Orange Peel

timmy8784 · 05-21-2016, 03:42 PM

I just got my car back from the body shop (BMW pulled out in front of me and has been getting repaired for 34 days). I was inspecting the paint job and noticed a decent amount of orange peel in the hood. I was thinking they may have done a poor job repainting, but when I gave a closer look to factory painted parts of the car I noticed quite a bit as well.

Now my car is the mosaic black metallic and I've seen quite a few complaints about issues with this color, but I was wondering if this is just kinda the standard now with newer cars? Has anyone tried to fix it? How much orange peel is too much?

SpookShow'84 · 05-21-2016, 03:50 PM

They have a decent amount of o.p. The worst two that I've saw for it were both red hot though. I wasn't thrilled with it for a factory paint job, but it isn't so bad it will bother most people.

timmy8784 · 05-21-2016, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SpookShow'84

They have a decent amount of o.p. The worst two that I've saw for it were both red hot though. I wasn't thrilled with it for a factory paint job, but it isn't so bad it will bother most people.

I guess the fact that I didn't notice it in the first few months I had it before the accident means it's livable.

SpookShow'84 · 05-21-2016, 04:04 PM

Yeah it's probably fine. I give auto paint the 5' rule just like I do on guitar finishes. If it looks OK from that far it's good enough. It's not a show car and if you drive them it's inevitable that they'll get messed up.

Spring is a tough time to look at paint too. All the chartreuse pollen covering everything exaggerates paint details.

timmy8784 · 05-23-2016, 11:20 AM

No one else has any input?

DougCBJ · 05-23-2016, 11:56 AM

On my black it has a slight orange peel effect, but you have to really look for it and it has to be at the right angle and right lighting. Form my car, I can easily live with it because I don't notice it unless I'm trying to notice it.

Modshack · 05-23-2016, 11:58 AM

Hard to find a car these days without some orange peel. My Hyper blue is excellent, my last C7 in silver not as good...but Corvettes have had a long history of paint issues..

timmy8784 · 05-23-2016, 12:04 PM

Took a short video to show the amount on my hood. It's pretty magnified under the florescent lights in my garage.

DougCBJ · 05-23-2016, 12:26 PM

Oh yeah, looking at your car under those types of lights will drive you made with seeing things that you wouldn't see under most other circumstances.

timmy8784 · 05-23-2016, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DougCBJ

Oh yeah, looking at your car under those types of lights will drive you made with seeing things that you wouldn't see under most other circumstances.

That's exactly how I felt this weekend. I swear for the first 2 months I had it, I never noticed anything....now I can look at my car any time of day under any lighting and any part and see it all over.

gdespaux · 05-23-2016, 01:28 PM

Is it awful that I don't know what you mean by orange peel? Sorry I've never heard the phrase before!

Glen e · 05-23-2016, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gdespaux

Is it awful that I don't know what you mean by orange peel? Sorry I've never heard the phrase before!

Google it...

gdespaux · 05-23-2016, 02:40 PM

Pretty sure my 2010 had a decent case of this then. I didn't even know something was wrong, thought that was just the way it looked

cellsafemode · 05-23-2016, 06:02 PM

I have a metallic black. I'm just happy they put enough paint on the outward facing pieces that you dont see primer like on most of the inward facing ones.

Yes, the entire thing is orange peel. It's almost like they were intentionally going for the look.

05-21-2016, 03:42 PM	#1
timmy8784 Drippin' Wet Auto Detail Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Phoenix Posts: 570 View My Garage	Orange Peel I just got my car back from the body shop (BMW pulled out in front of me and has been getting repaired for 34 days). I was inspecting the paint job and noticed a decent amount of orange peel in the hood. I was thinking they may have done a poor job repainting, but when I gave a closer look to factory painted parts of the car I noticed quite a bit as well. Now my car is the mosaic black metallic and I've seen quite a few complaints about issues with this color, but I was wondering if this is just kinda the standard now with newer cars? Has anyone tried to fix it? How much orange peel is too much?

05-21-2016, 03:50 PM	#2
SpookShow'84 Bump in the night Drives: '84 Monte Carlo SS, '15 Optima Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 744 View My Garage	They have a decent amount of o.p. The worst two that I've saw for it were both red hot though. I wasn't thrilled with it for a factory paint job, but it isn't so bad it will bother most people. __________________ https://youtu.be/Acui13Vz5Lk

05-21-2016, 04:04 PM	#4
SpookShow'84 Bump in the night Drives: '84 Monte Carlo SS, '15 Optima Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 744 View My Garage	Yeah it's probably fine. I give auto paint the 5' rule just like I do on guitar finishes. If it looks OK from that far it's good enough. It's not a show car and if you drive them it's inevitable that they'll get messed up. Spring is a tough time to look at paint too. All the chartreuse pollen covering everything exaggerates paint details. __________________ https://youtu.be/Acui13Vz5Lk

05-23-2016, 11:58 AM	#7
Modshack Drives: 2SS, Hyper Blue Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Greenville NC Posts: 835	Hard to find a car these days without some orange peel. My Hyper blue is excellent, my last C7 in silver not as good...but Corvettes have had a long history of paint issues.. __________________ Steve Hyper Blue 2SS, 6M, NPP, Sunroof, Nav

05-23-2016, 01:28 PM	#11
gdespaux Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue Camaro/2LT RS Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 72	Is it awful that I don't know what you mean by orange peel? Sorry I've never heard the phrase before! __________________ Current: 2016 Hyper Blue A8 2LT RS Previous: 2010 Victory Red 2LT I've never had a V8

05-23-2016, 11:20 AM	#5
timmy8784 Drippin' Wet Auto Detail Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Phoenix Posts: 570 View My Garage	No one else has any input?

05-23-2016, 11:56 AM	#6
DougCBJ Drives: 2016 Blue 2SS Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 612	On my black it has a slight orange peel effect, but you have to really look for it and it has to be at the right angle and right lighting. Form my car, I can easily live with it because I don't notice it unless I'm trying to notice it.

05-23-2016, 12:26 PM	#9
DougCBJ Drives: 2016 Blue 2SS Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 612	Oh yeah, looking at your car under those types of lights will drive you made with seeing things that you wouldn't see under most other circumstances.

05-23-2016, 02:40 PM	#13
gdespaux Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue Camaro/2LT RS Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 72	Pretty sure my 2010 had a decent case of this then. I didn't even know something was wrong, thought that was just the way it looked __________________ Current: 2016 Hyper Blue A8 2LT RS Previous: 2010 Victory Red 2LT I've never had a V8

05-23-2016, 06:02 PM	#14
cellsafemode Drives: 2016 Camaro 1LT Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: California Posts: 3,491	I have a metallic black. I'm just happy they put enough paint on the outward facing pieces that you dont see primer like on most of the inward facing ones. Yes, the entire thing is orange peel. It's almost like they were intentionally going for the look.

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