despicableZ
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Mine seems fine so far. (2022 June Made)
takemorepills
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Aftermarket hood? You might be on your own.....noticed it on mine today.. brand new
bpeckham
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I noticed today that my hood wasn't properly closed. It seems to latch at two points (driver and passenger side), and I think only the passenger side was properly latched. Not sure if this might be related to the paint chipping issue, but it's something to check. I've been driving like this since Monday, I think. User error. It's closed properly now.
Mulesy
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22 dec build here, I've also got the same issue on mine.
I let the service department know at my 1000km check-up. They tested it for a while and noticed that the bonnet/hood position moves around a lot and catches as a result. They tried to realign it the best they could during that service, but advised that I book it in with them another day to continue investigation and fix it completely. Obviously covered under warranty. Its the first Z they've serviced here so they haven't seen the issue in person till now.
I let the service department know at my 1000km check-up. They tested it for a while and noticed that the bonnet/hood position moves around a lot and catches as a result. They tried to realign it the best they could during that service, but advised that I book it in with them another day to continue investigation and fix it completely. Obviously covered under warranty. Its the first Z they've serviced here so they haven't seen the issue in person till now.
Got a weird update on mine. So as you know after reading this thread a few weeks back I went out and tried to open mine and noticed the left hand side had some paint missing and while opening it I may have even taken paint off the right side as I didn't notice it before and hood really seemed to pinch on the side as it opened. I posted the pics ect.
Ive opened my hood once a day after all that just to see and it hasn't done it since that one day I posted about it. I've even opened my hood fast and it hasn't done it. Not sure how to explain why
Now I'm sure in a couple weeks I will come on here and say I was getting an oil change and the tech opened my hood and took the paint off again lol.
But I swear for right now I'm having a hard to recreating it. It's almost like that one time it really touched and messed the paint up it repositioned itself???
Has anyone that has this happen also had it sort of go away and the hood opens correctly after it made the marks
Ive opened my hood once a day after all that just to see and it hasn't done it since that one day I posted about it. I've even opened my hood fast and it hasn't done it. Not sure how to explain why
Now I'm sure in a couple weeks I will come on here and say I was getting an oil change and the tech opened my hood and took the paint off again lol.
But I swear for right now I'm having a hard to recreating it. It's almost like that one time it really touched and messed the paint up it repositioned itself???
Has anyone that has this happen also had it sort of go away and the hood opens correctly after it made the marks
bpeckham
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I haven't seen the issue, and other than the initial drive across the desert (over 100F) it's pretty much been in the 60s here.
bpeckham
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Though it's hard to think that in the range of temperatures where humans are comfortable that we'd see that much expansion.
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That's what she said...
