Paint Defect

[duberya]

G'day everyone. Firstly I'd like to thank you all for helping me decide that a Golf was the way for me to go. I picked up a 103TSI hatch almost 2 weeks ago now (I'm absolutely wrapped with it by the way) and was washing it on the weekend. As I inspected every inch of my new pride and joy I found pinholes in the roof channel, where the roof skin joins the side panel. I went to my dealer to look at the other vehicles there and found one other Golf with the same thing going on. The manager said they would happily get it repaired but I work for a dealership (not Volkswagen) and am not keen on a respray on a brand new car. My question is: Has anyone else come across this issue and if so, what did you do?

[duberya]

Thought I'd be best off including a pic. There are 9 of these holes on the join (only on the passenger side).

[duberya]

[fransnz]

They look like the weld marks where the roof skin is attached. I would get a magnifine glass and check if the paint covers the metal and if so i would leave as spraying a new car makes it look like its had an accident.

[duberya]

Thanks fransnz. Probably not the best picture since I took it in the dark but it gives you the idea. I told VW there is no way anyone's going near it with paint as I've seen too many jobs go wrong. The crash shop at work said they can treat them like stone chips and fill them with touch up and you'd never know. Not that they think it's anything to worry about. Might go down that track.