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Rubbishy paint jobs on new vehicles
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So if that is the original paint it has been kept covered most of its life. If it is a re-paint, the painter took the time to get the striping correct. Very nice. I sincerely hope you do not plan on changing the paint - what you have there is exceedingly rare.
Funny isn't it, where modern 2k paint technology has taken a quantum leap, modern paint jobs on many new vehicles seem to have got worse, much worse. Orange peel spraying and graphics stuck on without even a clear coat.
I was looking in a dealers recently at £50k new cars (not for me i might add) and my first thought was how much work would be required to sort the paint out to an acceptable standard.
Looking at the candy motorcyle paintjobs of the 70's it seems that factory auto paint is moving backwards here.
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Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.
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jakedude wrote: I don't know how many General Motors products you have in the UK, but here in the US GM simply can't keep the paint stuck on their cars and trucks. If you ever see a car in the US with paint pealing down to the primer it will be be a GM product. This has been true for decades.
It was intentional... it's considered graphics that change over time. :laugh:
It seemed like the blue GM vans from the late 80's were always zebra striped blue and gray. :laugh:
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jakedude wrote: I don't know how many General Motors products you have in the UK, but here in the US GM simply can't keep the paint stuck on their cars and trucks. If you ever see a car in the US with paint pealing down to the primer it will be be a GM product. This has been true for decades.
Paint peeling was a real problem not just for GM, but for all US manufacturers. See samples below. It may have been the result of laws that prevented decent paint from being applied. I believe most of the problems have been resolved. I'll say this - the 1989 Chevy truck I had peeled like a cheap stripper! However, my 1997 Cadillac with more than 215,000 miles still has perfect original paint. Ed
www.google.com/search?q=dodge+paint+peel...GIAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ
www.google.com/search?q=dodge+paint+peel...q=ford+paint+peeling
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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A lot of the paint technicians have the skill to do great workmanship, just the insurance companies where most of their work comes from won't pay the money for a quality job. Despite this, sometimes either they have to do an orange peel paint job to match the other panels, or compound the rest of the vehicle to bring it to their own low standards.
Looking at the beautiful candy finishes on 70's CB and Kz for example, some of it still looking great 40 years later,
factory paintjobs on a lot of new vehicles leave a lot to be desired.
ps Ron love that colour, I did a 550 in something very similar. Peugot vert flouride green I seem to remember.
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Now, if only I knew where that work was done...
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The quality of accident repair work varies immensely, from what you can see just walking around the vehicle to something you genuinely can't tell. The real test is what it looks like 5 years down the line. There are meters available that an show the paint thickness when in doubt.
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