New car has had paint on it - dealer failed to mention it

[hajaba123]

TooMany2cvs said:

okie592 said:

Did you have a vauxhall Astra Vxr before you got this car?

<chuckle>

Dyson

[McWigglebum4th]

IMI A said:

You can see it if you go close up to it and have good eyes. My eye aren't brill. Paint depth gauge says the paint on the spot which is blown in is 4x as thick as on the rest of the car. Not good enough on any new car IMO.

I think you will just have to kill yourself

[With these feet]

IMI A said:

You can see it if you go close up to it and have good eyes. My eye aren't brill. Paint depth gauge says the paint on the spot which is blown in is 4x as thick as on the rest of the car. Not good enough on any new car IMO.

Thats one part of the car that wont suffer from MB's rust problems then...

I PDI'd a Prelude back in the day, was moving it to the storage/cleaning compound and was hit up the rear as I turned off the main road right outside the dealership. Car had bumper lights and boot damaged. 2 weeks later it was delivered to the customer on Aug 1st.

The situation is simple, if the repair is acceptable then leave it, otherwise the whole side of the car will need doing and the paint thickness will still be wrong. I said before on paint threads about my old bosses M3 that was 3 different colours - BMW took it away and painted the whole thing.

[Sheepshanks]

McWigglebum4th said:

IMI A said:

You can see it if you go close up to it and have good eyes. My eye aren't brill. Paint depth gauge says the paint on the spot which is blown in is 4x as thick as on the rest of the car. Not good enough on any new car IMO.

I think you will just have to kill yourself

If it was leased or PCP'd on Mercedes Agility then you might do if they surcharged at vehicle return due to the repair.

[grim_d]

Personally, I would almost expect a new car to have had some work done before delivery, paint should however be perfect under examination and matching the original finish, no dust nibs, fish eyes or the like.

Paint thickness doesn't matter unless it noticeably affects the finish, paint depth gauge should be used to measure how much paint can safely be removed during a cut and not really to judge the quality of the finish.

In this instance I would be keen to have the door sanded back to original paint as much as possible and then repainted, but as above, without any defects that cannot be rectified during a cut and polish.

[Sheepshanks]

grim_d said:

Personally, I would almost expect a new car to have had some work done before delivery, paint should however be perfect under examination and matching the original finish, no dust nibs, fish eyes or the like.

I’ve lost track of this a bit, but are cars “painted” in the traditional sense when being built?

I know 10yrs ago Mercedes started to use ceramic nano paint (my car has it) and when it first appeared body-shops wouldn’t touch it. I gather MB doesn’t use it anymore.

I’ve read BMWs orange peel problems are caused by the cars being sprayed with dry powder paint, which is baked on.

We tend to keep our cars for a few years and we had one where the paint on bonnet started to deteriorate after 4yrs and it became apparent that it had been painted prior to delivery. Dealer and manufacturer didn’t want to know.