Bad Paint on New '13 Tacoma..

Washed my new 2013 Tacoma the other day and discovered something I had not noticed at the dealer before I bought the truck. The pictures can speak for themselves. Is this as uncommon as I feel it should be or is this typical for Tacomas? (this is my first Tacoma) How does this look compared to others? Its just the bottom six inches along both sides of the truck. ...and what would you guys do about this?

 

It's done on purpose. Acts to prevent rock chips and what not from scratching up your paint.

 

It's normal....

 

Mine is the same.
Too bad the rest of the truck will scratch way too easy.

 

^^ these

 

hmm, never would have guessed. At least its not too noticeable.

Thanks guys

 

They must of ran out and rattle canned the bottom. just kidding its a type of rhino lining to protect the sides like said above. ^^

 

I thought the same thing when I first saw it on mine, then quickly realized what a good idea it was. Still miss the plastic on the bottom of my 2004 Grand Cherokee though. It was nice to just smack my boots against it to clean them while getting in the cab in the Winter, but I don't dare do that to my Tacoma.

 

Thats what running board are for! haha who am I kidding, the only reason they are there is to mess up your pant legs!

 

I'm going to use that excuse when I get sliders because we sure don't have many rocks or mountains in Iowa!

 

not the first truck I've had that was like this, my buddie's f150 too and my ranger had something similar in certain areas, you wont notice it and will be glad its there, however though the rest of the paint chips very easily, if you live in a humid, coastal, or snow/salt state I would invest in some touch up paint and perhaps rust proofing. Was a nightmare/shock when I moved here from AZ to NJ how quickly rust develops even in the summer.

 

It's stone guard.

Face palm.

Seriously. The most inane stuff gets posted here

 

Its normal, I had it on my old 02 and its on my 09 as well. dont sweat it.

 

Hey, that's normal. It's to prevent rocks from chipping the rocker panels.

 

Yupppp what everyone already said... It's normal.

 

I was actually really pleased that they did that on our trucks... I think all truck should have that done.

 

x2

 

Now I'll at least be expecting it, if I ever get around to a first wash.

 

That is known as "orange peel" not extra protection. No manufacture really takes the time to color sand the bottom half of the paint aka mass production. Any body shop or really good detailer can easily get rid of this.

 

This forum is for people to ask questions about their truck. He had a question about his truck, he asked it, what's the big deal? It's nothing to get worked up over.