2024 Incredibly Thin Paint

[greatone99]

1.2 mil is wild. Almost to the point I'd be skeptical. It'd physically be difficult to have that thin of paint through e-coat, primer, base and clear.

thats y i think bad gauge .i would try another

 

[Subaruski]

I'll check with him and see when the last time was he calibrated the gauge.

usuallu 2.5 -4.0 ,usually 1.5 is just for the clear ,maybe that gauge is not working correct,but car paints r getting thinner and thinner

He was getting consistent readings all around the truck that were sub 1.5mil. And then the front clip was very thick 10+ everywhere. Which could make sense as that is sprayed separately then the body/bed.

thats y i think bad gauge .i would try another

 

[greatone99]

I'll check with him and see when the last time was he calibrated the gauge.



He was getting consistent readings all around the truck that were sub 1.5mil. And then the front clip was very thick 10+ everywhere. Which could make sense as that is sprayed separately then the body/bed.

also u should change the gauge from mils ,to um (microns) measurement its more precise ,a normal car would be 40-50 um of clear .i think 1.4 mills is 36 um total ,if that's true that paint almost not correctable

 

[greatone99]

I'll check with him and see when the last time was he calibrated the gauge.



He was getting consistent readings all around the truck that were sub 1.5mil. And then the front clip was very thick 10+ everywhere. Which could make sense as that is sprayed separately then the body/bed.

the gauge might be right ,i just an artical online about 2024 raptor paint being under 1.5 mils

 

[XSTNKT]

Most likely applied by robot. Incredibly consistent finishes, but if the settings are off, oh boy... that means a LOT of trucks have some thin-a55 paint. Yikes.

 

[greatone99]

Most likely applied by robot. Incredibly consistent finishes, but if the settings are off, oh boy... that means a LOT of trucks have some thin-a55 paint. Yikes.

def robots ,1.2 is 31 microns ,total , divide by say equal coats ,primer base clear ,ur looking at 10 microns of clear, with 1-3 microns removed on an average correction,does not leave much for future or an errors. so get it corrected and ppf

 

[SurfRaptor]

It's not an 80K truck. It's a 25K truck with 55K of aftermarket add-on's.

So you are saying I get some type of refund?

 

[Stingray23]

Has anyone measured the paint thickness of the 21-23 models to compare?

 

[shigman]

I know we all talk %*^& about Toyota on here, but I remember the older sequoias actually had 100lbs of paint on them. Don’t fact check me lol… sounds ridiculous ,but some old j a p SUVs had incredible paint.

 

[Domin0]

I know we all talk %*^& about Toyota on here, but I remember the older sequoias actually had 100lbs of paint on them. Don’t fact check me lol… sounds ridiculous ,but some old j a p SUVs had incredible paint.

Getting off-topic here, but my LX450 had the most incredibly durable paint of any vehicle I’ve ever seen.