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Thanks for all the advice! I'll look into it all.
FWIW, I have the road rash issue on my Midnight Silver, AWD LR (purchased in October '18) and it is directly related to a SINGLE trip I took over the Cascade mountains in Oregon back in January. I washed the car before the trip and there was no road rash and washed it on my return and it was significant, especially along the rockers and rear wheel well flares but also on the doors themselves. To address some of the speculation on potential causes here, I didn't have the aero covers on the wheels since I knew I might need to install chains. I wasn't driving aggressively since the road conditions didn't allow it (packed snow and icy surfaces). The roads were sanded over the passes, and in Oregon "sand" means pumice. After determining that the pitting was serious and couldn't be fixed with rubbing compound, ScratchOut or other DIY solutions, I brought the car into Tesla and they agreed to repaint the damaged areas under warranty. Judging by the comments in this thread, it sounds like my experience with Tesla is unique. Also, FWIW, I've driven my Audi A3 over the same roads in the same conditions multiple times and never suffered any damage whatsoever.
Is it an area people touch when opening or closing the doors?
As one possibility, you may wish to read the thread about paint issues, if the paint issues are in areas that may be subject to wear and tear from touch - or if they may be lacking in paint:
Model 3 paint wearing off
Most reports are based on road rash but there are also reports that touching by finger could leave more marks than is usual for cars of this kind.
There is a theory that some later 2018 or early 2019 made cars at least have thinner and softer paint than previously and that shows in easier wear on the doors as well as possibly a see-through effect from too little paint in some areas of the car.
Here is a picture of the see-through effect in some painted areas:
Here are a couple of more extreme examples of the wear and tear:
@Davey
Here is another more ”smoother” example of the wear and tear on the paint that is more reminiscent of your picture (though low down and probably road rash instead of other):
Paint all the way down.Did your Audi have painted panels all the way down? Or was there a plastic trim?
Well, there are certainly cars with weaker paint than other, no doubt. However I am not sure about the date range, as mine is smack in the middle of it with no issues.
Also Electron we have now started to gather all the paint problematics to one Google sheets..
Global Tesla model 3 paint problems
Well, there are certainly cars with weaker paint than other, no doubt. However I am not sure about the date range, as mine is smack in the middle of it with no issues.
Well as I said some cars, I certainly don’t know it is all cars.
There is now an effort to collect the Model 3 paint issues into a Google Docs apparently:
As far as I hear there are actually quite a few Canadians reporting issues on Facebook and Twitter. I guess winter can make it worse.
That's an understatement, the combination of salt, gravel, sand is very trying on the cars. I was told by the company who ppfed mine that the issues correspond to certain batches of cars. There were also some other batches with other issues...Well as I said some cars, I certainly don’t know it is all cars.
There is now an effort to collect the Model 3 paint issues into a Google Docs apparently:
As far as I hear there are actually quite a few Canadians reporting issues on Facebook and Twitter. I guess winter can make it worse.
That's an understatement, the combination of salt, gravel, sand is very trying on the cars. I was told by the company who ppfed mine that the issues correspond to certain batches of cars. There were also some other batches with other issues...
True, but I really hope Tesla is going to take his responsibility seriously and foot the bill. Honestly, I paid for the wrap but it really annoyed me to spend another 2k on a 60k car.Added PPF would of course also help to protect the paint.
Wow. Looks good. Thanks for sharing that. Any chance you could provide more details on how you drilled the hole? Also could you post some pics that show more of the car with the mudflaps on? I think lots of people would be interested to see how the look overall. Thanks again.