smash

My paint has been chipping off the hood and bubbling on the front bumper of my silver tC since the first month I got it. I don't care if they're rock chips or not, there is an issue with the paint quality or application here. Others are having the same problem.

Don't have your reps tell me it's normal, because it's not. I've owned 4 other cars and never, EVER had an issue with the paint such as I have with this car.


The car is beautiful and it pains me to have it ruined by cheaply applied or cheaply made paint. Please do something about this.

miraclecreator

yea... I thought it's just me, I guess it's not, my hood already got some rock chips and so does part of my front bumber....

bB2NER

Its useless complaining about it we all are ____ed about the CHEZZY paint they used on Scions. It scratches if you look at it too hard LOL The best thing you could do before it gets chiped or scratched is to have higher quality clearcoat applied.

Garry

jethro b hit the nail on the head, the clearcoat on scions absolutly sucks. I use a full Colgan on the nose to protect it, and it does a great job, but the rest of the car needs something. I debadged the rear of my xB and scratched the ____ out of clearcoat just rubbing off the monkey____ they use on badges. Minimized the scratches with some 3M swirl mark remover (by hand). Good thing its Polar White.

lucky

Yeah im not too impressed with the paint either. Can you say ORANGE-PEEL?

scionbabe692002

I'm lucky in the respect that mine hasn't scratched other than when a lugnut hit my hood and cracked my windshield. I am thinking of re-painting it anyways, just need to save up for it, unless my dad can pull anothe rfavor from a buddy of his, and I can score it for free.

Cybergypsy

my paint on the Xa was fine, but my friend al all of 103pounds, dented the side of the car by leaning against it...can we say tinfoil!

djaaronp

Hmmm. So it seems that the paint jobs/paint around the board for all Scions is pretty cheap.

I'll be sure to mention this to my dealer before purchasing.

Sorry to hear about the paint guys

hotbox05

yeah it's just horrible . its sad such a beautiful looking paintjob b.o.p. but the darn ____ is of a worthless quality

smash

FYI all: I opened a case with Scion Corporate customer service last week. A representative called me this morning and said because the manager at my dealership was being so unresponsive to my issue, that she went ahead and forwarded the problem to a district manager, who will be calling me within the next 2 weeks. He wants to set up an appointment to have the damage on the front of the car assessed.

I told them I realized that the problem could very well just be caused by rock chips, etc, but that after owning 4 other cars and reading about others' trouble with the Scion paint on online forums that I had come to the conclusion that this problem is not normal. It is not normal for a car's paint to chip so badly/so much after 2 months of driving. I will keep you all updated as to the status of my paint- hopefully Scion will realize that there is a problem with the paint on this car. I'd suggest calling Scion Customer Experience at 1.866.707.2466. My case number is 200410081043.

They can also be written at:
Scion Customer Experience
19001 S. Western Ave. WC12
Torrance, CA 90501

thatoneguy

you guys think your paint is bad, your just lucky your not driving a nissan. fading, peeling, bubblimg, and not only on the car, even on the rims.

bB2NER

Bump!

ScionXBrent

The paint on my regular wheel lock things on the TRD 18 inch rims are starting to come off, kinda sad, but I'm gonna buy some after-market ones soon anyways.

BrianxB

Smash- You live in NoVa. Do you drive on the beltway alot? Youve probably never owned a newer toyota either...

New toyotas paint is horrible on the lower end cars. My previous car was a 2002 Celica GTS. It was mint when I got it, within two months the front bumper was chipped up pretty bad. My xB is doing the same thing. This is a common problem among all toyotas, not just scion. They wont do anything, Celica owners have tried for years now.

smash

That's weak as hell.. wish I had known that when I bought the car. No, I don't drive on the beltway a lot but quite a bit on Rte 7. and FFX Pkwy.. doesn't matter cuz if the paint is that bad, you could be driving on road as smooth as a baby's butt and the damn thing's still gonna chip. I'm so frustrated with this whole ordeal. It really irks the hell outta me.

BrianxB

Well Im sorry youre frustrated but I just thought I should tell you from experience since we live in the same area/climate. It sucks that the paint would chip on a $14k car but how do you think Celica and MRS owners feel paying over 24K for their cars to have them chip? It sucks, lemme tell you!

You might want to look into getting a clear bra for the front of the car. 3M makes the material and it works well. I had it on my old car.

hahajoey

some of u need to understand that paintjobs all ALL newer cars
suck not just our scions.. stop complaining..

as for my friend's infiniti g35, he has chips or what not
just as easy as my car. he put on a clear carbra and it's perfect
now.. my bumper is thrashed and i'll be shooting it over soon..

but keep in mind all cars have sucky paintjobs.. the manufactorer's
use water base paint instead of oil base now because of the stricter
pollution laws.

BrianxB

Funny, my 01 civic lx that has over 65K miles on it looks fine and that is used for commuting bumper to bumper on a 4 lane highway 5 days a week still looked FAR better than my 02 Celica did when I sold that at 23k miles.

Yes, newer paint isnt as tough but Toyotas is far from some other manufacterers standards.

tCexy

can someone help me out? after i got out of school i looked at my car and there was bird dookie everywhere. so i went to get a car wash and u can still see the dook print on the car. if u tilt ur head so that the glare of the sun reflects off the hood u could see the print of where the dook had dropped. i tried washing it off with window cleaner and other detergents but it doesn't come off. is this permanent or is there a way to take it off? could this be the bad paintjob that ur all talking about??

Sciond

My Volvo S60T after 1 yr and 20,000 miles still looks mint...no chips