08-09-2022, 10:47 AM | #1 |
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For those who took delivery with no dealer wash prep...
What was the condition of your exterior?
I took delivery yesterday and did a quick wash when I got home. Afterwards, I went over the car with a handheld swirl light, and continuing to recheck at various times of day / varying lighting conditions. So far, I have only found a couple holograms from adhesive and a few small bits of adhesive on the paint and on the edge of one wheel. There are a few random very superficial hairline scratches that 95% of people would never see / care about. I was able to almost fully remove a couple with only a microfiber and Sonax Perfect Finish, so I am sure I will be able to quickly correct them with the RO polisher. I have the M performance (non-Shadowline) trim and there are a good number of swirl marks and water spots in the piano black I will need to polish out. I will be doing a full detail this weekend, spending as much of it as is necessary to get the finish to my obsessive level of satisfaction.
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08-09-2022, 10:55 AM | #2 |
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I was able to take delivery and drive my BG home with all of the stickers still on it (exterior/interior). You got to love those family owned dealers, definitely seem to respect the customer more (have dealt, and now officially done with the others).
I took the stickers off when I got home, with the help of my 3 y/o daughter of course! I wasn't able to get a wash in for about 3 days. I did a wash, dry/inspection, then I put a nice coat of Mother's Brazilian Wax and actually only noticed a tiny scratch below the right fog light, about the size of a fingernail (may have been). I didn't see any swirl marks, and I was actually surprised how great the gloss black looked. |
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The rocker panels are going to be a bitch to upkeep. And I forgot to mention, I did the baggie test, and it badly needs to be decontaminated / clayed.
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I was going to have a no dealer prep and take this to another location, but I found out they had a real detail shop working for them, had the detaill shop( not a dealer run one, but an actualy 3rd party company that has off site locations.) The exterior black gloss trim is bad, scratch magnet, I have the dealer replacing the grill and 1 door trim, as it had some serious deep scratches (damage) but this stuff scratches just looking at it. I'm actually disaapointed how bad it looks, Just washing it is going to leave scratches. If I had this done offsite, I wouldn't have won the battle on getting the grill replaced, they would have blamed me.
The only way you are going to get a good inspection, is to have the dealer wash it. Make sure they get the staining out of the black without scratching it to death. I've had the car for a week, love the car, but pissed about the crap black plastic. |
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08-09-2022, 05:09 PM | #6 |
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Unless each piece of piano black was individually wrapped like American singles cheese, I would not be surprised if some of the defects were introduced during assembly or even during transport and staging of the trim pieces in the plant.
Fortunately mine isn't "bad" unless I hit it with a light. I will try some polish on it where the rocker wraps under the car and a lower piece of grill trim. If that corrects it I will continue wherever needed. Last edited by CarsAndGuitars; 08-09-2022 at 05:25 PM.. |
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The coating and PFF was fine. |
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I'll ask my dealership and see if they work with any detailers in the area. Automotive Elegance and Unique Car Care are two detailers that are on the top of my list. |
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