Paint: Orange Peel all over the car

[JDM-dono]

So I picked up my car on Monday 21st January and was excited to finally have the car after approximately 6 month wait. The day after, I had a better look at the car and found that it had really bad orange peel all over the car . (see attached images). This is a BRAND NEW car and I expected the paint quality to have minimal orange peel. But this is unacceptable. Has anyone experienced something like this with their 86/BRZ? How did you end up resolving this and what was the result?

I have contacted Subaru HQ regarding this matter and they've organised a paint specialist to inspect the paintwork next week. We'll see what happens from there...

[JesseE]

Wow that looks like 20 year old chrysler paint... My paint looks nothing like that thank god! is that the trunk?

[JDM-dono]

Yer that's the trunk..here's more pictures

[JesseE]

I would ask for a new car or some money + a repaint, I have seen WRB and the Ultramarine's in persons, never seen one without high metallic flake. seems like the machine ran out of paint or something

[ihaskrayon]

I know it sounds crazy, but I've seen 3-4 FR-S' and a few BRZ's in person and each one of them had orange peel all over. I thought I was going crazy, but it seems to be common? I've noticed it on every one I've seen up close

[jkonquer]

I have heard from the bodyshop guy that almost new vehicles come with orange peel. He said according to the manufactures, the orange peel helps the resist the scratches. I dont know if thats true or not but fact is orange peel is very normal now days, especially with metallic paints, even my new mercedes has some orange peel

[BoostinIX]

Came on mine.

[JDM-dono]

Originally Posted by BoostinIX

Came on mine.

Does the paint appear to have a orange peel texture or is it smooth with only the reflections revealing the orange peel?

[BoostinIX]

Smooth clear on it, just has the orange peel look under the right light. It's one of those things I just live since this is still prettier than the drift car :P Came out all shiny when I tried out Adams this weekend.

[JDM-dono]

For my BRZ, the paint has a orange peel texture (more specifically the paint looks bumpy regardless of the light)...it's not even smooth

The clear on top of it is smooth.

[BoostinIX]

Yup. That's what you'd expect.

[Sac-BRZ]

Hope they fix it, that looks horrible. My SWP looks nothing like that.

[JDM-dono]

I sure hope they fix it. I'm just extremely worried about the worse case scenarios ...

With the paint being as it is, the car just doesn't feel as special

[Umbie]

I think we can all agree that Subaru's (and most other manufacturers) paint is terrible and fragile. My car (CBS) had a decent amount of orange peel when I picked it up. After a quick buff, the paint was like glass. Judging by the photos, however, your car is slightly worse. I really hope you get it fixed, best of luck!