Thread: When will Land Rover learn to paint

Originally Posted by gruntfuttock

Mine is the same, I did put in a claim through the dealer who just said that "it was not covered" and "it was a result of it sitting out in the sun" That was years ago. I also told L.R. (who I was having other problems with) and they basically said tough peanuts and did not want to know about it oh and it also bent !!!!

Well I am not holding my breath for a positive outcome, but a technical reason for it fading would be good, at least then I can take that to the OFT, there I will probably not get a positive outcome either, their website says that due to resources they can't deal with all complaints..

So I guess I will paint it myself..

That is most likely the quickest way and also the way with the least hassles.

Originally Posted by patclan

Well I am not holding my breath for a positive outcome, but a technical reason for it fading would be good, at least then I can take that to the OFT, there I will probably not get a positive outcome either, their website says that due to resources they can't deal with all complaints..

So I guess I will paint it myself..

Pat,

There might be an alternative to the fading black paint on the rear cross member and I must admit this is not a proven fact, but more advice received. This obviously does not cover the surface rust issue...

Apparently 99% of car wash products have some sort of wax in it which in most cases is not compatible with the rear cross member's "dull" finish paint, hence the build up of whitish residue and the faded look.

Following the advice, I gave my rear cross member a good wipe with a rag soaked in mineral turps (actually Bunnings' "fake" turps) and way behold... all the "waxy residue" came off and the cross member was back to "dull" black after the turps dried off.

I keep the inside off the cross member treated with cavity wax and I wipe the outside surface with my turps rag once a month and 4.5 years down the line it look pretty much like new.

Cheers,

Lou

Originally Posted by Loubrey

Pat,

There might be an alternative to the fading black paint on the rear cross member and I must admit this is not a proven fact, but more advice received. This obviously does not cover the surface rust issue...

Apparently 99% of car wash products have some sort of wax in it which in most cases is not compatible with the rear cross member's "dull" finish paint, hence the build up of whitish residue and the faded look.

Following the advice, I gave my rear cross member a good wipe with a rag soaked in mineral turps (actually Bunnings' "fake" turps) and way behold... all the "waxy residue" came off and the cross member was back to "dull" black after the turps dried off.

I keep the inside off the cross member treated with cavity wax and I wipe the outside surface with my turps rag once a month and 4.5 years down the line it look pretty much like new.

Cheers,

Lou

I'll try that once she is back from the doctors

Originally Posted by Loubrey

Pat,

There might be an alternative to the fading black paint on the rear cross member and I must admit this is not a proven fact, but more advice received. This obviously does not cover the surface rust issue...

Apparently 99% of car wash products have some sort of wax in it which in most cases is not compatible with the rear cross member's "dull" finish paint, hence the build up of whitish residue and the faded look.

Following the advice, I gave my rear cross member a good wipe with a rag soaked in mineral turps (actually Bunnings' "fake" turps) and way behold... all the "waxy residue" came off and the cross member was back to "dull" black after the turps dried off.

I keep the inside off the cross member treated with cavity wax and I wipe the outside surface with my turps rag once a month and 4.5 years down the line it look pretty much like new.

Cheers,

Lou

Hey Lou,

Sounds a good tip, I will try it on mine but I think it is too far gone.

This is what it looks like after I wiped it down with water, it does go rusty coloured but I can wash it off at the moment.

Cheers Pat

I had all three of my new defenders rear cross members repainted under warranty. The first one was covered a year after the factory warranty expired. My new defender my13 was repainted 6 weeks after I took delivery.

Just need to find a good dealer...

Oh and all defender rear cross members from the mid 90's onwards are bent like a banana, land rover changed chassis suppliers at that time, and after then they all came out bent....

Well I just got a call from LRA, he said he spoke to management and the dealer and they are off the opinion that I must have spilled something on the crossmember and wiped it of taking the paint with it.

What a load of bull****, anyway it is now up to me to fix.

Does anyone have any primer and paint recommendations?

It's time you took the badges off your Car and handed them back to that manager and be seen doing it by someone with a video camera that can post it up on youtube.

If asked by that company why, tell them that you can not give free advertising to a company that dosn't support their product.

I have seen the exact paint problem at the Kingston workshop of a popular AULRO member.
To me that paint coverage was no way adequate either and just the barest minimum must have been applied at the factory.
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