Orange peel
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Senoia Ga
Orange Peel
Looking at probably buying a C-7. My 13 G.S. has awesome paint and basically no orange peel. My CTS 09 great paint no orange peel. Parked next to new CTS (white) crappy paint and orange peel you could see ten feet away. Go Figure Just my 2 cents worth
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Ft Lauderdale
Tech Contributor
I personally think it's worse.I have been working an event all summer and have been in probably 100 dealerships and I always walk the lot , and many of those dealerships are Mercedes Benz , BMW Jaguar , etc. yeah it's there on other cars , but not to this degree…I've never seen anything like this on a competitor:
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Bradenton Florida
My Laguna Blue has it, but it looks like it is in the panels. None of the 4 C6s I owned had this level of orange peel. I have learned to live with it for now, still going to get a 16 Z06 but likely to order Artic White. I do love the LB and it gets plenty of attention.
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From: Hagerstown MD
St. Jude Donor '15-'16,'18
Yes, my 2016 LB Stingray coupe has some OP. It isn't any worse than the BMWs I have purchased over the last 10 years. My Audi has the best paint job of any car I've owned in the last 25 years. Absolutely no OP. The OP on my Vette is most noticeable on the side panels.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: FEMA Region 4
My Laguna Blue has it, but it looks like it is in the panels. None of the 4 C6s I owned had this level of orange peel. I have learned to live with it for now, still going to get a 16 Z06 but likely to order Artic White. I do love the LB and it gets plenty of attention.
Pro
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: Cookeville TN
Orange Peel
[QUOTE=Glen e;1590190170]I personally think it's worse.I have been working an event all summer and have been in probably 100 dealerships and I always walk the lot , and many of those dealerships are Mercedes Benz , BMW Jaguar , etc. yeah it's there on other cars , but not to this degree…I've never seen anything like this on a competitor:
I agree with you, your is bad, I feel for you my friend.....I will stop talking about mine from now on after seeing yours.
I agree with you, your is bad, I feel for you my friend.....I will stop talking about mine from now on after seeing yours.
Melting Slicks
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From: Baton Rouge LA
Racer
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From: Dallas Texas
I personally think it's worse.I have been working an event all summer and have been in probably 100 dealerships and I always walk the lot , and many of those dealerships are Mercedes Benz , BMW Jaguar , etc. yeah it's there on other cars , but not to this degree…I've never seen anything like this on a competitor:
And just for reference....my black Mercedes had "no" orange peel.
Burning Brakes
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From: Port Charlotte FL
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: No Longer in CA! NV
I was going to ask, but you offered it up... Drive an Audi, but here bagging on C7 paint jobs? Got an axe to grind?
My GS has great paint, and my wife's '14 Stingray also has great paint. Hoping next week's builds are good and that my new C7 will also have great paint.
As previously said, get in the driver's seat and you won't think about orange peel.
My GS has great paint, and my wife's '14 Stingray also has great paint. Hoping next week's builds are good and that my new C7 will also have great paint.
As previously said, get in the driver's seat and you won't think about orange peel.