Toyota Corolla paint quality

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Sun 25 Sep 2005 23:07
Toyota Corolla paint quality - metallick
I have a 2005 Corolla less than 10000 miles in silver metallic(nice car) except the front is a rash of chips down to the black undercoat and minor scratches seem show up easily elsewhere.
I've had many new cars and never experienced what seems to be soft or thin paintwork like this...my partners 6 year old fiesta is in better shape.
Normally paint is capable of absorbing road debris without breaking through the prime paint colour..but the dealer just says its impact damage and not covered by warranty.
I'm not convinced....has anyone experienced a similar problem or can suggest where I can get an independant test/report on the paintwork?
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Sun 25 Sep 2005 23:31
Toyota Corolla paint quality - blue_haddock
Modern paints are a lot softer than older paints so they are more prone to stone chips and scratches. None of the corolla's i've had as demo's seem to suffer though and i do quite a big mileage.

I think the worst Toyota's for paint problems are the non-metallic black Rav4's - they are very soft. If your not happy with the paint quality and the way it is holding up i would contact Toyota Customer services and see what they say - they do try to help the customer as much as they can.
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Mon 26 Sep 2005 17:07
Toyota Corolla paint quality - stevegolf
exactly the same problem with our 2 metallic Honda civics,we have nov 2003 with 17,000 miles and mine dec2003 19800 miles.
As we had from new both mine and wifes carefully driven and ok some motorway work,but never had such painwork problem.

I now have a new golf on order so hope is better quality.
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Tue 27 Sep 2005 15:54
Toyota Corolla paint quality - Happy Blue!
German paint a few years ago was very poor. My flat blue Merc was a rash of white spots at the front and it had only done 13,000 miles in two years.
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