Neighbor a bit unhappy with his truck

proxim2020 wrote:
X2. I had to laugh at the comments about how he ruined his paint job. Unless the vehicle was in bad shape before, you normally can get spray paint off pretty easily. I've seen guys buff out spray paint by hand with a clay bar or a cleaner wax. Just about any detailer worth their weight can remove it quickly with their pro tools and chemicals. I suspect this guy knew what he was doing before he started spraying.

My thoughts exactly. It'll take some work, but you can remove anything that dries on TOP of the clear coat, like this spray paint did. If he used plasti-dip, or a similar product, it'll peel right off.

Ralph Cramden wrote:
The bottom line is the guy is probably an *******, and was just annoyed with the effects of active fuel management (cylinder deactivation) or just one of those whose mantra is everything is always the fault of others. You have all kinds. My brother in law who is an independent mechanic did a 4 wheel brake job on a 1996 F150, and two weeks later the guy threw a rod through the side of the block. The idiot blamed it on the brake job, and took him to small claims court lol. I sat in for the entertainment value, the local magistrate was almost in tears laughing at the moron while tossing it out.

You are probably right too. I can tell you I HATED the cylinder deactivation feeling on GM products. I had a company vehicle that had that and it was terrible. The car felt and sounded like it was lugging. It had an annoying pitch to the exhaust and I felt a slight vibration. It was operating just the way they designed it... but I didn't like it. If I was buying a truck with that feature, I would surely test it out FIRST...

Why do I get that feeling this guys last truck was a Ford.

May not have ruined his paint, but he sure would cement his standing with me as a total kook. I wouldn't touch anything he was involved with, even with Dr. Seuss' proverbial thirty nine and a half foot pole. To paraphrase a famous quote usually attributed to either Lincoln or Mark Twain , "It is better to sit silently and be thought a fool, than it is to do something and prove it".

dodge guy wrote:
It’s easier than you think to remove spray paint from a vehicle without damaging the factory paint. He got what he wanted. GM took notice and got a hold of him and are working on a solution. Good for him!

Couple hundred bucks to a good detailer, you'd never know it had been sprayed.

Ralph Cramden wrote:

proxim2020 wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
It’s easier than you think to remove spray paint from a vehicle without damaging the factory paint. He got what he wanted. GM took notice and got a hold of him and are working on a solution. Good for him!

X2. I had to laugh at the comments about how he ruined his paint job. Unless the vehicle was in bad shape before, you normally can get spray paint off pretty easily. I've seen guys buff out spray paint by hand with a clay bar or a cleaner wax. Just about any detailer worth their weight can remove it quickly with their pro tools and chemicals. I suspect this guy knew what he was doing before he started spraying.

It may come off easily, but then again it may not. It depends on the paint used, and a whole host of other factors. In any case you're taking clear coat with it and with factory paint you don't have much to give up. A trained eye will always be able to see where it was buffed out. He'll probably burn through the clear and that will be GMs fault also lol.

His truck is a 2015 and according to the article he has had it back at the dealer numerous times. Why did he not take it lemon law? From what I have read Texas has one of the best lemon laws in the US, and it's geared more to the buyer and not the manufacturer as most are.

The bottom line is the guy is probably an *******, and was just annoyed with the effects of active fuel management (cylinder deactivation) or just one of those whose mantra is everything is always the fault of others. You have all kinds. My brother in law who is an independent mechanic did a 4 wheel brake job on a 1996 F150, and two weeks later the guy threw a rod through the side of the block. The idiot blamed it on the brake job, and took him to small claims court lol. I sat in for the entertainment value, the local magistrate was almost in tears laughing at the moron while tossing it out.

I worked in a body shop for 10 years. All you need is a little paint thinner and a rag. It will take the spray paint off which is usually enamel, without doing any damage to the factory paint. Shouldn’t even need to be buffed! It will need to be waxed but it will be ok. I’ve even seen the really good guys buff out key scratches if it didn’t go below the surface of the clear.

Believe me. I’m 99.9% sure the guy in the article knew what he was doing!

proxim2020 wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
It’s easier than you think to remove spray paint from a vehicle without damaging the factory paint. He got what he wanted. GM took notice and got a hold of him and are working on a solution. Good for him!

X2. I had to laugh at the comments about how he ruined his paint job. Unless the vehicle was in bad shape before, you normally can get spray paint off pretty easily. I've seen guys buff out spray paint by hand with a clay bar or a cleaner wax. Just about any detailer worth their weight can remove it quickly with their pro tools and chemicals. I suspect this guy knew what he was doing before he started spraying.

It may come off easily, but then again it may not. It depends on the paint used, and a whole host of other factors. In any case you're taking clear coat with it and with factory paint you don't have much to give up. A trained eye will always be able to see where it was buffed out. He'll probably burn through the clear and that will be GMs fault also lol.

His truck is a 2015 and according to the article he has had it back at the dealer numerous times. Why did he not take it lemon law? From what I have read Texas has one of the best lemon laws in the US, and it's geared more to the buyer and not the manufacturer as most are.

The bottom line is the guy is probably an *******, and was just annoyed with the effects of active fuel management (cylinder deactivation) or just one of those whose mantra is everything is always the fault of others. You have all kinds. My brother in law who is an independent mechanic did a 4 wheel brake job on a 1996 F150, and two weeks later the guy threw a rod through the side of the block. The idiot blamed it on the brake job, and took him to small claims court lol. I sat in for the entertainment value, the local magistrate was almost in tears laughing at the moron while tossing it out.

dodge guy wrote:
It’s easier than you think to remove spray paint from a vehicle without damaging the factory paint. He got what he wanted. GM took notice and got a hold of him and are working on a solution. Good for him!

X2. I had to laugh at the comments about how he ruined his paint job. Unless the vehicle was in bad shape before, you normally can get spray paint off pretty easily. I've seen guys buff out spray paint by hand with a clay bar or a cleaner wax. Just about any detailer worth their weight can remove it quickly with their pro tools and chemicals. I suspect this guy knew what he was doing before he started spraying.

:) Hi, back in the 70's there were two unhappy Lincoln owners.

One of them added a taxi advertising sign on the trunk. (if you are old enough, you know what I'm talking about) He had printed all of his complaints about this car, on this sign so everyone could see and read it. What I didn't understand was that he drove this car with the sign on it for more than ten years. If you hate the car that much, get rid of it. You are only making yourself miserable.

The other Lincoln owner obviously had plenty of money to burn; And that is exactly what he did. He parked the car in front of the Pico Rivera Ford assembly plant and lit the car on fire. Note: Lincolns were not made at this plant.

GeoBoy wrote:
If his state has a “lemon law” GM would have to buy the truck back if they can’t resolve the problem.

If the problem rises to Lemon Law status, which this doesn't seem to. IIRC the vehicle has to be in the shop x number of days, at least in Florida

GeoBoy wrote:
If his state has a “lemon law” GM would have to buy the truck back if they can’t resolve the problem.

IF it is a problem. Just because he does not like the shift algorithms does not make a lemon claim. The article is severely lacking in facts on the issues other a noise he finds objectionable upon shifts.