Paint and Alcantara woes
Discussion
Anyone else had a similar experience with their Elise?
The car is 3 months old, done it's first 1000 mile service and b*gger me no sooner have I sent off the customer satisfaction survey with all the boxes ticked for 'Outstanding' than the paint starts to bubble and flake on the passenger door and the rear clam. Also, the alcantara door inserts have a strange white powdery deposit which comes and goes.
Dealer says, white deposit is symptom of roof leaking and paint problem rarely seen but will be fixed by a localised grind-out, fill, paint and seal.
For those of you who have had paint problems, can you tell me if they happened during the car's first Winter or did they appear months/years later and how they were resolved/what the explanation was?
regards,
Chris
The car is 3 months old, done it's first 1000 mile service and b*gger me no sooner have I sent off the customer satisfaction survey with all the boxes ticked for 'Outstanding' than the paint starts to bubble and flake on the passenger door and the rear clam. Also, the alcantara door inserts have a strange white powdery deposit which comes and goes.
Dealer says, white deposit is symptom of roof leaking and paint problem rarely seen but will be fixed by a localised grind-out, fill, paint and seal.
For those of you who have had paint problems, can you tell me if they happened during the car's first Winter or did they appear months/years later and how they were resolved/what the explanation was?
regards,
Chris
Never had the paint problem - but those I know that did ended up having the car resprayed
The white stuff is a result of mositure ingress - I get it occasionally on my alcantara. Check your roof and door seals, try proofing the roof with some tent proofing stuff from a camping shop. The roof shouldnt leak - also check your windows are aligned properly and are meeting up with the cant rail seals.
The white stuff is a result of mositure ingress - I get it occasionally on my alcantara. Check your roof and door seals, try proofing the roof with some tent proofing stuff from a camping shop. The roof shouldnt leak - also check your windows are aligned properly and are meeting up with the cant rail seals.
Mat
You are the sensible one, you know that you need training, your Brother is in denial
Orsoch
Your Dealer is correct. We have fixed a few with paint bubbles, (microblistering) it is unusual, (bearing in mind that we hve repaired 1000,s of Loti over the last 18 years!) and fairly easily repairable, in our experience lotus are quite helpfull with rectifying it. The dealer should be able to sort this out for you fairly quickly, so don't worry
Gill
@Sinclaire
You are the sensible one, you know that you need training, your Brother is in denial
Orsoch
Your Dealer is correct. We have fixed a few with paint bubbles, (microblistering) it is unusual, (bearing in mind that we hve repaired 1000,s of Loti over the last 18 years!) and fairly easily repairable, in our experience lotus are quite helpfull with rectifying it. The dealer should be able to sort this out for you fairly quickly, so don't worry
Gill
@Sinclaire
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