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I don’t know the specifics on how BG paints and builds cars. Nor how they do quality control and correction before the car is shipped. I’ve only seen limited number of C8s. Maybe luck of the draw but several have had bridging paint in the seams particularly around the trunk inside where the fender runs and also at the junction of bumper and front fender.If parts are painted separately and then assembled this shouldn’t be so. Tells me there’s a lot of on body painting being done to correct this. Not a major criticism, just a question and observation.Quality control shouldn’t be sending cars out with paint bridging the seams imho.
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Mine had overspray on the tire and wheel. WTF? No noticeable paint correction anywhere on the car, and I have a very critical eye and lighting. Nothing other than paint on the tire and wheel. So how did it get there? From the repaint on the car sitting beside mine?
@Bikeman you are 100% correct. Do not let anybody tell you otherwise.
Lots of cars get factory paint correction.
@Bikeman you are 100% correct. Do not let anybody tell you otherwise.
Lots of cars get factory paint correction.
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There is a paint inspection area in the assembly line with bright lights to see the paint and all its glory not far before the cars go into the "filling station". area...I was there once for more than four hours and it was never manned...(and this was before the painting department revamp)...I bet that is not a rare occurrence either. The jigs they had made to check chassis alignment etc was rusty from lack of use. Its a Chevy assembled by offspring of pot growers and horse farmers...The painting is probably one of the better things they do because of lack of human interaction....
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My detailer inspected my Artic White car after delivery in a dark garage with his Scangrip light. He showed me multiple locations that were paint corrected at the factory leaving buffing trails across multiple surfaces. But it is wasn't unusual and a much better paint job than a black C8 he had corrected.
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Pretty cool how good the painting has gotten for a production line. I was watching a show last week that documented an Aventador build. It is no wonder they cost what they do; hours upon hours of hand finishing and then incredible scrutiny of all surfaces. I think for our price point we should very pleased with the finish of these cars. Yes, we can always find something to critique but come on, a hell of a car for the money!
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Yes, I tried to qualify the observation acknowledging that for the price point for the majority of cars the paint is pretty good.What I don’t understand as it seems there’s a fair number of paint correction done after full assembly;what are they doing? Painting over clear and then applying clear again. I actually had an 15 artic white that had the rear hatch done and only found out about it when I traded for an 18. I had looked at some overspray ,just some small area of seam bridging for 3 years and never thought about it. Now I know what I’m looking at.
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There is a paint inspection area in the assembly line with bright lights to see the paint and all its glory not far before the cars go into the "filling station". area...I was there once for more than four hours and it was never manned...(and this was before the painting department revamp)...I bet that is not a rare occurrence either. The jigs they had made to check chassis alignment etc was rusty from lack of use. Its a Chevy assembled by offspring of pot growers and horse farmers...The painting is probably one of the better things they do because of lack of human interaction....
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We were at a lexus dealer today. Saw the worst paint ever on an RX350 in a showroom. Some kind of a lousy green metallic with horrendous orange peel that could be seen 20 feet away. Also looked at a Rapid Blue C8 just up the road and was seriously impressed, as perfect a factory paint job as either of us have ever seen.