An owner had a new Grenadier assessed by two independent body shops, both of which found a rear quarter had been repaired and repainted before delivery. Repaired paint behaves differently under a machine and cures on its own timeline. Finding it first is the difference between a good job and an expensive surprise.
Reported on the front of the vehicle at relatively low mileage. The nose of a Grenadier is upright, flat and square-on to the road, which puts a lot of surface directly in the path of everything thrown up at highway speed.
Roof racks, ladders, snorkels, awnings and recovery gear all move slightly against the paint they are mounted to, and grit gets underneath. It is the most common damage on a genuinely used four-wheel drive and the least often noticed.
Mud, dust and salt end up in every seam. A coating will not stop that, but it releases contamination far more readily, which in practice means the truck actually gets cleaned after a trip instead of sitting dirty until next time.
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