Missing paint in the door jam

[tjnoffy]

Has anyone else had issues where the door jam is missing paint?
The drivers and passengers front fender area is not painted.
Tesla says it's normal.

Yeah, the door jamb on this one looks well painted, starting at 6:15 when he pulls the driver door off. I'd be all over Ford to make that right!

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[TripleB]

Yet, another reason to go 2 door. Less missing paint!

 

[Cheshire]

beautiful. Love the color, the wheels. Excellent choice!

 

[Ranger6G]

Yeah, the door jamb on this one looks well painted, starting at 6:15 when he pulls the driver door off. I'd be all over Ford to make that right!

This one is painted perfectly…

 

[wilbersk]

This one is painted perfectly…

Not sure how you come to that conclusion, look at the front door jam

 

[1st4rd]

Not sure how you come to that conclusion, look at the front door jam

Front door jamb is perfect - You are trying to find a problem where there isn't one. It is tiresome for the rest of us so you might want to give it a break.

 

[1st4rd]

Apologists and fanboys are hilarious. “We expect crap, and damn it, we like it!“. Its a shame their expectatations are so low. I don’t get it, but they seem pretty content, so more power to them.

No apologist here - just a realist looking at a real video of a real Bronco and not seeing the problem you evidently want to see.

 

[Fedexman1978]

Their construction and assembly is completely different between Jeep and Ford.

Their painting is not.

I think what you're trying to argue is that Jeep, in it's infinite wisdom and nearly a hundred years of experience, does a full frame-off complete bespoked paint job of each panel and frame individually.

Yes? Ford does shitty painting of the body as a partially assembled unit. Jeep does bespoked painting and protection.

This would, as you're attesting, make Jeeps completely rust-proof. Right, that's where you're going with this?

Just want to know if the argument of yours i've presented above sounds as stupid to you when you read it as it does to me.


Perhaps you're boiling down your argument to: "Jeep builds their body panels differently and uses nylon for door straps and nylon to protect the door wiring, everything must be external as they provide an un-reachable location to rust through from the inside out, where as Ford has easily replaceable panels in a completely different methodology and with different methodologies for metal preservation, however, I want the best of all worlds and the damn thing better be in my price range or i'll be pissed!"?

And this just happens to be the ant hill you've laid your cross upon.

My man, you are quite possibly the biggest dick on this forum. And for what exactly? For someone expecting some semblance of attention to detail on a vehicle they're waiting possibly years for, and that they're spending 60k+ on? Heaven forbid they expect the same paint quality as a direct competitor that also has removable doors and top. I'm beginning to think yours may be a Jim Farley burner account as defensive as you get when someone dares criticize the overlords.

 

[balucipher]

Deflection....

Real question is does the Jeep look like this?

Nope, they're painted with the doors off

 

[Bronco4]

My man, you are quite possibly the biggest dick on this forum. And for what exactly? For someone expecting some semblance of attention to detail on a vehicle they're waiting possibly years for, and that they're spending 60k+ on? Heaven forbid they expect the same paint quality as a direct competitor that also has removable doors and top. I'm beginning to think yours may be a Jim Farley burner account as defensive as you get when someone dares criticize the overlords.

I'll take some of that heat, so bring it on.

 

[Lashedup]

Other manufacturers design their door stop mechanisms to be installed after paint. This allows the robots in paint to open the doors wider than normal and paint the jambs correctly and thoroughly.

 

[SVTLightning]

Not sure how you come to that conclusion, look at the front door jam

Where do you see paint missing on the one in the video?

 

[fschael]

Yeah, the door jamb on this one looks well painted, starting at 6:15 when he pulls the driver door off. I'd be all over Ford to make that right!

This unit probably wasn't run on the assembly line. This is a prototype unit that is assembled by few engineers and general labor. You can see internal mounding panels are prototypes as well, completely smooth and shiny.

 

[fschael]

Yet, another reason to go 2 door. Less missing paint!

Actually, the only part where the robot can't reach is the front door because the door cover the hinge when you open it. The robot can reach both sides of the hinge on the rear door as it can do it from the front jam door and from the opening of the rear door.

Therefore, 4 doors and 2 doors has the same unpainted part.

 

[fschael]

Nope, they're painted with the doors off

I'm not sure if they pain them on or off, but I don't think it will be necesary for them as the hinges on the Wrangler are outside of the door, meaning that when you open the door, the robot will have full access to the entire jam of the door. On the Bronco, the hinges are inside (obviously) and the door covers them.

The only solution for Ford is to paint with the front doors off and I believe that is feasible as they need to take the doors off anyway for the sub-assembly of the doors. They just need to design a new ski that hold the front doors during the paint process. Not sure what others complication could this carry during the painting process.

I think the process engineers didn't think about it as this is the first vehicle where you can take the doors off in many years for Ford.

I hope they can address this issue soon because it doesn't look nice specially in darker colors. Shadow black and Antimatter blue should look really noticeably.

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