twlyons1
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- Location
- Mid Coast, Lincoln County Oregon
- Ram Year
- 2012
- Engine
- 6.7 Laramie 4x4 crew 8' dually
Hello All,
Well I ordered a Ram 3500 crew cab 4x4 8' box dually from factory and received it here about a month ago, I noticed a problem at the dealership, first i saw little strings all over the side and then it started to pop out at me - rock chips all down the drivers side and a few on passenger side, windows and mirror, all rock chips,they or some one had tried to buff them out leaving little buffing pad strings all over it stuck in the raised paint from the rock chips,,,,I received a paper stating paint and glass problem from dealer,well now i have an estimate from another ram location auto body place for over $2500.00 because the only correct way of fixing it is to repaint it, i took it back and was asked,what do you want to do- paint it or spot touch up, I said that i want it done right,,,,, dealer said they would have it painted, 3 days latter i called to get auto body shop name and was told the sales manager decided to touch it up paint and that Chrysler wont do any thing because it is not a paint defect, it was shipped to me in this condition as far as i know it happened at Satilo Mexico assembly plant parking lot,,it is rock,,i looked at it with sat. view, pretty cool actually. Dealer said they are done with it.
My question is how can i preserve it from rust because i live right on the west coast of Oregon next to the beach, until i can get the money together to have the paint fixed? about 6 - 9 months or more.
I have pdf of paint estimate and pdf of dealer paper given to me at time of pick up. didn't know how to post them
Well I ordered a Ram 3500 crew cab 4x4 8' box dually from factory and received it here about a month ago, I noticed a problem at the dealership, first i saw little strings all over the side and then it started to pop out at me - rock chips all down the drivers side and a few on passenger side, windows and mirror, all rock chips,they or some one had tried to buff them out leaving little buffing pad strings all over it stuck in the raised paint from the rock chips,,,,I received a paper stating paint and glass problem from dealer,well now i have an estimate from another ram location auto body place for over $2500.00 because the only correct way of fixing it is to repaint it, i took it back and was asked,what do you want to do- paint it or spot touch up, I said that i want it done right,,,,, dealer said they would have it painted, 3 days latter i called to get auto body shop name and was told the sales manager decided to touch it up paint and that Chrysler wont do any thing because it is not a paint defect, it was shipped to me in this condition as far as i know it happened at Satilo Mexico assembly plant parking lot,,it is rock,,i looked at it with sat. view, pretty cool actually. Dealer said they are done with it.
My question is how can i preserve it from rust because i live right on the west coast of Oregon next to the beach, until i can get the money together to have the paint fixed? about 6 - 9 months or more.
I have pdf of paint estimate and pdf of dealer paper given to me at time of pick up. didn't know how to post them
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