Hi,

 

Yesterday when I washed my 4 month old Octavia VRS I noticed a white "milky" half circle around the shark fin aerial. I can't feel any difference of the surface of the paint and I'm not sure how it got there. The only bird poo I've found on it has been on the wing mirror, and that left no marks. Could this be from the factory? I did not notice anything wrong with it when I picked it up.

 

 

Edited 4 February, 201610 yr by crixen

Have you tried removing it with polish, clay bar or similar? Appears to have formed from washing/drying round the aerial...would imagine it can be buffed out somehow.

did you get autoglym life shine or Williams treatment?. It could not have taken and is lifting

I did try to wax it off with no result. I've only been washing it with either Turtle Superwash (Don't think that is available in the UK) or Meguairs wash and wax. I didn't wax it before the winter as I felt that it would be sufficent to use a shampoo with wax in it during the winter.

However, I went to the dealer today and from the initial inspection the paint and body work service manager was almost certain that this was a manufacturing error. I've booked a time for their paint guy to measure the paint and further assess the damage and hopefully it will get sorted on warranty.

Hi Crixen,

I washed my car this morning and noticed an almost identical looking defect around the rear Skoda and Octavia badges. After using Autoglym Super Resin polish and lots of elbow grease, they have disappeared. I'm guessing mine may have been wax left over from PDI. Washing wouldn't remove it though but the polish did the trick. Hopefully the dealer can get it sorted for you.

Is wager its not a defect and can be corrected with the right gear and knowhow.

I agree with you, Pigglesberg and pipsypreturns. However, I went and had the paint inspected by the Skoda (VW) staff a week ago and got a call today. They are not trying to polish it out, rather they want to repaint the whole roof as a warranty act. I find it strange they won't even try correcting it by polishing it, and they told me not to try it myself.

 

The car is a lease, so it doesn't bother me that much, but if I had owned it myself I wouldn't be so keen on them repainting the roof as a first step.

I agree with you, Pigglesberg and pipsypreturns. However, I went and had the paint inspected by the Skoda (VW) staff a week ago and got a call today. They are not trying to polish it out, rather they want to repaint the whole roof as a warranty act. I find it strange they won't even try correcting it by polishing it, and they told me not to try it myself.

The car is a lease, so it doesn't bother me that much, but if I had owned it myself I wouldn't be so keen on them repainting the roof as a first step.

I would take it to a professional detailer first, they certainly wont do it any harm.

If their opinion is the paint is bad and needs a respray then at least you know.

Painting something that could possibly be corrected would frankly be insanity...particularly on such a new car.

Repairing the whole roof seems a bit extreme for 1 area. Maybe the paint is to thin across the whole roof hence the push to respray whole area?

You will only keep the car 3 years anyway, let skoda deal with it, when the car moves on its someone else's bother. I wouldn't waste your time with getting it checked elsewhere, it's warrantied I presume, and as you say it's company lease so no major financial commitment with the car? Let skoda deal with it and in 3 years the car will be gone.

My cars on a private PCP it had paint problems on 6 panels, all required respraying so you can imagine how I felt.

Edited 25 February, 201610 yr by octavianestate