Bad clear coat or stone chip?

Looks like chipped then clear coat breaks up.

Bad weather I'm sure has advanced the decay let's say.

Once the water gets in it then freezes and breaks it from the paint.

What car is this? Did you own from new?

That seems insane for a car under 3 years old. I wouldn't be accepting that as normal, even with stone chips.

I'd be shocked if that was factory paint. Bring it to another dealer, that shouldn't be happening. Stone chips or not.

I don't think anyone can say with 100% certainty that their car is original factory paint / never been resprayed. Its not unusual at all for brand new cars to get touched up before they even reach the dealers forecourt.

JoeA3 wrote: »

I don't think anyone can say with 100% certainty that their car is original factory paint / never been resprayed.

A paint depth gauge will give an extremely good indication when compared with the rest of the car though. The likes of a pre-painted bumper would be more difficult of course.

JoeA3 wrote: »

Its not unusual at all for brand new cars to get touched up before they even reach the dealers forecourt.

I'd say that it's true - but on a brand new car I'd expect nothing less than a brand new panel instead of a respray. I do know too that many manufactures will not allow re-painted parts (bumpers, mirrors, etc), to be put on the car under any circumstance as anything outside of the rigidly controlled production process has the potential to cause issues down the line.

Kevin Irving wrote: »

A paint depth gauge will give an extremely good indication when compared with the rest of the car though. The likes of a pre-painted bumper would be more difficult of course.



I'd say that it's true - but on a brand new car I'd expect nothing less than a brand new panel instead of a respray. I do know too that many manufactures will not allow re-painted parts (bumpers, mirrors, etc), to be put on the car under any circumstance as anything outside of the rigidly controlled production process has the potential to cause issues down the line.

You wouldn't believe the amount of cars that see paintwork before even being registered :eek:

millington wrote: »

You wouldn't believe the amount of cars that see paintwork before even being registered :eek:

True but to the trained eye it shouldn't be too hard to see a resprayed panel, even an excellent job.

Volkswagen in the last have had the same happen with non metallic colours.
Every red golf R32 around 2003/4 had clearcoat failure and peeling.

Neilw wrote: »

Volkswagen in the last have had the same happen with non metallic colours.
Every red golf R32 around 2003/4 had clearcoat failure and peeling.

Did they repair the cars ?

DaDumTish wrote: »

Skoda have told the dealer Spirit Skoda Sandyford - that it is stone chips and they do not cover it under warranty.

this is utter rubbish and anyone can see this is paint failure.

So Skoda can basically sell you a car on a 3 year pcp, and you end up with an inferior car that loses its value beyond what it should due to its ability to disintegrate over the pcp period .

thanks Skoda , and thanks especially to Spirit sandyford for selling me this piece of junk -


next stop - independent paint expert and a solicitor .

That sucks.

Was expecting them to do better than that.

Cpc or not, it is a relatively new car still in warranty. The paint should not peel off like that, unless some expert calls it normal. But it's not normal...

There is no way stone damage would cause paint to peel like that. It's really has to be a flaw in the paint process.

DaDumTish wrote: »

thanks Skoda , and thanks especially to Spirit sandyford for selling me this piece of junk -


next stop - independent paint expert and a solicitor .

It's probably unfair to berate the dealer like that. They didn't build the car and they aren't going to do a repair that Skoda aren't going to pay for, that'd be a sure fire way to go out of business.

Let's be honest here, the radius of the lacquer peel is probably larger than you or I would expect to be the norm. On the other hand though you simply cannot deny that the lacquer peel begins at the base of stone chips and if you check your paintwork warranty you will read that stone chips left untreated will invalidate it, which pretty much removes any leg you have to stand on here.

By all means get an independent paint inspection and a solicitor, what will you do with the findings though? At the moment it just sounds like an idle threat. What will you do if it's factory paint? The peeling started at the base of a stone chip which is user damage, thats all Skoda need to say. What will you do if you find that it isn't factory paint? The peeling still starts at the base of a stone chip, "but for" the stone chip, the paint would still be perfect so I'd say you'll find it hard to get a solicitor who would take that on.

You could probably say that the lacquer peel around the stone chip damage is excessive, which I admit it does look to be and you can say to yourself, maybe it's because Skodas aren't great and the next time you buy a car you should buy one that is more resilient to user damage.

If your windscreen started to de-laminate around a stone chip, should that be considered a manufacturing defect too? I dont want to come across as too negative but I am struggling to see how this can be solely the manufacturers issue to rectify. Maybe some contribution from the dealer if the car was touched up post delivery but that'd be an unlikely best case scenario i'd say.