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paint issues

  1. show_stoppa

    Refused Model Y delivery. What's next?

    Had the pickup for my new MYLR today. Unfortunately there was a large scratch on the left mirror, not to mention bunch of rock chips on the hood. Plus there were tons of swirl marks. The black paint makes the swirls look 10 times worse. Told the adviser and he immediately saw from a distance the...
  2. N

    Paint issues with model Y 2023 upon delivery

    I just delivery of Model Y 2023 and I noticed a tiny paint issue at the corner of the lift gate. Tesla agreed to fix it but they will send the car to body shop to repaint a section of the lift gate. I don’t know whether I should let them fix it or not since it requires repaint a section of lift...
  3. J

    Mark on Red Paint

    I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this with their paint before? I noticed a white swirl mark in the paint on the upper rear passenger panel. I just finished washing the car and thought it looked like grease, but it does not come off, and looks like a defect. I took delivery about two...
  4. markli

    Model 3 Rocker Panel Paint peeling off

    So one day I was walking around my car and make sure my center cap on all my tire are still in, I noticed a mark on my R side rocker panel by FR door. I when ahead and touched the layer of paint just slide right off my car leaving base paint behind.
  5. R

    New Delivery Paint Issues

    Hello guys! New to the forum (First post) and also just received delivery of my Model P3D! (first time buying a new car as well!) I bet there are definitely a handful of Tesla owners who see issues with their paint job being unfinished or sloppy in areas like under the trunk, obscure area etc...
  6. djroberts

    Continuously upgrading paint protection

    I was pretty ignorant about PPF, ceramic, etc. I bought a black Model 3 and someone recommended I put ceramic on it so I did. Started finding rock chips in the paint so upgraded to Front PPF and rocker panels. As soon as I got the car back I noticed a bunch of scratches near the passenger door...
  7. T

    Paint damaged at Tesla but they are refusing to fix

    I bought a Model 3 around 2 months ago. It has been in shop 80% of the time. After getting my door repaired I noticed some major scratches under the door. However, Tesla Burlingame was unwilling to repair it since they repainted the door before. I talked with another service center and they said...
  8. O

    Dash And Wood Grain Misaligned?

    Hello everyone: I noticed that the seam between the wood grain and dash on my M3 appears to be misaligned, resulting in the plastic of the dash to slightly protrude out. As a result, it's creating a indentation on my front passenger side door. Has anyone else run into this before? I've had my...
  9. bulls96

    Chipped paint cleaning my car

    So this happened. I have been cleaning my car with a pressure washer and soap at least 5 times now. Today I was trying to get a small dot dirt on the car and then caused this.. Whta do I do? I was using a tip specially for delicate items like cars (like it says in the instructions use for...
  10. D

    Model 3 paint wearing off

    Just noticed that rocker panels, lower door panels, and lower fender panels on my model 3 with 4000 miles has paint worn down to the undercoat. anyone else having this problem? solution?