Bought the '07 F150 Supercrew with the white sand tri coat metallic paint color.
Noticed after a few weeks a flaw in the paint on the drivers side rear door, paint has some small bubbles in it, and what looked like tiny pebbles from sand paper , 3/4" wide and 10 inches long . Brought the truck back to the dealer, they said they will fix it. In order to "blend" the paint, they painted both drivers side doors. I just had a feeling this was not going to work, but the flaw was un acceptable, more noticeable after dirt got stuck in the bubbles
Picked up the truck today, and just as expected the paint on the doors looks a little off, color is close, but you can tell it is not painted by a machine. The doors have an orange peelish texture to them, not super bad, but I bought that color for a reason, so bad enough, the paint has a few places where there is small specs of dust underneath too, not a lot but to me a few is too many.
I am not sure how to go about this
I will go to the dealer on Tuesday and complain, but I am just worried they are not going to resolve this and it will turn into a pissing match.
I realize I am a very picky person, especially on a truck that cost me about $39,000 OTD Tax , Lic and Warranty and Bed Liner. The truck only has 2000 miles on it.
If they try to say I am being too picky, the orange peel is acceptable or we dont see what you see , what recourse do I have ?
I have asked a few people today to look at the truck, and they see what I am talking about.
Do I ask them to paint the whole truck, or send it to an outside company to spray on the Tri Coat Metallic White Paint, shoot I dont know.
I would like to go in there screaming and yelling, but that is going to get me no where
Any opinions or suggestions ??
Thanks.

 

I almost bought a white sand 150 until I heard about this very problem of color matching met. paint !

I would try and return the truck to ford it's never going to be right and a complete repaint will never work because they will not be able to paint the jambs and everthing without taking the truck completly apart!
I would give them one chance to take it back then go get a lawyer and go after them !

I'm very picky also and this would drive me crazy just knowing it been repainted it's your money don't let them do this to you!

Ray

 

About all you can do is insist that they wet sand and buff the repainted areas to match the rest of the truck (this will remove the orange peel). Some metalics are hard to match.. like silver. But white shouldn't be to bad. (I painted kenworth trucks for 8 years.. I know paint). You CAN'T get a new truck out of this... so get comfortable with that. A good paint person can match the paint and make you happy. Just be realistic.

 

I found another flaw, just like the one that was repainted. This one is on the edge of the tailgate, not nealry as noticeable as the first spot.
The "pebbles" I thought are actually the metal flake sitting on top of the clear, the bubbles are actually the lighter flake in the paint .

I am going to ask for them wet sand the truck, remove the over spray from my windows, and rubber molding, and look at the new spot I found.
I am prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure that I am satisfied with the way the truck looks.
I will be "that guy"

 

Why would they have to replace the whole truck? Couldn't they just replace the doors?

 

If it did not look good enough, they would either paint the whole truck, or who knows what my next step would be, I would have to croos that bridge when I get to it.
The doors come from the factory un-painted, so essentially that is what I have already had done. I have had the truck detailed, and it looks pretty darn good. I have not been back to the dealer, yet.