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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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Has anyone else had this happen? The paint had peeled off the right side skirt on my BSP xB. I was driving on the freeway one morning when I heard this faint slapping sound. When I got to my destination, I looked at the side of my car to find what looked like a long strip of tint stuck to the door and side skirt. I pulled on it to find that it was still semi-attahed to the skirt and that it was actually almost all of the paint that had peeled away from the skirt. I pulled more, and the paint strip ripped off of the car leaving only a small section still painted. Luckily, the gel coat on the skirt itself is black, so it just looked like a really dull or dirty part on my car.

I took it back the dealer, and explained what happened. The manager there thought that it was a poorly prepped part and that when it rained here recently, the paint had lost it's adhesion. Three trips back the dealer later (antother story all-together), I had a brand new side skirt installed at no cost. I wonder if this is happeneing to all Scions, just xB's, just the BSP's or is an isolated case? Chime in!
Old Nov 20, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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Wow I've never seen a problem like this. I'm glad you got it taken care of by the dealer for free. It's definately a defective paint job.
Old Nov 20, 2004 | 08:10 PM
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"LOOK" at what? Where are the pictures?
Old Nov 21, 2004 | 12:14 AM
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Sorry. No pictures. There wasn't really that much to see, since my xB is black, it just looked like a really dull skirt. I have some of the paint peel if you want it...
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 02:23 AM
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ouch that sucks bro
Old Dec 17, 2004 | 01:40 PM
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u seem to be the only car that can peel, you should get the bB piece for the front and call it the "Black Banana" haha, ok that was just stupid, lol
Old Dec 18, 2004 | 03:21 AM
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LMFAO
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