Stone Chipping On Mazdas/Paint Quality
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Stone Chipping On Mazdas/Paint Quality - 6/26/2007 12:06:01 AM
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Terry1100
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Joined: 4/8/2007
From: London, England
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On a seperate issue, my car is cardinal red. has anyone else experienced excessively easy stone chipping? My 9 month old car is worse than it's predecessor, a Megane Scenic was at 3 yrs and gets driven on the same roads with the same frequency. And I have evidence of corrosion on all 4 alloys too. Deep joy!
I've pulled Iain's quote to a new thread to avoid hijacking the single busiest thread on the entire forum.
Although our 5 doesn't get driven much out of London, my 2 does. That has stone chips that are serious enough to warrant painting after only a month. My Citroens managed a couple of years and 10's of thousands of miles before they started getting noticably chipped.
On a similar subject, the paint finish quality on the 2 (very slight orange peel) does not match the Citroens either. Not enough to complain about - but dissapointing when I felt I was "trading up".
I suppose the 2 is far more of a Ford than other (Japanese built) Mazdas
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'07 Mazda 5 1.8 TS2
'07 Mazda 2 1.4 Antares
'08 Gilera GP800
'89 BMW K75
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RE: Stone Chipping On Mazdas/Paint Quality - 6/26/2007 5:45:05 AM
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sstlaure
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Joined: 11/28/2005
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Both my Mazda3 & Mazda6 tend to chip as well.....On a side note, my 7 year/94,000 miles old 2000 Ford Taurus' paint looks brand new with hardly any chips at all....
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