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I'm considering upgrading to a 2015, but is anyone having issues with hood corrosion? I have a 2014 and of course, my car did any may again in the future. Thanks
Give it time. 2015s are still to new. Usually starts within 2-3 years after date of manufacture. My 2014 was built March 2013 and hood corrosion recently started. Both sides on the front underside edge. Will wait till it works its way over to the top side then Cervini or TruCarbon hear I come.
I have had my EB since Nov 2014. It was built in Oct 2014, and has been through a South Dakota winter. The hood seams on the 2015 have a material inserted in-between the folds. This prevents metal to metal contact.
I believe Ford addressed the hood problem. Remember, the 2015's are headed overseas and the last thing Ford needs is a rust problem on a new import people have been waiting for. Bad for business
Give it time. 2015s are still to new. Usually starts within 2-3 years after date of manufacture. My 2014 was built March 2013 and hood corrosion recently started. Both sides on the front underside edge. Will wait till it works its way over to the top side then Cervini or TruCarbon hear I come.
Is the 2014 hood aluminum like it is on the 2015?
Can't see where you would have a corrosion problem with aluminum.
It's not corrosion per se... it does wind up being that, though.
It's the aluminum not allowing the ecoat, primer, and paint to adhere. Then things get under the coatings... or the coatings fall off... and THEN the hood corrodes. But when it does, it forms aluminum oxide, which is a protective layer on the metal, and it will take *thousands* of years to perforate 'naturally', without help.
Hence, these hoods will, for all intents and purposes, NEVER PERFORATE, and so are lifetime... of a sort. But the problem is that the PAINT is not lifetime, and so you're up a creek if the paint falls off outside the warranty.
Pretty sad, really. And I expect the '15s do do the same, but it's a little soon to tell just yet. I'd put money on it though. Not much, but a little.
As long as Ford is mixing metals and dunking the entire frame/body into the ecoat... the aluminum is doomed. Their process is *crap*.
I have had my EB since Nov 2014. It was built in Oct 2014, and has been through a South Dakota winter. The hood seams on the 2015 have a material inserted in-between the folds. This prevents metal to metal contact.
I believe Ford addressed the hood problem. Remember, the 2015's are headed overseas and the last thing Ford needs is a rust problem on a new import people have been waiting for. Bad for business
Don't think it matters. Mine is not on a seam. As far as overseas, obviously the hood corrosion thing did not hurt sales here so it probably won't be a problem over there if it happens.
My 2014 was doing the same thing. Since I was outside my warranty and didn't want to spend over a grand to repaint entire hood or buy aftermarket and still have to paint. I took the mustang to linex they sanded down the front lip and the underside around heat shield. Covered with self-etching primer and then linex. Hood looks great and is also not bullet proof against rock chips as well.
After bubbling paint. Sanded down hood lip and underside. Added self-etching primer then linex
