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My buddies Ferrari had paint issues when brand new. There was noticeable orange peel requiring paint correction on a brand new ferrari. 300k car and it had issues so please stop with the "duh its typical GM bullshit". It happens to everyone.
Looks like there is a tiny little paint chip off of the bottom of the fascia cover where it meets the fender... maybe it got a little nudge in the lot or dragged off truck (have you gotten under there with a light and look for scrapes Mark's etc?)
C7s were known for paint chipping in between the fascia and fenders from panels too tight. That chip i saw doesn't look like that to me but who knows.
It’s a 60,000 dollar Chevy. If you want perfect gaps and amazing quality control spend 150,000 on a Porsche. Everyone on the forum seems to want a dirt cheap super car and then are shocked to find it doesn’t match the quality of the competition at twice the price. There is no free lunch!
Keep drinking the GM Kool-Aid, their looking for more customers like you. There’s no way you can defend this terrible build quality.
Same ol same. It's been like this for a long time for Vettes. Some people swore that the C8s will be build differently and resolve all the issues but we knew it wouldn't.
If you buy vettes, be ready for some minor panel gaps, a bit of paint issues and maybe some misaligned interior stitching. This is not being a hater, I own a C7 and plan to buy a C8 once I see more info on other models. It's just the reality of buying an incredible machine for a relatively low price.
Though this one is probably worse than the norm. This is probably part of the risk of buying the 1st year model. By 2nd, 3rd year, GM workers will get to a point where 95% of them would have only very minor issues where it's there but acceptable. This one is not.
My 2014 C7 had horrible fit/finish issues. I have paid very close attention to the C8 CTF cars and the cars delivered to date. While not perfect and not "Porsche fit/finish", the C8 is better than the C7 by a wide margin.
With all due respect Tool hoarder. I disagree. I've been around around 30 or 40 of the C8s up close and personal preproduction and on lot (Kerbeck). I see the same bs little things that drove me nuts about my C6 and C7s (you eventually will as well). Either let it bother you or enjoy it for what it is. Remember if you're driving it none of that matters lol.
just gonna be a crap shoot. You hope your defect is in the not noticable to most camp so someone isn't having to take it apart.
I could point things out but I do NOT see any good coming from it oth ere than to have some poor existing owner see it and go check there's. I can pm you what I've seen if you want to torture yourself when you pick yours up but I strongly suggest you don't. Becaise several (imo) are unfixable and is what it is..
I am so lucky and grateful that my dealer serv manager is a Corvette owner and fantastic as is my Corvette tech (races a turbo C5). They both are so attentive and take care of it. I would gladly let them both take my C7 Z06 home if that's what it took to correct a problem. I feel for those who don't have it like that.
With all due respect Tool hoarder. I disagree. I've been around around 30 or 40 of the C8s up close and personal preproduction and on lot (Kerbeck). I see the same bs little things that drove me nuts about my C6 and C7s (you eventually will as well). Either let it bother you or enjoy it for what it is. Remember if you're driving it none of that matters lol.
just gonna be a crap shoot. You hope your defect is in the not noticable to most camp so someone isn't having to take it apart.
I could point things out but I do NOT see any good coming from it oth ere than to have some poor existing owner see it and go check there's. I can pm you what I've seen if you want to torture yourself when you pick yours up but I strongly suggest you don't. Becaise several (imo) are unfixable and is what it is..
I am so lucky and grateful that my dealer serv manager is a Corvette owner and fantastic as is my Corvette tech (races a turbo C5). They both are so attentive and take care of it. I would gladly let them both take my C7 Z06 home if that's what it took to correct a problem. I feel for those who don't have it like that.
I've been paying super close attention to the doors and fender alignment as well as the roof panels. I can tell you every one I've looked at is very good compared to most C7s. The car has slightly softer lines and they made some key changes:
1. The bottom of the door doesn't have that inset lip that the C7 has so it's easier to align the door before the fender goes on the car.
2. The rocker goes all the way to the wheel well opening vs. the C5/6/7 using the fender to wrap under the car. This allows more consistent door/fender gaps as the fender must align with the front of the rocker.
Agree, a very high quality manufacturing process. However, that process can't hold the close tolerances that a metal press with a good die can hold due to differences in the materials the parts are made from.
Gave up on that. On a white car any place that has an edge that can't be fully wrapped winds up getting black from dirt that you can't clean...
I understand what you mean I have a white Z06 most edges are wrapped but there are some areas you just can't get around.
The reason I asked was I noticed something in your picture.. there was no narrative? I wasn't sure exactly what you were trying to articulate? so I zoomed in and saw this and thought maybe it was the edge of PPF?
The car this guy in his You Tube video was showing looks to me to be one of the CTF cars or whatever those pre-production models were called. The reason I say this is the black strip across the top just above the windshield. That piece should be the same color as the car, Sebring Orange in this case. Looks like he has a carbon fiber or see through roof panel maybe. But that black strip above the windshield says to me that if this is a CTF, then he can probably expect some panel fit issues and he should not be pointing these out as flaws on an actual production car built for a customer. I'd like to see his VIN.
I saw this new video on Youtube, no idea who this person is... only 5k followers so not an 'influencer'... but this C8 has some truly awful issues on the passenger side between the fender, bumper, and headlight.
I don't think the trunk gap is a big deal... but the front fender/headlight is for sure.
Is this something to look for when the C8 is delivered... before you accept delivery? How does it even leave the factory like that.... and what can you do as a buyer? Can you tell the dealership you won't accept it? Or will the dealership just try to get a new fender and fix it?
Just curious what is common practice... I would be livid if my C8 showed up like that. I don't expect absolute perfection, but that's pretty terrible.
sell that car! Buy another and see if it’s better! If not, buy a Ferrari......
My buddies Ferrari had paint issues when brand new. There was noticeable orange peel requiring paint correction on a brand new ferrari. 300k car and it had issues so please stop with the "duh its typical GM bullshit". It happens to everyone.
Yes it happens to all cars but crappy paint is just part of the last 4 generations of corvettes, with all the performance Corvette provides, GM has to cut corners somewhere, or the car would be the same price of the late Dodge Vipers, which had fantastic paint
Last edited by NytmereZ; Apr 15, 2020 at 05:06 PM.
