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What is this on my paint?? Brand new P3D+
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Glamisduner
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It's literally smooth. So maybe in the base coat. Do you guys think I can bring this to Tesla and have them fix this? I know you're suppose to show them any issues within 2 days of delivery but with this situation I couldn't have done this on my own.
nogassnorlax
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That's exactly the kind of endearing comment I've come to expect from some around here ...
Here's my guess, based on what I've seen on my factory visit:
Tesla make their own body panels at the Fremont factory. They don't seem to have the best of presses, dies and die specialists and subsequently there's a lot of rework performed on the body panels. Defects/issues are marked on the panels with a blue/purple marker and there were huge stacks of these marked panels all over the place.
To me, your photo looks like one of these marks showing through from under a too-thin coat of paint. I may be wrong, but whatever that is seems to be under the paint layer, not just under the clearcoat.
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I’m not sure what the heck that’s supposed to mean.
But I was thinking that there could be chemistry going on with say dissimilar metals under the paint. Some sort of corrosion. Or perhaps like you mentioned the marker they used maybe has taken time to work through or react with the paint layer and wasn’t apparent 2 months ago and is now.
Or perhaps the OP just missed it and it was always there.
I would like to know and I have no idea what your response meant. I got the impression that based on the comments by the OP that he detailed his car regularly that this is something that has developed over time.
It sounded like one of those overly frequent shoot-the-messenger replies. Apologies if that was not the spirit!
Glamisduner
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It's very easy to miss some of these defects in the sunlight, it's not like the cars are even clean all the way when you get them... Then an LED or cooler light at night catches the paint defect and you see it later.
I'm not sure I would bother having this redone but it's up to the op. I'm not sure how big it obvious this is?
If it bugs you get it redone.
I'd just be afraid of them making the problem worse or the paint will sightly not match on the white. I'm mostly happy with the repairs i had done but by bumper is a sightly different color and i can see the different color overspray on my hood if i look really closer so it's not just the "plastic bumpers are a different color" thing going on.
White and red are the hardest colors to get paint matched right now.
Looks like you were the one shooting the messenger
It was a genuine question/concern.
BTW the difference of he just missed it vs he’s sure it developed over time is rather huge. Regardless of the root cause.
This could be just the beginning if it’s just starting reveal itself.
Glamisduner
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Glamisduner
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