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Paint Thickness Measurements, Galaxy Blue
Roof of car, this is in the lower area, the raised area is thicker by 20-30%
![]() Hood of car ![]() Front Bumper, nice and thin ![]() Driver Side Mirror, nice and thick, also horrendous orange peel ![]() Overall, the car was between 100-140 microns. Marc @ AutoLavish is describing the paint as phenomenal quality and some of the thickest he has seen in a long time on a new car. |
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How does this compare to other cars? BMW, Ferrari, etc....
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http://belladetailing.com/Ferrari2.html Here you can see the average paint thickness on a 458 italia was 5.4 mils, or 137.2 microns. Lamborghini usually applies the thickest paint but they are also the most inconsistent, ranging from 250 - 700 microns. Bottom line you can't judge paint quality solely on thickness. All the ft86 members complaining about their numerous paint chips can attest to that ![]() Last edited by kbye; 04-12-2013 at 03:36 AM. Reason: Clarification |
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Yeah i feel like we got good paint. I hit a car by accident (long story but wasnt me it was the fucking wind that swung my door wide open hard) and it left a huge white line on the car and my car just had a tiny little chip along the side of my door like a dot size.
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Subaru uses lighter paint coats for weight reduction. Also, Lamborghinis need some addition layers of protection from stone chips at 190mph...
![]() What's the thickness of the Subaru paint around the rocker panels - say about the height of an orange cone? That's probably where we need it most. ![]() |
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Thanks for posting this! I'm sure they aren't going to be the same across the board, but it's good to at least get an idea.
I wonder how much wet sanding we could get away with to try and reduce the heinous amount of orange peel present on these cars...
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The paint quality on these cars is shit. my 1996 mustang and my 2004 corolla have fewer paint chips than my car that has only 6000km on it
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I've got an adhesion test kit at work if someone wants to scratch up their paint to find out what adhesion quality it comes in at?
![]() I've only got a chip or two in my paint on the hood where there isn't clear film installed. No big deal, it's a car, it's meant to be driven!
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