Miata Mailing List: October 1996, Message #0029
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   From: BIOMEDHMC@aol.com

Subject: Paint Peel

   Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 13:06:26 -0500



     Someone please tell me everything that they know about "paint peel"

quick!!

     I've got a spot on the A pillar, driver's side where the paint is just

flaking off.  There is no rust and the primer underneath is perfect.  I don't

remember any article in the Miata Magazine discussing this.  I took my

Miattitude to the dealership a few months ago and the service manager

(Regional Big Dog) says that it is caused by exposure to ultraviolet rays (go

figure, I guess that I'll just have to start driving around more inside the

garage than outside).

     The sad news is that (according to "them") the whole car will have to be

repainted because eventually this "peel" will eat all of my paint.  The good

news is that (I really don't mind), I was thinking of a pearlized

paint,anyway.

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     I've decided to return to the dealership with my  problem.

 But this time I thought that I'd have the miata@list.realbig.com Email in

hand.  So, SEND REPLIES to this one please.

     The first time through the dealership there was no offer made to help me

resolve the paint peel problem - not even partially - and the Miattitude is

kept in immaculate condition,otherwise.  It is clearly not my fault that the

paint that year was faulty.  Its really kinda an embarrassment for me, and I

should say for Mazda, too.



     Glenn & Miattitude

     '90 CrystalWhite











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