I have been looking for a bumper strong enough to minimize the damage from a deer strike for months, not much out there for the Gladiator, I finally settled on the ARB full width Classic, just waiting for it to arrive now.
I have hit a few large animals here in Alberta, Moose, Bison and several...
Just showing that the waxpaper idea, while not the proper medium, isn't that far off. Yes, the galvanic reaction is only between the steel and aluminum, but they provide protection between the aluminum wheels as well.
Semi trucks use a gasket between the wheels and the hub, more to control the galvanic reaction of aluminum/aluminum and aluminum/steel contact, seems they make them for pickups now, not Jeeps yet tho.
I went to my local dealer in December to inquire about the recall. I was told they can only order 1 replacement pump per week but mine should be in around the end of Feb but they had no idea when they are showing up. So the end of Feb was nearing and I had days off of work coming up, so I called...
Thats a good idea, if they will give out the paint code.
Ive had plenty of powder coated parts in high wear areas, especially from rocks, chips are the result, when a patch of powder coat peels back that tells me that the surface was not prepped properly or something in the process was not done...
I have not reached out to them because I knew that their reaction would be as you described. I have raised issues with vendors in the past and in my experience they mostly blow you off for anything not mechanically related, now if the shock itself was bad or under performing I would be all over...
I have the dame thing happening with my AEV XP rear shocks as well, mine has about a 2 inch square that has peeled away from the reservoir. I noticed it just before Christmas, not really happy, but they do work amazing.