GTI Rejected - Will the next one be the same?!

[Jimble]

Sounds familiar mate:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=261664.0

My biggest worry is that the paint that is being supplied to the body shops is the wrong shade! As Norbreck says there will always be little problems with mass produced products but it is quite scary some the stories that are surfacing.

This should not be an issue, paint should be ordered by the body shop using the colour code not the colour name. If they are and the wrong shade is being delivered then there is a more fundamental issue with the supplier.

That being said, if the bodyshop were any good, they should have spotted the error and rectified it. I have to agree with the comments around manufacturer approved bodyshops.

Agreed on both points.

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Wondering whether the “different colour white was down to not enough top coat to get a decent opacity so that the undercoats don’t influence the colour seen, or the fact that they door handles are a plastic part. In certain light, some plastic components that are painted are seen to be a different shade to the bodywork. On my Tornado Red GTD, the bumpers look a slightly darker shade of red than the rest of the car – it is very subtle, one of those things are “acceptable” to the manufacturer. These plastic part colour differences are less apparent on the metallic/pearlescent shades – they seem to be more opaque or perhaps the metallic/mica particles break up the tiny differences.

I think every white VW i've ever seen the rear bumper has been a slightly different shade although not bad, i've always put it down to being plastic, the red on the Scirocco was horendous!

[GTI7me]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Jimble - I have read through your thread. At least it seems the dealership have been very helpful and managed to come to an agreement you are both happy with relatively quickly.

I think there is some confusion here, i will try and clear that up. - The rear bumper has always been a different shade of white to the rest of the car. I fully understand that manufactures struggle to get an exact match and some discrepancies are acceptable. However this rear bumper is a completely different shade of white, it completely stands out from every rear angle of the car and is really noticeable in the sunlight. In contrast, the front bumper is a perfect match. See picture (also shows one of the chips).



The issue with the repair job is that the paint use does not match the original "pure white" it looks like the white that was used on the mk5 and mk6. You can clearly see the differences in paint shade in the below picture. Take a look at the door handle and the area next to the rear bumper, below the rear light cluster.



Neither of these pictures have any photoshop applied to them. They are straight from my iPhone, if that can pick up differences then the human eye certainly can.

J

[CraigW]

Funny this should be mentioned. Every time I've washed my car when I look at the rear wheel arches and the joint just at the rear wheel arch they have looked a creamier/dirtier shade of white. Up to this point I've just thought it was my imagination and that the way the light was hitting of the curves made it look different. Perhaps not.

[GTI7me]

Funny this should be mentioned. Every time I've washed my car when I look at the rear wheel arches and the joint just at the rear wheel arch they have looked a creamier/dirtier shade of white. Up to this point I've just thought it was my imagination and that the way the light was hitting of the curves made it look different. Perhaps not.

Perhaps not indeed CraigW. When i rejected the car the dealer told me they have already had to deal with 3 other white GTI's with the same issue...


J

[2014GTi]

Funny this should be mentioned. Every time I've washed my car when I look at the rear wheel arches and the joint just at the rear wheel arch they have looked a creamier/dirtier shade of white. Up to this point I've just thought it was my imagination and that the way the light was hitting of the curves made it look different. Perhaps not.

Perhaps not indeed CraigW. When i rejected the car the dealer told me they have already had to deal with 3 other white GTI's with the same issue...


J

Gulp  I hope mine is ok, you'd think white would the most easy paint to get a close match from panel to panel.
I'd hate to think what would happen if somebody needed a respray on a metalic or perl paint finish 

[Jimble]

The difference in shade you can see in your first picture is exactly the same as the difference between my roof and C pillar after it had been painted, i'm not sure how if the bodyshop are using the correct paint code but it dies look like Candy white as opposed to Pure.

[GTI7me]

The difference in shade you can see in your first picture is exactly the same as the difference between my roof and C pillar after it had been painted, i'm not sure how if the bodyshop are using the correct paint code but it dies look like Candy white as opposed to Pure.

The rear bumper is as it was when i picked up the car I can only assume it came like this from the factory. Unless the dealer resprayed it before i picked it up???

J

[Jimble]

Mine was nowhere near that bad, perhaps your right, sometimes they do get repaired prior to collection but you should really be told about it.

[2014GTi]

The difference in shade you can see in your first picture is exactly the same as the difference between my roof and C pillar after it had been painted, i'm not sure how if the bodyshop are using the correct paint code but it dies look like Candy white as opposed to Pure.

The rear bumper is as it was when i picked up the car I can only assume it came like this from the factory. Unless the dealer resprayed it before i picked it up???

J

Or these were hail damanged cars which went back into the factory to have new parts fitted and paint resprays, this would mean they would be painted with a different batch of paint 

[CraigW]

Out of curiosity pal is this the type of buzzing noise you were getting from behind the dash

http://youtu.be/aINu79FBrcM