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Offline Gazdebaz

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Orange peel paintwork.
« on: 08 November 2009, 20:04 »
Has anyone else noticed the orange peel look of your paintwork.

 If you look closely in bright sunlight or equally bright artificial light you notice this ripple effect. I did bring this up with the dealer when I first picked up the car. His answer was, this is common as it’s the way they paint the cars! I did notice the same effect on a metallic car in the show room.

Am I just being paranoid, but I thought in these days, with modern manufacturing techniques paintwork should be perfect.

From a short distance away the car looks really good when washed and waxed. But I know it’s there. Should I just ignore it?
Or am I just being to pernickety?
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #1 on: 08 November 2009, 20:18 »
VW paint is really terrible cf BMW.

Soft and chippy too.
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #2 on: 08 November 2009, 20:23 »
Unfortunately it is a "characteristic" of the VW paint. MKV owners have the same issue/problem    / Characteristic.

Not really excusable from VW though!
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #3 on: 08 November 2009, 20:27 »
Dont get me going on new VW paintwork :cry:

Mine too has the orange peel effect on some panels, seems very soft as well, easy to leave a mark.

Im just going be really carefull and try to forget about it :smiley:
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #4 on: 08 November 2009, 20:30 »
That's pants from a brand (at least in the UK\US) marketed on it's reputation as of a higher quality and more expensive than others.
Sounds daft but always thought it was ok, I can't remember off the top of my head, but I'm going to have a good look at my mk5 tomorrow and compare against my other non-vw car just out of interest!
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #5 on: 08 November 2009, 20:32 »
Quote from: Hurdy on 08 November 2009, 20:23
Not really excusable from VW though!

I take it's down to the manufacturing progress. I have an 8 year old SAAB and the paintwork was immaculate when I first got it and is still looking pretty good, even though being abused with automatic car washes etc.
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #6 on: 08 November 2009, 20:47 »
Nothing to do with quality what so ever. Zee Germans don't like flat mirror like paint finish so all their cars have a sligh torange peel finish to the paint.

My mate works at BMW Plant Oxford on the Minis doing refinish paint work on cars that are damage don the line. He gets told off if the paint work is too smooth and told to do it again.

If you want super flat glass like paint buy a Jap motor.

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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #7 on: 08 November 2009, 20:47 »
Quote from: Egbert Nosh on 08 November 2009, 20:18
VW paint is really terrible cf BMW.

Soft and chippy too.
A friend at work has just bought a 118i Msport in metallic blue and it has the worst case of orange peal i have ever seen. Simply shocking.
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Offline Gazdebaz

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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #8 on: 08 November 2009, 20:59 »
Cheers guys, Just making sure that my car wasn't the only one.
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Re: Orange peel paintwork.
« Reply #9 on: 08 November 2009, 22:01 »
I have seen MK5's with "perfect" paint - presumably they have given them a good detailing to get rid of this orange peel?
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