numbers scratched in paint????

wHITEY · #1 (**permalink**) 11-25-2002, 07:15 PM

I was cleaning my truck last night, and I noticed that on my tailgate, upper left corner , you can make out this: 56/ . DAMN!!!! Either some bonehead @ the factory didn't clean the part he was about to paint, or some bigger bonehead @ the dealer wrote on there. The numbers correspond with my color code on my invoice which is(0056/11) I'm pissed, but I really don't want to whine to the dealer ( I've had my truck for 2 months now) And even if they agreed to fix it, I don't want my tailgate repainted. Guess I'll live with it, since I can only see it under flourescent lights! NEW BUYERS BEWARE!!!!

IowaBoy · #2 (**permalink**) 11-25-2002, 08:42 PM

That sucks man. But hey look at the bright side at least your truck doesn't say Dodge on the tailgate. HeHe Wes

TundraBear · #3 (**permalink**) 11-26-2002, 02:26 AM

sorry to hear about the numbers. i wonder if there is anything that could be done to "buff" it out. hmmm...maybe sneak onto the lot and swap out a new tailgate since it's only 2 months old!

daniel horne · #4 (**permalink**) 11-26-2002, 10:26 AM

I can't figure out whether you've replaced your garage lights with black light flourescent tubes or whether you park your Tundra in a "Disco"--how on this blue planet did you find this anomaly?
Furthermore, you may just have the one in a million special Wonka-Bar Tundras that will somehow make collectors vibrate their pocket protectors to pieces someday...h#!! no you shouldn't paint over it, only the most very expensive paint jobs can match the factory quality for consistency and hardness.
Incidently, if this "latent defect" is the only one you could find in your forensics-lab-of-a-garage you should be the biggest Tundra fan ever!
The glass may just be twice as big as it needs to be....

Dan'l

P.S. Can you post a picture. Most threads bore me but this is an interesting story.

chuff · #5 (**permalink**) 11-26-2002, 05:19 PM

forensics-lab-of-a-garage, LOL

wHITEY · #6 (**permalink**) 11-27-2002, 10:16 AM

Like I originally posted, I was detailing my truck "inside my garage" which is lit up by 2/4' flourescent bulbs, not black lights, not in a disco, but a GARAGE. And the angle I was at I noticed the scratched numbers. Be glad it's not your truck!