought up before, but I would like to ask again. Has everyone still been experiancing paint chipping? If so, PLEASE wite http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/sendFeedback.action

It is really begining to piss me off that I have more chip them my wifes 2001 VW on the front of my car.

[bazooka joe]

i've repainted the nose twice now!

[lj123023]

Post some close-up pics of the hood? Wanna see how bad it is relatively speaking.

[Nathan G]

werd, the front bumper itself should be recalled. It's becoming an annoyance.

[frenzy2223]

I got'em!!! I have chip's on the hood and quarter panels! I also have a huge chip on my door handle from someone else's door! I have had chips from this before, but it looks like this person either donkey kicker there door into mine or the paint on my car just really sucks.

[r1ceburner]

Have a body shop spray 3 to 5 milimeters of clear coat on your car. It should cost less than $300 and will prevent most of this chips.

[Macadonious]

Have a body shop spray 3 to 5 milimeters of clear coat on your car. It should cost less than $300 and will prevent most of this chips.I have contacted MazdaUSA and this is there reply, "In regards to your concern, I haven't heard of the paint on the MAZDA3
being a common concern. Please understand recalls are mandated by the
Federal Government, not by individual car manufacturers.

If you feel there is a defect with your car that is causing the paint
to chip, you would just need to have it inspected by a Mazda
dealership. The factory warranty covers all defects with the vehicle
for the first 48 months or 50,000 miles. If the dealership determines
this is a defect they will be able to repair it under the warranty."

This is the reason I feel that we all need to bombard them with complaints about the paint.

[Tonys3]

Yea i have two chips on the from of my hood , Enough to piss me off also ...!!!! I like the clear coat idea, I might have to do that....

[r1ceburner]

Yea i have two chips on the from of my hood , Enough to piss me off also ...!!!! I like the clear coat idea, I might have to do that....

It can't hurt anything. When my wife wrecked her '01 Ford Escape (Shut up, it's a good car....) the body shop that did the repairs on the front end said that it would resist paint chips better than stock after their work. As I sat there expecting him to tell me about some breakthrough in paint technology, he said that the factory paints the cars with robotic paint systems that put a precise 3mm of clearcoat on top of the paint (with 3mm of paint on the sheet metal). That's a total of 6mm of material between that rock and bare metal. I was shocked, to say the least.

He said that by virtue of the fact that most body shops spray by hand, you wind up with about 5 to 6mm of clearcoat on top of the paint after repairs.