Has anyone unbolted a '21 or later to confirm there is a gasket?
I took mine in to have all 4 doors repainted. The body shop manager assured me with 35 years experience he would have zero paint match issues. When I picked it up my doors looked gray next to the billet silver body panels, very noticeable. He pretended he couldn't tell, even suggested the tailgate that was factory painted didn't match the body panels. I disagreed but he said to give it 30 days to cure and it would match better. After 2 weeks looking at it made me nauseous, and I went back. The manager advised me that I would have to bring it in at the end of the month to have it blended and he admitted they had searched online for the decals I had placed on the front fenders, but couldn't find them, and basically decided it was good enough. Which basically told me he knew how bad it looked. Hate when they can't do a repair job right and then offer bs excuses. He told me they had some paint left over and would blend the areas around the doors, but wouldn't be repainting the doors. I have zero faith in this dealership since they obviously weren't honest with me the first time and am considering going somewhere else to have it painted correctly, but I'm guessing I will be out of luck with the warranty if I go somewhere else and the hinge rust comes back. Mine started on one upper hinge and within a few months there was bubbling paint around all 8 door hinges.
If you’re not happy with the paint match and the dealer/shop refuses to correct it. I would go hit up the corporate Jeep (not the lame cares team here) and complain with them. I wouldn’t let it slide, more so if the company who agreed to the service, delivers something unsatisfactory and could care less. Some Google reviews go a long way also, post pics there.
Does anyone have a part # for these gaskets?
I didn't unbolt the hinge but my 2021 two door Willys Sport doesn't appear to have anything between the hinge and door. It was delivered in October.
Dealer part dept should be able to help you out I would think
We should all be treated this way.How’s it hangin Jeepers?
I never post but thought I should chime in with my experience about this to hopefully help some of you having issues. I recently bought a 2018 JL (my 5th Wrangler) and it has all the typical bubbling paint issues. My last Wrangler was a 2018 Mojito JL that did not have any bubbling issues. Neither have the gaskets.
Over the last few days I’ve read hours of peoples varying experiences, opinions, and assumptions about this issue so I did all my homework, spoke with my business attorney, and had everything ready for a fight at the dealership.
All for nothing. As soon as I was greeted by the body shop manager and mentioned ‘bubbling paint’ he interrupted me and said, “Yep, it’s a known defect and we’re seeing this a lot, in numerous Chrysler models. You’re still under the corrosion warranty as all JL’s are so we’ll take care of it”. That’s it, no questions asked, I didn’t even get a chance to rattle off my list of arguments. He scanned the vin, took some pics and submitted the claim. Said it takes about 3 weeks for approval confirmation from Jeep, and then I’ll be scheduled. He also mentioned it takes about a week to do the complete job as they disassemble everything, take it down to bare metal, prime/paint BOTH sides and then reassemble. Interestingly he said in his experience the 21-22’s are worse than previous years and thus they are now painting both sides and NOT using gaskets.
Take that for what it’s worth. Hope it helps relieve some anxiety about this and gives you some pull in your dealer should they be not wanting to honor the warranty.
Personally I'd tell him to match the doors and not get into the factory paint any where. A good body man can blend the doors to match . Just my 2 centsI took mine in to have all 4 doors repainted. The body shop manager assured me with 35 years experience he would have zero paint match issues. When I picked it up my doors looked gray next to the billet silver body panels, very noticeable. He pretended he couldn't tell, even suggested the tailgate that was factory painted didn't match the body panels. I disagreed but he said to give it 30 days to cure and it would match better. After 2 weeks looking at it made me nauseous, and I went back. The manager advised me that I would have to bring it in at the end of the month to have it blended and he admitted they had searched online for the decals I had placed on the front fenders, but couldn't find them, and basically decided it was good enough. Which basically told me he knew how bad it looked. Hate when they can't do a repair job right and then offer bs excuses. He told me they had some paint left over and would blend the areas around the doors, but wouldn't be repainting the doors. I have zero faith in this dealership since they obviously weren't honest with me the first time and am considering going somewhere else to have it painted correctly, but I'm guessing I will be out of luck with the warranty if I go somewhere else and the hinge rust comes back. Mine started on one upper hinge and within a few months there was bubbling paint around all 8 door hinges.
