SHR Louvers are in but.....

isn't there always a but. Today was suppose to be a happy day. My louvers were going in. The glass guy got to my work around 8:30 and we talked about what I wanted. He said it should not be an issue but wanted to make me aware of a chance that some chipping could occur with the tool he uses. He showed me the tool and it is a neat little item. I am pretty sure that it is the same device that was mentioned in my other thread on these. It uses microwaves to heat the glass and epoxy and after a min the window basically just pops out.

Anyhow I went back into the office to get some work done and about 20 min latter he calls me and asked me to come look at something. As I approach the car the passenger side is done and it looks sweet. It has one small chip. I walk around to the drivers side and OMG! There are at least 6 chips along the top and back toward the small end of the window and that is not the worst of it. On the bottom there is at least a 6" strip that looks like it just pealed away. That strip of course touched down the side (not much though). I was devastated (but I didn't cry). I told him to finish the louver. He did and I sent him on his way.

A little while latter I took it to a shop up the road to get a quote on touch up the damage. Well that didn't go well I was told that the whole qtr would need to be repainted but then he said he would get his paint guy and see what he said. So he came out looked at it, said something in Spanish to the owner who then asked me if I had ever had any paint work done? I said no and was like WTF? He then tells me that factory paint should not have peeled like that. He then goes and get this tool and starts putting it on various parts of the car. I finally figure out it is a paint thickness gauge. He then shows me that while on the passenger side the pint is about 6mm think on the driver side it is only 3.5mm and then tells me it should be at least 5mm.

Now I am just tired (btw the paint quote was 700 to 1k). I headed over to the closest Ford dealer and asked them about it. While the service manager agreed that it sounded thin they didn't have a body shop so he didn't know. He also didn't know if Ford would cover it under warranty because it happened while I was having other work done.

Tomorrow I am going to the Ford dealer with the body shop to talk to them. we shall see. I "think" I can make it look good if they don't but I am not sure.

So I don't get a BS line does anyone know the min/max spec that Ford is suppose to have for paint thickness?

Thanks for reading the long rant but I had to share with people I knew would understand...:happyhapp:happyhapp:happyhapp