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Truck Developing Acne?!

08-23-2002, 08:31 PM

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Mike Ellis

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Truck Developing Acne?!

Driving along the highway in the hot Texas sun this week, I noticed that the paint on the hood looked funny - kinda textured almost. Close inspection reveals that the paint (regular Dodge red, non-metallic) has developed thousands of tiny little raised spots - about the size of ratshot. Looks almost like a case of acne, but the whole darned hood is covered. I know for a fact this is a new development because I keep the old truck well washed and detailed, and just spent 3 days straight last week driving it around full-time. Paint was fine then. What the ?

I was in West Texas last week, hot but nothing special. Sure didn't think I saw anything that would have damaged my paint. No railroad brake dust, no parking outside powerplants, no acid rain, no nothing except lots of hazy air from Mexican powerplant pollution. Anybody had their paint go bumpy like this? If the bumps get any bigger its gonna look like the hood is covered with Linex...

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'97 Club Cab 3500, 5 spd, 3.54 gears, Camper/Tow package, turn down gooseneck, Line-X bedliner, KDP jigged, RS9000X shocks, Torklift frame mount tiedowns, Bigfoot 2500 10.6 camper. Leprosy cured at last - new paint May 08

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