Paint bubbles in TT rain gutter area... any info?
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Paint bubbles in TT rain gutter area... any info?
Car goes in for its 10K tomorrow, and I want to show the dealer these paint bubbles that have popped up along the passenger side rain gutter. There are only a few of them, but them have gotten larger over the past few months. A fellow TT'er told me that this was a problem on the early models, which mine isn't. Can anyone point me to a TSB on the issue, or any other info?
What would be involved in repairing these?
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What would be involved in repairing these?
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evan, I remember seeing those at the Mt. Hamilton run. Have you ever used the roof
rack? Perhaps it twisted the gutter to the point of splitting the paint, letting moisture in, which heated up in the sun, causing bubbles, etc.?
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My dealer has replaced rain gutters on at least 2 cars for this issue.
You should not have a problem getting them replaced with a little insistence. I saw the bad gutters off the car and they looked just like your pics.
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mine too..look just like that..no bigger/badder than before....
just paint drips. Makes the car look like a one off custom. I'm keeping em cause I would not be sure if anything new would match. May not really be a bubble. Unless it really swells it's probably solid lump.
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Same Firkin' thing on mine
Haven't gotten worse, I ignored them thinking a major repaint would have to occur.
You can just replace them? Cool, I'm off to the dealer next week ...
2001 Lake Silver, build date 08/00
You can just replace them? Cool, I'm off to the dealer next week ...
2001 Lake Silver, build date 08/00