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Old 02-06-2011, 07:04 PM
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Pre game question. How much orange peel is acceptable in the paint.
I was looking at my 2011 today since it was nice out and boy
the paint quality sucks. Scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst i would rate it a solid 7. Just wondering what others are seeing. BTW color is space grey and my 2008 didn't look as obvious.
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Old 02-06-2011, 07:14 PM
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My 2007, 2008 and now my 2011 E70s had and have MORE orange peel than any other car I have ever had (and we've had A LOT). It is just something, I overlook on the E70...but the orange peel is SO bad. At certain angles...my ENTIRE 2011 X5 is covered with orange peel...every surface, every panel! Luckily, when clean and waxed and in most light...the paint is really shiny and glossy, but holy sh*t, at certain angles, the paint job looks home done!
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Old 02-06-2011, 10:20 PM
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Funny, just today (after 6 weeks of ownership), I was locking the car using CA and just happened to notice the orange peel. It doesn't particularly bother me so I never went looking for it, but today the angle was just so I suppose. Platinum Gray...
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BMW's are notorious for orange peel worse than the cheapest Ford, Chevy, or Chrysler.

My Ford Focus pain was virtually zero orange peel.
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Old 02-07-2011, 12:43 AM
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BMW's are notorious for orange peel worse than the cheapest Ford, Chevy, or Chrysler.

My Ford Focus pain was virtually zero orange peel.
I have my delivery this week - what to do in such a case? Do we take delivery, refuse delivery, asked it to be fixed, can it be fixed?

Can someone post some pics so I know what I'm looking for?
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Old 02-07-2011, 12:56 AM
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Heres a link to a thread on orange peel. Crazy amount of work to get rid of it but looks great when its done.

The Life of My 2008 E92 M3 - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com
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Old 02-07-2011, 09:18 AM
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Wow Orientexpress, that came out great.
Awesome!!!
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Old 02-07-2011, 06:45 PM
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again - in case of orange peel, do we take delivery or have it fixed before delivery? My X5 delivery is later this week.
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Heres a link to a thread on orange peel. Crazy amount of work to get rid of it but looks great when its done.

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hahaha i like the "to do list", take gf to the palm

but amazing job! wow i wish i had those skills
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Old 02-08-2011, 08:53 AM
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Heres a link to a thread on orange peel. Crazy amount of work to get rid of it but looks great when its done.

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how did I know from the start they're in CA? Imagine elsewhere - they do all that work and then have the weather screw it up the very next day...
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