Hood Paint Peeling Off?

TheGryme

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My White 07's hood has the factory paint coming off......mainly on the passenger side.
Starting right about where the hood mount is and going forward towards the front......
I've seen a couple of other 2500's about the same year (06 & 07) with much worse peelage in the same general spot.
Is this "normal"......did the factory screw up when it was painted originally?
BTW......I Hates It!
 

darkness

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Unfortunately it is “normal.” My Dads white ‘06 roof peeled and also bottom of the front fender wells.
 

2004LB7

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I may be wrong with the years but around that time frame GM and a few others where switching over to low VOC or water based paints and coatings due to the change in the VOC laws. There was a bit of a growing pain working out the bugs and getting the formulas right. So some of the vehicles, some colors more than others, are showing early signs of paint failure.

Then you have the recession year trucks being built right after. Others will probably know better, but it's something like 2005 to 2010 where the worse paint years for GM/Chevy
 

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I may be wrong with the years but around that time frame GM and a few others where switching over to low VOC or water based paints and coatings due to the change in the VOC laws. There was a bit of a growing pain working out the bugs and getting the formulas right. So some of the vehicles, some colors more than others, are showing early signs of paint failure.

Then you have the recession year trucks being built right after. Others will probably know better, but it's something like 2005 to 2010 where the worse paint years for GM/Chevy
Exactly. The migration to low VOC, waterborne paint was not without growing pains.
 

TheBac

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Had to have my hood repainted because of this. They had to strip it down to bare metal and reprime/paint. You'll have to do the same.
 

JoshH

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GM white paint has been garbage for as long as I can remember. I can't tell you how many white trucks I've seen with peeling paint as far back as the late 80s/early 90s to as new as 2016.
 

TheGryme

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Bummer....I had heard the same from my friends exhaust shop that the factory painting was bad for a couple of years....O well.
Mine is peeling bad on the hood and around the rear lower edge of the front windows.
I know..............maybe Chevy will fix it under warrantee!!!!!!!
Sure.
Thanks Guys, I appreciate the info.
 

Budneeds2beers

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Yup my summit white 04 tahoe is flakier then a leper. Its sucks because I used to take extremely good care of my paint.
 

darkness

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It’s funny though. My mom has an ‘01 Yukon and it’s white. Don’t know if it’s the Arctic white or summit white. But the paint on it is flawless.