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- 2022 2.5GT
it's Mazda's paints in general and their process/standards applying it
How do you know?
it's Mazda's paints in general and their process/standards applying it
How do you know?
A year later and still no damn pen. I picked up my 2017 CX-5, April 5th of last year. I have about a dozen chips now, even with the 3M clear cover. If I had known how crappy it was going to be I would have gone to a third party right when I got it and had gotten a full hood clear shield. With this many chips at this point it doesn't matter. I can't imagine what this car is going to look like in 5 years. I won't be buying Mazda again. This is ridiculous.
They are small, but I am OCD and I have only had the car for 6 days haha
I finally got my paint pen not long ago. Honestly the custom aftermarket one step paint I bought matches better than the OEM 3 step pen, and is easier to work with for wiping out excess paint. I'll be using it from now on instead of the OEM and just clear coating with the OEM pen.
It is the proper 46V paint pen too.
But I tend to agree, this paint sucks ass. It chips far too easily. I'm up to a couple dozen large chips now, and a ton of smaller ones; most of which are clustered together, and not "random" like a rock chip would be. I have had the rig now for around 13k km and 7 months.
I cannot reiterate enough throughout these threads on the red paint, that my previous car before being totalled by an idiot driver had ONE rock chip, driving the same routes, plus more highway road trips on worse roads. This was at almost 24k km and 1 year into ownership. I could literally hear the rock bounce off the fender over my music in one of the quietest cabins - if not THE quietest - in the mid-size luxury market; it even left a small, very unnoticeable dent behind once I filled the chip.
I am thoroughly disappointed with this paint. It looks great when it's intact, but it swirls at the slightest touch during washing, requiring constant polishing and waxing, and chips like there's no tomorrow. I have a feeling the tendency to chip and the tendency to swirl during microfiber washing with proper automotive soaps are correlated. By far the most finicky paint I have ever set hands on.
Agreed, this red is crap. More chipping on this color than on my 2014 Gray colored one. If it gets too bad down the line I might opt to the hood redone at my favorite body shop and see if they can if they can put something better on it.