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| McGeordie Member Since: 20 Feb 2012 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 220   
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Mine did the same on the inside...then a big chunk on the outside, will a couple of hundred miles. I discussed with my dealer, had the outside resolved and all fine since, decided not to bother with the inside...collective view was it will just chip and flake off over time.
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26th Oct 2015 12:33pm |
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| Clemmo Member Since: 03 Aug 2012 Location: Mile Oak Posts: 1230  
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They all do it..from day one..
they always have!! Not worth the hassle for me..just live with inners black Clemmo  Make today a little better than yesterday but not so good as tomorrow....
Defender 90 HT............Pangea Green BMW X3 Msport............Carbon Black Mini Electric................Grey. (wow!) MGB Roadster……..........Vermillion 17k miles Honda Benly CD200....Maroon --------McLouis Fusio........7.4m of fun |
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26th Oct 2015 12:37pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5054 
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Good to hear a few have done it...never seen it before - i suppose the key will be if it goes round to the front, so i think ill leave it for the time being Mike
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26th Oct 2015 2:20pm |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159 
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The paint fell off of the inside of mine the first time I washed it!
Luckily the outer paint hasn't. |
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26th Oct 2015 6:03pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20580
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AFAIK, the inner arches are not factory sprayed. They may just be lightly oversprayed and that's about it hence the outer arches are painted perfectly.
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26th Oct 2015 6:10pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Nothing new, non flaking arches are the exception. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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26th Oct 2015 6:12pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2532 
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I spotted this in the first few weeks but only on the inside so decided to leave it and have not reported it under warranty. Five months on and it has not spread to the outside. I've got 30 months warranty left so plenty of time to take action if it becomes a problem.
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26th Oct 2015 7:47pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3787  
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Our '13 90 has this issue too. Paint on the underside is basically just not much better than overspray I reckon, so whilst I wasn't happy when it started to flake off, I wasn't worried,....but I would be if it happened to the topside.
Pickles. |
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26th Oct 2015 8:39pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Call me stupid but why on earth would you wnt the insides of the wheel archbrows painted?
No one ever sees it and it just gets pelted by mud, stone, road salt, water etc. It's a losing battle! 2016 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol |
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26th Oct 2015 9:23pm |
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| Enid_Puceflange Member Since: 25 Oct 2014 Location: edinburgh Posts: 1179  
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They all do that. The inside of the arches don't have any primer or prep done to them to make the paint fix
It's quite shocking but just the way they are!!  My confidence has been writing cheques that my abilities can't cash for years. |
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26th Oct 2015 10:32pm |
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| Vitesse Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Sussex Posts: 388
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Same here. My 2015 90 flaked paint under the wheel arches from day one. I just accepted it
2015 90 XS Santorini Black |
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27th Oct 2015 7:57am |
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| WhiskyJackR Member Since: 25 Nov 2014 Location: Lizard Posts: 159
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Same here! Any farther South and I'll need to trade the Defender in for a Landing Craft
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2nd Nov 2015 7:07pm |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
Seriously,paint missing under the wheel arch!!I'd be writing to MP
 . Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5. |
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2nd Nov 2015 7:37pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3787
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Yes, I've already spoken about this, but I still reckon that it wouldn't have been hard to paint the underside as well. I guess it's all about cost, & I know that it's no big deal, and that this is not even an issue to many. In my case, whilst I can accept peeling overspray, and I know that it's normal, I wish that it wasn't. Pickles. |
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2nd Nov 2015 10:25pm |
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