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xoo00oox Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2010 Posts: 2673 Location: East Nassau, NY
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:57 pm Post subject: Check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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This came from the factory like this! It looks like some amateur did a sloppy color change and just let the paint blow under the hood. |
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jeffrey8164 Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2018 Posts: 3823 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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Attention to detail is a lost art. _________________ Volkswagen!
Turning owners into mechanics since 1938.
“Let he that is without oil throw the first rod”
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johnnyvw164 Samba Member
Joined: July 27, 2020 Posts: 573 Location: South of Raleigh
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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My guess would be the car was slightly damaged in shipment |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22680 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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They didn’t even take the windows out _________________ .ssS! |
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51175 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:37 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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johnnyvw164 wrote: |
My guess would be the car was slightly damaged in shipment |
My thought as well, something minor repaired by the lowest bidder. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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xoo00oox Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2010 Posts: 2673 Location: East Nassau, NY
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kpf Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2017 Posts: 859 Location: California, US
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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Why is the underside of the hood and the inside of the engine compartment black? Are those parts plastic? Or do they paint the whole car in black primer and then only spray color on the visible outside panels? As you can see in the video, the mk 7.5 was body-color everywhere, just like every VW since the beginning of time. _________________ 1971 Super Beetle |
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xoo00oox Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2010 Posts: 2673 Location: East Nassau, NY
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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It’s metal, not plastic, just not painted the body color. This is incredibly sloppy work! It looks like crappy DIY bodywork a car when it’s 20 years old and you just want to drive it another year. I can’t believe any manufacturer would do this! If they didn’t want to paint under the hood body color, at the very least make it a clean line! |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12760 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:43 am Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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johnnyvw164 wrote: |
My guess would be the car was slightly damaged in shipment |
^^^This!^^^
That is absolutely a re-spray after it left the factory! Just because you bought it new does not mean it has not been damaged and repaired. Go back to the dealer and open a few more hoods. _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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xoo00oox Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2010 Posts: 2673 Location: East Nassau, NY
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:03 am Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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oprn wrote: |
johnnyvw164 wrote: |
My guess would be the car was slightly damaged in shipment |
^^^This!^^^
That is absolutely a re-spray after it left the factory! Just because you bought it new does not mean it has not been damaged and repaired. Go back to the dealer and open a few more hoods. |
It is not a re-spray. This is how VW is sending them out these days.
https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/mk8-gti-missing-p...s.9526273/ |
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kamzcab86 Samba Moderator
Joined: July 26, 2008 Posts: 7931 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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It's not just sloppy paint jobs, it's poor quality paint too. My 2016 GTI doesn't have 30,000 miles on it, but looking at its front-end you would think otherwise, and 90% of the chips are from local driving (thank you, AZ) because it wears a bra on road trips. Just looking at the car the wrong way will put a friggin' chip in the paint.
Quality control hasn't been in VW's business model for a few decades now. _________________ ~Kamz
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1990 Vanagon Westfalia: Old Blue's Blog
2016 Golf GTI S
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12760 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:01 am Post subject: Re: Check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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I find it very hard to believe that they would paint them AFTER assembly. That is obviously what has happened there! _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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Fender38 Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2015 Posts: 75 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:47 pm Post subject: Re: check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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That link doesn't prove anything. It's just a bunch of dopes on a forum claiming to know what's going on at the factory. |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22680 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:13 am Post subject: Re: Check out this sloppy paint job- 2023 VW GTi |
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About 10% of cars need rework after painting in the auto industry.
Source: personal knowledge working on car assembly lines with $200k equipment to assess paint adhesion at various stages _________________ .ssS! |
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