does everyone elses cobalt have a real bad paintjob? i've noticed some TERRIBLE orange peel over the entire car

 

my car is in the paint shop now getting the front bumper paint bc the headlight rubs on it

 

My hood had to be painted twice.

 

Unfortunately many of today's car have orange peel, I worked for G.M before retiring and I would suggest that unless it's really bad you not get it repainted. JMO

 

is orange peel little orange dots??

 

No. Orange peel is when the paint surface resembles that of the fruit, orange. (Little dimples)

 

Not sure what orange dots look like but orange peel looks just like an orange skin ..just shinner.

 

Damn it, you beat me to it by two mintues.

 

As I understand it , orange peel is when there is too much paint on the piece or maybe that's just with the powder coat at my work...

 

you buy a cheap car you get a cheap paint job.

 

I wouldn't consider a car with a $22-24k window sticker "cheap"...nor would I consider the Corvettes and Colorados which are having the same problems "cheap". If we were talking "Man my Aveo has really crappy paint." Then, OK, yeah, cheap car, lousy paint job. Regardless though, I think poor paint quality on any new car regardless of pricetag is unacceptable.

 

I think this is what your talking about when you say Orangepeel paint.

 

well I would be upset on a corvette yes but dont compare and Colorado nor Cobalt to a corvette in terms of quality. If you dont like the paint when you buy the car obviously do not buy it.

 

Yes! That's exactly what my paintjob looks like. 'Cept black. And not a Ford.

 

Oh my goodness that paint looks terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Orangepeel out the caboose!

 

Who ever painted that focus outta be shot for the horrible paint job. Looks like he half assed the job and just resprayed 3x times over the same places.

 

the SVT Focus is supercharged? i was figuring it was the SVT Cobra

 

I agree I've seen it all but unless its real real bad just leave it alone espicially if you have Sunburst Orange its very difficult to match it exact.
As for cheap to expensive cars the dealership that I've been working at for the last 7 yrs. all cars including Corvetts caddys etc. have F.L.A (fat lady's ass) or orange peel.

 

well i hope sunburst orange isnt too hard to match. Cause my door has something underneath the paint, and its caused a small blister, so basically its gonna need to be repainted. I go in on friday to have the dealer look at it. I know if i leave it tho itll eventually break and start chipping. So ill get it taken care of now while the warranty is still good.

 

All factory painted vehicles have horrible orange peel. It's a sad fact, but very true. Many people believe that factory paint is near perfect or better than what a body shop can do. As a former body man and painter, I can tell you that this is not the case. Not only do factory paint jobs have orange peel, but also quite a bit of trash in the clear coat. On my cobalt, I've noticed a couple pieces of trash on the car (looks like little grains of dirt embedded in the clear) after just waxing (perfect time for inspection) it twice. I've even seen factory paint jobs with runs in the clear.

Orange peel primarily occurs due to several reasons: A crappy or dirty gun was used, air that is either unfiltered or too high in moisture, or the coats of clear were put on too dry. Too little clear and you'll have orange peel like crazy, too much clear on an un-level surface and you'll have runs like a ****. It is much easier to sand out and compound a run.

A good aftermarket paint job totally kills factory paint. If you're really picky about orange peel, do what the hot-rod guys do for that perfect finish. Repaint the entire vehicle, sand every surface to a smooth finish with 2k grit paper, and compound and polish.

 

So all the Cobalts should have orange peel to some degree? I must be pretty paint retarded then. I don't notice any in my car. I suppose if someone pointed it out to me in person I'd recognize it from that point on, but since i've never really seen it before, I guess I don't know what I'm looking for too well.

 

My red base has an immaculate paint job, no peel at all. But when I was purchasing my car I was walking around the showroom and a brand new blue vette had it real bad on the trunk and there was a $45,000 avalanche with the worst orange peel (white paint) I have ever seen, looked like you were looking in choppy water. My outdoor sprayed, shitty prep work, barely wetsanded 91 Blazer SS (72 camaro 350v8) looked better than it.

 

The dealership I go to had a Silverado SS fully loaded (not a cheap car for whoever made that dumb comment) it had sooo much orange peel I almost ate the damn thing... my salesman said they cant sell the damn thing becuase everyone that buys an SS usually knows about cars and spots it out

 

Orange peel affects all makes and models. I was with a friend looking at a new 2005 Infinity G35 coupe and it had orange peel on the sides. Though it's minor, it is still apparent.

 

I agree with the paint guy. I did some painting my self and it is realy hard to paint a surface with out getting ornge peal. It is almost standard to wet sand down with 2k and then polish with machean glaze in several steps. Most paint shops can do this step for a really smoth finnish. The real trick is to NOT take off too much clear coat.