[Tr6]

Originally Posted by Techn9cian805

if you look for trouble, you will find it.

I haven't checked if my car has any orange peel, at a glance the paint looks sweet enough. don't drive yourself crazy seeking perfection; you will end up disappointed.

100% agreed! It's easy to find issues...

[timmy8784]

Originally Posted by cellsafemode

If you only have it on a few parts you're lucky. There isn't a panel on my car that doesn't have it and it seems pretty uniform. You dont have to get close to see it, you can see it in the reflections of anyone's car who manages to take a full size picture on a decent smart phone and manage to get the car in focus, the orange peal is obvious in the jaggedness of reflected lines. No color seems immune.

Since I started this post, i've been looking at every car i see and sure enough....every single one has some sort of it. However, not even close to as severe as the picture Glen posted.

It's hard not to be a perfectionist, but it seems that this is just the way it is. Makes me feel better that it's not just mine.

[shoe5163]

$35000 to $55000 for a car, it shouldn't come with messed up paint. Had a 2012 and now a 2017 and orange peel is all I see. GM's seem to be the worst.

[Chazzz]

Originally Posted by cellsafemode

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.

The workmanship fit and finish and quality control on these cars leaves a lot to be desired. No excuse for the thin paint and primer showing through on inside areas. My 2019 Chevy Sonic daily driver has no thin paint or visible orange peel and has much better fit and finish than my $40K plus Camaro.. Kinda Sad.....

[warren3537]

The orange peel in question is in the clear coat, my 17 1SS has it as well as my 2012 RAM 2500, the only 2 ways is either the denim pad whish takes forever or wet sand using 2000 then 3000 grit sandpaper, I did a section on my truck and it does come out and after you polish it out, it looks like glass, on another note, if my car went to a body shop and it came out looking like that, I wouldn't accept it.

[Glen e]

You can reduce orange peel, but without a re-spray, you can never get rid of it. Here's a vette done a few years ago with 2000 grit, then 3000, then rotary buffer, then orbital. You definitely have to know what you're doing and it very much helps to use a paint thickness meter when you do it.


Sanding


Finished

[stook2001]

Nobody likes orange peel and obviously a properly sanded vehicle like the vette above will look a heck of a lot better. However, this should be qualified with the long term potential repercussions if you don't know what you're doing and/or dont have the right tools. Removing clear coat may affect the long term durability of the finish since you'll simply have less of it left. My approach was to use a DA polisher - do a proper polish when new and keep the car maintained with a good coating. Will it ever be as good as the Vette? Nope. However, I almost certainly removed a heck of a lot less clear doing a quick cut and polish.