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My mom and I were behind this Camry last weekend when I happened to notice the trunk lid...

at lease the primer stuck

Yes, but it's still a LOT better than the earlier Vibe paint jobs, before the 08'; ESPECIALLY the '05's Consumer reports DOESN'T list 'paint and trim' as a problem on ANY of the models (except the 04 and 05 Matrix); so really, aside from some isolated bad cars, Toyota's paint is FAR better than ANY other car line on the planet.

I'd say this guy was doing some serious tailgating at the Bears/Packers game last Sunday and when he put his HOT grill away, he forgot to turn it off and set the trunk on fire This truly looks like a "heat/blistered" condition and could be from something in the trunk getting extremely too hot It does NOT look like your typical base coat/clear coat paint blemish where they separate & peel. Just my theory on this one

Well isn't that just lovely.....

WOW!

Could of been previously repaired and the process was not done properly..... Maybe...

holy crap...at least the primer isn't white...

Wow thats terrible! I dont think Toyota paint jobs arent so bad. Im positive my 03 Vibe wasnt waxed until I bought it & the clearcoat isnt peeling. No signs anywhere for peeling. I live in South Florida & paint takes a beating from the heat here.

Quote, originally posted by Gandalf »Yes, but it's still a LOT better than the earlier Vibe paint jobs, before the 08'; ESPECIALLY the '05's Consumer reports DOESN'T list 'paint and trim' as a problem on ANY of the models (except the 04 and 05 Matrix); so really, aside from some isolated bad cars, Toyota's paint is FAR better than ANY other car line on the planet.The paint quality on my 04 vibe is excellent!

lol...remember the thread where someones Vibe had a peel that ended up looking like a rabbit.lol

I've seen way worse LOL. We have all the salt air, so missing paint/dents/scrapes= rust in no time flat here

Is it wrong that I wanted to follow him, wait for him to go into a store or something and grab the paint that was sticking up and peel even more of it off ?!It made me think back to the good old days of Pimp My Ride when they would do a hideous paintjob that made it "look like the car was going so fast the paint peeled right off" !

Only issue with my 04 is on the front. The bugsplats have eaten right through it. I would love to have the whole urethane portion of the frontend just like the Lower "plastic" portion. I can use mild scotchbrite on that and it cleans up so nice.

I'd be willing to bet that the back end of that car has been repainted.

Quote, originally posted by SlammedNiss »I'd be willing to bet that the back end of that car has been repainted.^^^^X 2 ^^^^Rare is a modern auto manufacturer who would move this kind of a paint job out of their factory!While the owner may never have wrecked it, the US distributor may have, the dealer delivery system may have or the dealer may have as well.Odds are actually fairly high that any new car you drive, has been wrecked and repaired (to a greater or lesser degree) along the delivery chain somewhere.The BIG difference today is that records are kept of these damages. 30 years ago, it was a big secret with no paper trail (I'm sure many are still secrets today as well).That's a repair and repaint or even a new deck lid that has been poorly repaired and repainted.Dave