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Mazda CX-9 Paint and Body Work Questions
brickfrenzy
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So, My 3 week old CX-9 was hit while I was sitting at a stop light. It was a very slow speed fender bump, but the license plate of the offending GS470 imprinted itself on the dark gray of the bumper, and scratched about an inch of paint off of the painted part. No other damage is evident, and the plastic didn't dent in.
You can't repair plastic damage like that, can you? I suspect the whole bumper is going to have to be replaced. Since the car is so new, are body shops equipped to deal with this vehicle or should I just go straight to the dealer?
You can't repair plastic damage like that, can you? I suspect the whole bumper is going to have to be replaced. Since the car is so new, are body shops equipped to deal with this vehicle or should I just go straight to the dealer?
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But yeah, sucks that I have to go through this with a 3 week old car.
I'd expect the front bumper would be much more costly, because of the fog lights and grill stuff all built-in.
I noticed the same fragility on the paint of more recent cars (2005 and later.) Someone told me that paints are using more eco-friendly materials but that they are not as resistant as they used to be.
Called the dealer and sounds like they will take care if it.
Has anyone else had this issue? It seems really strange for a year old car to be rusting.
Can you tell me the forum where this is being discussed?
After four weeks of ownership, my wife brought the car to the grocery store where unusually high winds took hold of a metal shopping cart and sent it speeding straight down the driver's side. Three panels now have a deep, white gouge in our beautiful blue GT.
Mazda says the only way we can really hide it is to repaint all three panels. Instead, we are going to try having the scratch buffed and then the dealer will apply the matching paint stick, but they caution that we will still see the scratch given the metallic nature of the paint.
Meanwhile, the kids continuously bicycle around our 12-year Subaru parked in the driveway, skis resting on the car have repeatedly fallen down its sides, and countless balls have been kicked at it, and yet there is not a single scratch as obvious as the one on our new CX-9.
Wear and tear is inevitable, I know. But it still smarts.
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