SSTEVEGS

After seeing the new C7 at the museum this weekend, one thing I noticed that's not evident in previous photos I had seen is the flawless paint on these cars.

Is this what we can expect on production cars, or were these pre-production car fihishes hand rubbed or sanded???

-CM-

Let's hope the production cars are like what you observed at the bash.

#1c6

i was wondering if the tintcoat is more durable then the regular paint

Michael A

You can't judge the paint based on those pre-production show cars. They never went into the plant paint booth.

Michael

Licit

Shouldn't be but someone with more paint knowledge could prove me wrong. From what I understand it's the additional steps that add tot he price. One thing is for sure, tintcoats(or any non regular) are much more of a PITA to touch up easily and look good if you do get a scratch or chip.

BWF07

This is the second post that I noticed a question about the tint coats. This is not a new process on for the C7. GM has been painting Corvette's as well as other GM models with the three step process for some time now.

Never-Enough

It would be nice to see no orange peel

jr3

The production cars will probly have some orange peel... Most all mass produced cars have some orange peel.

These prototypes / showcars were probly hand rubbed / buffed out to get a good finish on the paint.

But, maybe with the upgraded paint shop at the plant they may be able to produce higher quality paint finishes and maybe even offer MORE exotic colors.

svtkeith

Nope not at all just more expensive.

Glenmcp

C7envy

This is standard stuff guys. All show sport cars are wet sanded to get the clear flat and all orange peel gone. I doubt the corvette will come like this during production time.

Only car under 200k that I know of that gets wet sanded is the viper.

SSTEVEGS

That's too bad - the cars at the bash were beautiful. I thought they were too good to be true and figured if their paint really was this good, mention of it would have prevailed. Worldwde, every car manufacturer would be envious!

C7 DalyDrvr

I think you may be correct. Since touch up paint for minor scratches is a single coat application I don't see how it can exactly match the finish of a three step factory tint coat.

greengo

Orange peel will no longer be available as an option...it will be standard equipment

Fast Lane

How did the pilot cars over at the plant look?

SSTEVEGS

Had I known about those, I'd have been there looking. I did see where someone posted pics of them. Perhaps they noticed...I'm kinda A/R about paint and always notice that stuff. Most folks don't really care much. I'm sure the pre-production cars we saw were not the norm.

BERETTA

I got some pictures of them this morning before we left. They looked very slick to me..

jr3

Those Fork wheels look a LOT better than the base wheels. The base wheels look a little to plain for the C7.

ArcticC7

No, because none of the C7s that GM is showing has been painted at the factory. Im guessing these show cars are done in a custom body shop somewhere. Don't get to excited.

b4i4getit

GM has a new process called FNC that eliminates the rust on the brake rotors. I don't understand why the highest price Chevrolet does not have this process on the rotors. The pictures of the red and silver car with the rusty rotors is unacceptable.