Dick4295

How can you expect perfection for a $60,000 car? Do you think there are no imperfections when you pay several hundred thousands for a new house or most everything else? Are the space craft that we put up perfect? No, we've proved this, haven't we.

Be realistic, you'll live longer.

ryoder

I have no less than 3 of these blemishes on my black 08 which was produced a few months ago.
I tried to fix one myself and did but created a new problem. An area of haze on the paint. Not really a swirl mark but a haze.

I am probably going to pay a paint correctionist to repair one of them and if it works to my satisfaction I will pay him to repair the rest. The dealer detailer already create a problem on the paint so I really don't trust them.

I did have a hatch painted at the local dealer on my 02 and the paint quality on the outside of the car was superb. The interior paint had runs and was of poor quality.

cmonkey713

The paint on these cars should be better than it is. I don't mean that I'm expecting a lambo paint job but there is no excuse for the amount of orange peel that is present especially on the vertical surfaces.

You should not have to color sand and polish the car to get the paint to where it should be. I love the car, but the paint could be better.

DonBuralli

my problem isnt so much what was there when i got the car. more what happened after. You know how after you wash your car. theres that pesky annoying as hell water buildup in the crack between the side mirrors and the actual door panel? and after the car sits the water slides down the door panel from the side view. That happened and i tried to wipe it off the next day after it dried and use quick detailer but it is not going away. I have waxed that spot 2 times and is still there. Its like a waterspot that doesnt want to go away. Same with on the bottom lip of the front bumper. Little water spots that dont seem to want to leave. Any ideas? I mean its only visible because i know where it is. so i guess i can live with it. but if i could find a way to get rid of it i would appreciate it. Thanks

FM

You didn't pay top dollar for a car. Top dollar is (currently) about $1,700,000. They have beautiful paint. You can even get nice paint for $250,000. But, guess what, if the manufacturer takes a $400,000 car to the New York Auto Show, first they get it repainted. By a specialist. For big bucks.

What you paid for, and got, was the world's best value in a high performance car. But it's a mass produced car. What you see is the best you can expect.

Relax. Enjoy. It's a great car.

metal

Good luck...I don't think that is a fair request. When your car was made, the parts were painted in different places in the factory. There are people who can paint sections of your car and get dead-on matches for your paint job.

greenie99

Nope! The underpining of the Lemon Laws is safety-related items. This will not qualify.

holden_caulfield04

I don't think perfection is such a terrible thing to ask for...

OnTheDouble

FWIW I also have this problem on my '08. Five or six spots that are as you described. I cleaned them up some with some car polish and a clay bar; 2 of the spots disappeared completely. I decided to live with the other 4, as I don't want to live without my car for weeks on end or risk the car being returned worse than it already is.

LBear

It is common to have paint issues on the C5 and C6 cars. Orange Peel being the most common. It will show up especially on darker colored vehicles. I was hoping GM would fix the problem from the C5 to the C6, but it appears they did not.

As in the below pic, you can see very clearly the orange peel that is present on the top deck, next to the passenger side door. It looks bad from this angle.

The only thing that MIGHT work is wet-sanding but who knows how thick the clear coat is?? If you wet-sand too much, you will hit the base color.

holden_caulfield04

Hitting the base coat is not the only potential issue. In fact, a professional detailer (and not the $99.99 special type) will have the skill necessary to avoid penetrating through the entire clear coat and into the base coat, providing it had *normal* depth to be begin with.

The real problem and much more common, is the destruction of the UV inhibitors in the top layer of the clear coat. Basically, in order to deliver a mirror shine, you have to sand through to the bottom of the OP. The difference between the top of your clear, and the bottom of the OP, will potentially be the difference between a healthy paint system and one destined for failure.

It is possible though to be rid of OP. It's just - expensive. You need to have a painter add several layers of clear on top of the original clear and then knock it back down and then finish out with a Concours-style correction to remove all sanding marks.

rws.1

contact the bowling green plant... they will help you out...
i did and I am more than satisfied

jklarkpimp

TCW

Of course it should be better, but that would require a human painter rather than the robot that paints these cars.

Now, a human will want a wage that reflects his skill. That's something more "educated" people can't grasp or accept. You can forget a decent paint job unless you are willing to PAY more for the car.

Tom