Had the motor for approx 2 months and allready got the beginings of a 'pepper pot' front end?

Made a concerted effort not to drive to close to vehicles in front (it being a new motor and that) but always manage to pick up another cluster of stone chip marks!

The paintwork just doesnt appear to be as hard wearing as a metallic version.

Anyone else suffering from similar symptoms?

Any ideas how it can be combatted? Tried a few layers of wax etc which does help to a certain degree but wondering if there is any effective transparent

sheeting one could stick onto the most exposed parts other than using one of those car bra's?

You need Ventureshield. It's meant to be very good. Do a search on here. A few people have it.

The paint is crap, got a stone chip first day and never Tailgate, my Lexus was five year old when I sold it and only one chip!

The paintwork just doesnt appear to be as hard wearing as a metallic version.

Anyone else suffering from similar symptoms?

IMO the paint on all Skodas is thin and susceptible to damage way easier than any other make I have ever owned.

Having a car that's susceptible to chips normally indicates a strong clearcoat over the paint. As this protects better against more general damage, but when an object hits sharply and directly (i.e. a stone) it impacts at that point. You can't have it both ways really...

I've always found VAG paint to be of a very good standard.

VAG paint is thicker and harder than Jap paint.

Sorry but its not crap..Its a million times better than Honda paint.

I had 200 chips in 20 months on my Civic!!!

I have three since March on the Octy

Problem with paint in recent years is the change from celluose besed to acrylic/water based..Thats why its more suseptable to chipping

There is nothing you can do I'm afraid except apply 'Venture shield' otr dont drive it

VAG paint is far better than most

You need Ventureshield. It's meant to be very good. Do a search on here. A few people have it.

Thanks! Will have a gander and see what brings!

VAG paint is thicker and harder than Jap paint.

I don't know about now , but my Lexus had 7 coats of paint

I don't know about now , but my Lexus had 7 coats of paint

Have you measured it with a PTG?

May vary from car to car.

My Silver 2008 vRS appears to have VERY hard wearing paint. Still only got one or two minor chips. Possibly the toughest paint I've encountered - and that includes cars I've owned from Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW, SEAT, Subaru etc. Had a couple of Nissans that also had excellent paint. Had a BMW 7-series about 10 years ago, and at 5 -years it started to rust! Not what I was expecting!

Closer inspection reveals paint flaked off from underneath front bumper where there appears to be a right angled edge just right for collecting flies!!

Pic to follow!

Both my 2007 and 2010 cars have suffered from more stone chips than I would have expected compared to previous cars that I have owned.

My Dad has a 2004 Jag and this still looks immaculate (only one stone chip right on the edge of the bonnet).

I was walking past an old shape Suberb the other day, and the paint on that still looked very good, with no obvious chips.

As people say there has been a move to water based paints, but with all of the durability tests that are carried out on cars these days, I am surprised that we appear to be 'going backwards' with regard to the resistance to stone chips, albeit with potetial improvements to overall durability (although breaking the 'seal' of the paint with a stone chip does not exactly help!).

Boohoo

The paint on the brand new candy white FL vRS I rejected was shocking. Thin and mottled on the rear bumper, thin to missing altogether near the front of the pieces under the rear lights, bubbled and chipping off on a wheel arch, drip on an A-pillar.

Looks like a trip to dealers under warranty i think.

Looks like a trip to dealers under warranty i think.

Took it and they asked me to take a photo and email it to them!

So... I await there response!

Stone wall warranty claim that.

You should get a thicker paint job as a result

If you took it to them could the not tell you there and then? Why do you then have to send photo? Sounds like you've been fobbed off, bet you never hear from them!

If you took it to them could the not tell you there and then? Why do you then have to send photo? Sounds like you've been fobbed off, bet you never hear from them!

Peter @Robert Eardley (Service Manager) was to be honest very helpful and acknowledged the fault. He did say that it was the first time they'd experienced paint flaking off from an Octavia.

They didnt have a Camera onsite and felt that the fault should be reported back to Skoda HQ with pictures to substantiate claim ?

Consequently he asked me to email pictures so they could take the matter further?

Watch this space...

I assume you purchased it from them so its SOGA, I would have told them to snap it whilst it was in being done! Did they get it booked in?

I assume you purchased it from them so its SOGA, I would have told them to snap it whilst it was in being done! Did they get it booked in?

Yep, purchased on the 13th(hmmm) of May this year !

Will wait for their response and hope it's a straight forward case!

Thing that concerns me is the Ive never seen a repainted front bumper that matches the rest of the car after the jobs done!

Unless they decide to blend it in to rest of body work but then thats a bigger excercise isnt it?

I expect it will be a local repair, wot worries me is that they will blame Skoda when they say its stonechip or accident damage. Your claiming from the dealer, so why do they involve Skoda? I had this with Mazda once, I told them firmly that as I purchased the car from "joe blogs and sons" I deal with them only and I asked for a decision there and then. Otherwise its easy for them to say "Skoda said no" then you end up doing all the chasing with Skoda. Might be worth phoning them up tomorrow morning and saying since you have SOGA on your side, its not of suitable quality and defective that you want to put right and its nothing to do with Skoda. Prolly be fine but don't get fobbed off, they might have loads of Skodas with similar trouble, they of course claim from Skoda but it should'nt be you that waits for this, Good luck!

I expect it will be a local repair, wot worries me is that they will blame Skoda when they say its stonechip or accident damage. Your claiming from the dealer, so why do they involve Skoda? I had this with Mazda once, I told them firmly that as I purchased the car from "joe blogs and sons" I deal with them only and I asked for a decision there and then. Otherwise its easy for them to say "Skoda said no" then you end up doing all the chasing with Skoda. Might be worth phoning them up tomorrow morning and saying since you have SOGA on your side, its not of suitable quality and defective that you want to put right and its nothing to do with Skoda. Prolly be fine but don't get fobbed off, they might have loads of Skodas with similar trouble, they of course claim from Skoda but it should'nt be you that waits for this, Good luck!

Thanks, will take this on board and listen to what they have to say!

What a pain in the A$$E and all because they couldnt be bothered to do it right in the first place!

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Others have had far worse and at least its not very visable.