Is that factory paint?
Paint peeling off hood & windshield hinges
I have noticed the paint peeling off my 2016’s windshield hinge and one of the hood hinges. Has anyone else run into this?
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In early models (like my '08) that was the case, but I believe they started putting a rubber gasket between the hinge & door panels later. That doesn't look like it's caused by the Al corroding, though, no obvious blistering. (Can't find the pics of how mine went, at the moment.) But that could be due to there not being as much as I'm used to seeing because of the rubber.
I used a Dremel wire wheel & stripped all the paint & corrosion off, then primed & repainted the hinges and the door panels where the hinges mount. Used some Duplicolor Bedliner on them, so they have a 'rubber' layer between the dissimilar metals. (And used some SS fasteners.) I also installed the Delrin sleeves from Quadratec instead of the metal ones for the hinge pins to sit in.
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The 'brown' colour on the door panel behind the hinge is the flat black rattle can over the zinc primer I used on the door panel to seal it completely.
I used a Dremel wire wheel & stripped all the paint & corrosion off, then primed & repainted the hinges and the door panels where the hinges mount. Used some Duplicolor Bedliner on them, so they have a 'rubber' layer between the dissimilar metals. (And used some SS fasteners.) I also installed the Delrin sleeves from Quadratec instead of the metal ones for the hinge pins to sit in.
The 'brown' colour on the door panel behind the hinge is the flat black rattle can over the zinc primer I used on the door panel to seal it completely.
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