Terrible paint on new Corvette Stingray

[RTexasF]

Originally Posted By: Olas
probably 90% of new cars are like that, most people either don't notice or don't care.

Ask the dealer if you get a free wet&dry when paying full list price

To buy a Vette only at list price you would need to know the dealership owner very well.......like he's your brother.

 

[hattaresguy]

Originally Posted By: andrewg
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
I also have seen 200k cars with a bad paint job.

It's terribly common these days, and happens at all price points...

Really? You mean high end Ferrari's, Rolls Royce, and Bentley cars?? I thought from what I've seen from TV programs done at the factories of these places that they won't let a car out of the paint booth until it's perfect? I recall seeing the painters look for even the most minor imperfections.


Your not getting a new Rolls Royce for $200k...

F cars have always had [censored] paint, but they are better now. Enzo never really cared about his road cars and if you look at the older ones they are on about kit car level finish wise, same with Lambo's.

Perfect paint is hit and miss, for awhile Mercedes really nailed it, RR did than screwed it up. 90's RR and Bentley cars seemed to be pretty good.

Now if you really want to see an OCD finish look at a Zonda if your ever lucky enough to see one. They won't let a carbon imperfection leave the factory even on a painted panel.

 

[SatinSilver]

Here's a good orange peel thread on the Stingray:

http://www.stingrayforums.com/forum/stin....html#post23385

This was a very early production model. He had to travel from FL to OH to buy it at msrp. I think he knew the dealership owner or GM.

 

[Doog]

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
The Viper(s) they've had at my local Chrysler dealer have had perfect paint FWIW:

They had a red one (it was sold) that also had absolutely perfect paint.


That car is so ugly I am calling Dodge to let them know they can hide it in my garage.

 

[01rangerxl]

Originally Posted By: Huie83
I really think it depends on the manufacturer. Both my Hyundai (super thick nice paint!) and VW that I purchase new had great paint.

The 2013 Explorer that I got last year has horrible defects in the paint. Sandy grit in 3-4 areas, bubbles under the front hood lip, the indentations for the door handles are obviously painted thinner than the rest of the doors... Wish I would of looked it over better on the delivery inspection but its a lease so whatever. I'll definitely say something when I turn it in. The quality/manufacturing differences in my first Ford are pretty interesting compared to my previous vehicles. Makes you scratch your head sometimes wondering what they were thinking or how a issue got past QC...


Back when Ford knew how to build SUVs, they knew how to paint too...

My truck doesn't look like that anymore, but that's all my fault.

 

[moklock]

Water based paint can be done well. My 96 Saturn (Saturn was about the first adopter of waterborne paints) had flawless and tough paint-amazing for a low priced car. My '03 had the orange peel look and had very soft paint like many newer cars also have.

 

[SteveSRT8]

A lot of new finishes come out a bit 'orange-peely' but flatten a bit over time.

This was common in the early years of base/clear finishes.

Anyone remember Imron? That IMO could look like complete garbage for the first 6 months and end up pretty darn flat and smooth...

 

[rockydee]

I'd refuse delivery on the car, let someone less critical have it. Or if they tell me it will flatten out put in writing and if it doesn't they take it back no questions asked, yea right. ha

 

[Spazdog]

The paint on my Mazda is garbage.

It was shot well, the paint itself is just soft and prone to easy damage.

Makes me wonder if it is just the color I got. Any paint color that is shared with the Mustang seems to be of better quality. Same factory. I cannot detect a difference between the yellow on
the 6 and Mustang. White, black, and maybe one of the blues are probably the same paint.

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: Doog
Might be a damaged in transit repainted car. I bought a Nissan once that had that same look. Turns out I found out 90 days later it was damaged beyond the dollar amount allowed by law and the dealer never disclosed it. One call to the State Attorney General's fraud division did the trick. The attorney there told me to let him have a word with the dealer before I filed a complaint. The next morning the General Manager from the dealership called and asked what color I wanted my new car to be?
how do you people know these tricks?

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: RTexasF


To buy a Vette only at list price you would need to know the dealership owner very well.......like he's your brother.


Not true, Kerbeck was selling non Z51 Stingrays for $2k under MSRP for a while (and right now has a few for $1k under MSRP), and a lot of guys on the Corvette Forum have gotten similar deals from other large Corvette dealers. It's the small town dealers that keep trying to sell them for MSRP or higher.

 

[GMBoy]

Originally Posted By: Spazdog
Originally Posted By: Huie83
I really think it depends on the manufacturer. Both my Hyundai (super thick nice paint!) and VW that I purchase new had great paint.


My mother-in-law's Hyundai XG300 has a very good quality paint job. I think Hyundai was trying to make a statement.

Not just the manufacturer, but the model. PT Cruiser GTs seem to be shot a lot better than the Limited and Touring models. The Dream Cruisers are shot real well too. (except for being that weird greenish gold "Inca Gold" color)




The model would have nothing to do with the paint quality as all the bare bodies go thru the SAME paint process. They don't paint one PT Crusiaer better than the other because it's a GT or something...LOL!