Chipping Paint= Cheap Paint?

[ultravorx]

Hey, whats up guys, i was wondering if any of you have experienced paint chipping off your AV. I have at least 6-10 chips off the hood, and about 3-5 on the side panels, there are NO dents, just paint chips the size of this= o = Any suggestion what to to, will GM cover this. Im in the process of buying a bug shield for the hood, but the sides? what can i do about this annoying issue. My others cars, 93 buick skylark, 2000 escalade never had this problem.
Frank

 

[AtankZ71]

I had a Chevy S-10 before this truck. When I bought it there were a couple chips in the hood and my dealer took care of them. It's paint was notoriously weak. I had a ton of chips when I traded it. I just said the heck with it and left them alone. I figured it gave my truck some character. I was hoping that the Avalanche didn't have the same paint problem. So far so good on mine, no chips. But I only got 2000 on it.

 

[Johnny_D]

ultravorx ,

You may want to consider putting Scotch-cal (X-Pel) on your AV after you get all the chips taken care of. ? It is a clear film that protects the paint.

Here is a link:

http://www.xpel.com/paint/scotchal.html

Also do a search for this tread: Scotchcal invisible bra

 

[Tom_C]

I too have found numerous small paint chips on hood only at this point. I will talk to dealer about this. At first i thought it was rock chips but they are on top of hood and near windshield in areas that would not be struck by stones. I had a 96 Z-71 P/U and the paint stayed great until traded last year with over 100,000 miles. It too was red.

 

[ygmn]

The newer EPA friendly paints are not as tough as older paints.....they can and will chip....

Bug deflector helps as well as Xpel.....