steven131 Donating Members 80 Member For: 21y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Frankston Nth,Vic Posted 21/02/04 05:58 PM Share Posted 21/02/04 05:58 PM (edited) My cars back to the dealers on Tuesday to have the paint finish checked by a Ford Rep. Looks like they are going to respray the whole car. When I was there the other day they had a GT on the showroom floor that had the same finish as mine. New car salesman said the more people complain about the finish of their paint work the better. Edited 21/02/04 06:01 PM by stevenrad13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Mick Guests Posted 21/02/04 08:29 PM Share Posted 21/02/04 08:29 PM Is this problem everywhere or just confined to one particular area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrasH Bloody Orange Team (BOT) Donating Members 872 Member For: 21y 6m 14d Gender: Male Location: Canberra, Australia Posted 21/02/04 08:33 PM Share Posted 21/02/04 08:33 PM Yeah. I had some minor paint finish flaws myself. The whole car was actually quite good in terms of quality, but unfortunatly under certain light (mostly in shade) my rear bumper is a different shade of blood orange. When I got my incar DVD put in, the installer said to me "So it looks like Expensive Daewoo aren't the only ones with paint finish problems" (he drove a crummydore).. My service manager just told me to organise an appointement with their paint shop to fix it. Oh and one edge of my fuel lid wasn't painted properly, with only the undercoat applied. Aparts from these, as I said before the paint job is quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scootre Guests Posted 21/02/04 08:39 PM Share Posted 21/02/04 08:39 PM My car has a rough topcoat at the front of the left qtr panel.They resprayed that section last week. I was without the car for three bloody days.I get it back and it's worse than when I gave it to them. And the front bar is loose.Also, there are little glitches like grains of sand under the paint and topcoat that you can see but not feel all over my car, courtesy of the factory. The dealer told me that Ford won't do anything to fix these unless "there are more than five impurities in the paint per panel".What a load of bullsh!t.I've just paid over $50k for this thing and now Ford are telling me that it's OK for me to accept shoddy paintwork.Anyone buying a new car from FoMoCo should ammend their contract to say that the car is not acceptable with sh!tty paintwork.I love the car but at this point in time will never buy a new car from Ford again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercturbo Member 696 Member For: 21y 9m 18d Location: Geelong Posted 22/02/04 12:20 AM Share Posted 22/02/04 12:20 AM As alway's, pre delivery you need to take plenty of time examining the paintwork in detail, and do not accept the car unless defects are noted in writing and are agreed to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 22/02/04 12:57 AM Share Posted 22/02/04 12:57 AM we have a big splodge about the size of a barcode on our rear driverside door. I will just go see if I can take a picture of it. It might be a bit hard for the camera to pick up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 22/02/04 03:57 AM Share Posted 22/02/04 03:57 AM Ok the camera cannot pick it up, but I will describe it. it is like someone put blueprint paint on the end of a paintbrush and just splodged it on. It's quite noticable but the camera couldn't pick it up beacause of the reflection of the driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badabing Member 40 Member For: 21y 2m 24d Location: Sydney Posted 22/02/04 05:25 AM Share Posted 22/02/04 05:25 AM I have the same sort of splodge on the bonnet of mine, also blue print. Looks like someone touched it while it was still wet. Depending on how the light hits it goes from almost invisible to standing out like db's. Also have orange peel effect around the headlight scoops on the front bumper and grit in the clear coat in a couple of places. I'm just worried they'd do more harm than good trying to fix it.What concerns me more is how soft the paint seems to be, like it wasn't baked long enough or somthing? Seems every time I drive I get another stone chip. (Might be a slight exageration but it is really annoying). Anyone else having problems with the durability of the finish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven131 Donating Members 80 Member For: 21y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Frankston Nth,Vic Posted 22/02/04 12:05 PM Author Share Posted 22/02/04 12:05 PM Sorry Guys, its not called crows feet. It is actually Orange pell. Mine seems to be all over the car except the bonnet.Tried to edit, but it would not let me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsta Member 371 Member For: 21y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/02/04 06:31 AM Share Posted 23/02/04 06:31 AM At certain angles, in daylight you can see heavy swirl marks on my car. Blueprint. Very annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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