Missing paint in the door jam

[Rick Astley]

Deflection....

Real question is does the Jeep look like this?

Answer: Yes, the jeep looks like this under panels.

Upon Reflection: You have unrealistic ideals and goals, my signature is for you!

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[Scape Goat]

This is normal with many manufactures. Vehicles are painted by robots on assembly with all body panels installed. I wish this wasn't the case given the modular nature of the bronco, but I would not fault Ford for this.

However, I am now a little concerned whether the removable fenders and quarters (not the flairs) were installed prior to paint. If I decided to remove my rear quarter before going on a trail, and it was unpainted underneath then I would be pissed.

 

[Felix808]

Now Im happy I went Oxford White

Yep, just brake out the rattle can

 

[BossMann]

Answer: Yes, the jeep looks like this under panels.

Upon Reflection: You have unrealistic ideals and goals, my signature is for you!

false....

What your saying is "it's a Ford! We should expect shitty work!"

I won't and no one else should either. Paint the damn thing.

 

[timhood]

Lol with reds and yellows, not likely. They are a beast to get matched.
My wife hit a deer with our Yellow Cobalt SS, so insurance paid for the repair.
I rejected it 4 times because the bumper, fender, and hood were all a different shade and saturation of yellow.
The Chevy Dealer B/S manager came out that 4th time, literally almost in tears, telling me he worked on it himself all weekend, mixed up no less than 15 samples, trying to get the hue close enough.

I took it home, sanded it, and painted it myself.

Not perfect (it never will be unless you either get lucky or respray the whole car), but I blended the new base onto adjacent areas and cleared all, so it isn't "panel painted".

A waitress at the restaurant near work has a 2014 Race Red Stang. The car is literally 4 different Reds, similar situation with her.

Followed by silvers and greys.
White and black are fairly safe.

Weird they should have a problem matching with everything computer-controlled these days. I had a red F-150 that had body damage repaired and you couldn't tell where the repaint was even if I showed you a close-up picture. Even if the factory color had paint fade, a new color could be matched to the fade. Maybe that body shop was still doing things the old-fashioned "by hand" way.

 

[broadicustomworks]

Deflection....

Real question is does the Jeep look like this?

I'll bet you can find multiple areas of concern with paint on a Jeep, or any new car .
The difference is, based on what I have heard (have not been in either manufacturing facility to see it myself) Jeep paints their bodies doors off.
Like I said, I can't verify that, but it's what I've heard, and honestly believe to be true.

But have you looked, actually looked, at Jeep paint quality?
Every one I see has Orange peel above a level 5, which is terrible for automotive-grade finishes.
Every one has the same door deflection/dent/warp on the driver front door lower hinge.
The local place had a Gladiator I went to look at last week again out of boredom.

It was on a raised platform, affording a good look at the underneath.
Piece of what looked like blast media in the paint, eye-level, right smack-dab in the middle of the bedside.
It was black, except for the lower sections of rocker and bottom lip of the bedsides, which were primer with some black overspray.

 

[broadicustomworks]

Weird they should have a problem matching with everything computer-controlled these days. I had a red F-150 that had body damage repaired and you couldn't tell where the repaint was even if I showed you a close-up picture. Even if the factory color had paint fade, a new color could be matched to the fade. Maybe that body shop was still doing things the old-fashioned "by hand" way.

They were, I'm sure.
A photo-eye scanner goes a long way taking the guesswork out.

 

[BossMann]

Sure there will be issues with paint, I have no issues with that stance. I do have issues with some saying "Nothing to see here! Ford does half ass work and we should just stay quiet!"

Ford will want to fix the issues that come up, no doubt. They won't be happy with a product viewed as sub par to the Wrangler.

 

[Monster1926]

Not going to go into that but we are fighting with factory damage they want us to claim as transport. Was not noticed until vehicle washed 2 hours after it was dropped off. Unless customer complains, we really aren't supposed to make a claim prior to it being sold.

Sounds familiar. Honestly, with a doors off vehicle I don’t see how they can say that’s acceptable but I’m sure they will.

 

[Toccoa]

Considering these things are painted by robots, this is just Ford being cheap.

 

[RTLGarage]

What a mixed bag of feedback and comments.

Ford has proven they listen to this forum, let’s be constructive. Also, make sure you let you dealer know, and if you get a hold of a customer service rep, leave some feedback about it.

I don’t care for the “this is normal” comments. Jeep Wrangler is the only vehicle that I am aware of where taking the doors off is a promoted feature. So we should look at the wrangler to make our basis of “normal”. Looking at a few Google images of wranglers with the doors off, It looks finished and clean. Compare the images side by side… the Bronco with the doors off looks like someone overlooked an important quality detail.

 

[CarreraX]

Although it is disappointing, if my late Aug build (as of now...) has hinges missing paint, Ill just paint them myself and drive the hell out of it. In fact, if they can build mine now with the hinges all different colors I wouldn't care as long as I can get it sooner. And Im not saying I expect crap, Im just saying its an easy fix. Fun 3 beer weekend job.

 

[broadicustomworks]

Sure there will be issues with paint, I have no issues with that stance. I do have issues with some saying "Nothing to see here! Ford does half ass work and we should just stay quiet!"

Ford will want to fix the issues that come up, no doubt. They won't be happy with a product viewed as sub par to the Wrangler.

I can agree with that. If is is substandard, it is what it is.
However, the nature of assembly-line, current-day processes simply does cookie-cutter type results, and that's why they do the automation, for consistency.
And that can be bad and good.
Personally I would like better, expect better, but at the end of the day have some understanding of why this may be and know it isn't due to negligence on Ford's part as far as the paint process goes.

The final assembly/inspection criteria, however is what is unknown.
Is this an acceptable condition?
Is it something specifically they are supposed to verify?
Why didn't someone in that inspection process bring this up before this Cyber Y pic is going viral (trust me, I saw it all over FB yesterday). Maybe they did. Maybe they were told it is acceptable.

And maybe Ford will amend their specification for coating in that area and amend the final inspect criteria over this kind of negative spotlight.

Or maybe none of that and it's on the end-user to rectify if they can't get past it.
I know if mine looks like that, I will fix it and go on about my day.

Sorry for the long posts. Hard to get stuff out in 1 or 2 sentences.

 

[Brongo]

Lol. That looks bad. Sprayer robot missed painting entire side. Is that area not supposed to be painted?

That looks REALLY bad. There's no way that could be right.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

and you couldn't tell where the repaint was even if I showed you a close-up picture.

One of my favorite lines to hear!
I misspent a large portion of my youth at a friend's Father's body shop.
About 75% of the time
I can find it pretty quickly ..... my buddy though, gottdamn eagle eyes, starts analyzing the process they used even though it's under primer and paint etc etc.

Unfortunately, once you see it, you can't unsee it.... so many poorly repaired cars out there, looking like Harlequin Bears.

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