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madtheswine

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Well cars gone in today for a total respray courtesy of Mercedes. Decided to pay for the bumpers and side skirts to be done as well as they only do the metal parts. Will be back in 3 weeks time when I come back off holiday, cant wait.
 

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Why is it being repainted and are you sure they aren't they doing the lot its easier.
 

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It needs a total respray??? What happened to it?
 

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That colour has been a big problem to Mercedes with micro blistering, well publicised. Seems they are now doing the decent thing
 

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That colour has been a big problem to Mercedes with micro blistering, well publicised. Seems they are now doing the decent thing
Is it only this colour? or has it happened with other colour's too? They say that you learn something new everyday.....but paint washing off a factory painted vehicle is a new one for me.......I have heard of paint peeling / flaking / blistering etc after crash repairs etc....but never a factory painted one. Must have been pretty bad to justify a complete respray though, that's not something that they do lightly.
 

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Is it only this colour? or has it happened with other colour's too? They say that you learn something new everyday.....but paint washing off a factory painted vehicle is a new one for me.......I have heard of paint peeling / flaking / blistering etc after crash repairs etc....but never a factory painted one. Must have been pretty bad to justify a complete respray though, that's not something that they do lightly.
It’s the only colour I know of Jim
The paint didn’t flake off as such, there are imperfections like tiny blisters in various states.
I’ve seen quite a number, a member on here has had an SLK55 completely resprayed, it looks absolutely stunning now, another I know from the ‘other side’ was getting his C63 Ed 507 done earlier this year....
 

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I personally know of 2 cars which have been completely resprayed due to this problem which, as stated above, happened to a lot of the Fire Opal Red cars. One of them, a C63 coupe was absolutely immaculate.very low mileage (under 20k) and extremely well cared for but it had the tiny white spots all over various panels, which didn't impress the owner much.

Both were taken back to bare metal as, apparently, this was the only way to cure the micro blistering which was pretty unsightly but Mercedes won't do the plastic parts such as bumpers as they're unaffected.
 

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That colour has been a big problem to Mercedes with micro blistering, well publicised. Seems they are now doing the decent thing

Is this still a problem with the Red ? My wife has decided that we want an A class and I have found a nice 2018 A200 face lift in red with a very low mileage and I don't want to get caught those issues.
 

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The owners were using the vehicles wrongly and Mercedes are giving some goodwill............................................

Did I read the MB service bulletin ?
 

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Is this still a problem with the Red ? My wife has decided that we want an A class and I have found a nice 2018 A200 face lift in red with a very low mileage and I don't want to get caught those issues.
I don’t believe there are any issues now Andy, so you should be fine with a 2018 car
 

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I don’t believe there are any issues now Andy, so you should be fine with a 2018 car

I probably won't go for it anyway. I don't really want to spend over 20 grand on a car when I am perfectly happy with what I have already. It's only doe 28,000 miles and there is nothing at all wrong with it. I think my wife got excited when we went out on Mothers Day in my son-in-laws and she liked it. She announced at the dinner table that if we could get on like Warrens for about 20 thousand including what we can get for ours she would like one. Personally I would rather go for a C Class if we were to go for anything at all !! :)
 
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The owners were using the vehicles wrongly and Mercedes are giving some goodwill............................................

Did I read the MB service bulletin ?
Which is what apparently owners were being told at the start of this a few years ago. That or "it's just tree sap mate":rolleyes:
 
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Yes it is Fire Opal Red, and had some lacquer peel on the boot lid and small blisters all over. I decided to have the bumpers painted due to some stone chips on the front and some bugger scraped the back corner, not really bad but just decided to have it done. Seen one that had been done and it was immaculate, really smooth. Will look like a new car, only got 27000 on the clock.
 

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Have MB said anything about a warranty on the paint work going forward ?
I agree should look absolutely stunning.
 
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Mmm, never thought to ask. But I will be asking when I collect it.
 

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The owners were using the vehicles wrongly and Mercedes are giving some goodwill............................................

Did I read the MB service bulletin ?
Using the vehicle wrongly.........From my personal experience, micro-blistering was generally caused by water atomised in the compressed air while spraying.This would be in cases of damage-repair.But how this could happen in a modern spray facility that you would have in a modern assembly plant.. I don't know. But it had to be something similar to that happened your Mercedes, Frontstep.
 

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I seem to recall there was a recent post about another shade of red which was suffering lacquer peel.
 


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