paint on door handle

Hi John,

I had the same issue on my drivers door. I didn't make a big deal about it but the service manager saw it and went ahead and replaced the handle. That was just before the warrantee ended. I thing it's shoddy manufacturing, not normal wear and tear. Depends on the stealership, for what it's worth.

Andy

very normal for the paint to peel on handles and mirrors... bad design just like the fenders.. you would think after 8 years they would realize their poor craftmanship but all in all I love them!!

-- Jarod Sprauer

Yea, I love them too. I get more scratches from tree branches to worry about paint peeling. However, when I looked at my door handle, there was paint over paint. Therefore - peeling. That's not a bad design, that's poor paint prep. So when it happened on the passengers side, I took all the paint off and re-painted it. It won't peel anymore.

Andy

The paint on both side mirrors and the hardtop hinges for my 2000 TJ and my sons 1998 TJ came of in chunks, no wear or tear involved. I think it's an issue with the paint over aluminum or the fact that the parts were painted & manufactured in Brazil. Either way I dis-assembled the mirrors, took them down to bare metal with a wire brush wheel on my grinder. Used a black spray primer and a black matte spray paint to re-do them and they turned out great. I did the same to hinges on hardtop using wire brush wheel and drill. So far they are holding up perfectly. Hope this helps.

JD

"There are some simple truths...And the dogs know what they are." Joseph Duemer

Oh, I agree, I enjoy my TJ; the poor paint I can and will fix. I was just flabbergasted when the dealer tried to explain it away as wear and tear.

Thanks to all who answered.

benito

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JD,

Yes, this does help. Thanks.

benito

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About two weeks ago I noticed the paint chipping off one of the hardtop hinges. I also have a chip on the hood. Underneath, it looks like chalky white. What's that? My '91 YJ had a few chips over the years, but it was black underneath. Jeep sales must be good, so much so that DC doesn't have to improve on their product.

Eugene D'Jeep did pass the time by typing:

Chalky white is the undercoat. Got the same issues on my 93ZJ. :(

Yep. The paint peeled off my '02 TJ driver's side door handle. Replaced under warranty last year.

Tom

I had both outside mirrors replaced under warranty. One of them is disintegrating again along with one of the hard top hinges. The other mirror and the other hard top hinge is fine.

Perhaps they have fixed these?