URGENT - Orange Peel question
06-29-2009, 11:09 AM
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My Ride: 2008 535i, platinum gray with cream beige dakota leather, premium, sport, comfort access, navigation, heated seats, sport auto with paddles, premium sound, sat radio, ipod
Picking up my 535 today. Rear bumper is being replaced / repainted. Went to see it. Color is dead on, but one side of the new bumper has noticeable orange peel in the paint.
The shop forman says "he got a little dry on the spray". Forman said it's "no problem, they can give it a little wet sand and it is a normal fix. Come back in an hour and we'll have it ready."
Does this sound kosher or should I demand they redo the whole bumper? Supposed to be a great shop, so I don't know if they are straight up or taking a short cut on the fix.
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The shop forman says "he got a little dry on the spray". Forman said it's "no problem, they can give it a little wet sand and it is a normal fix. Come back in an hour and we'll have it ready."
Does this sound kosher or should I demand they redo the whole bumper? Supposed to be a great shop, so I don't know if they are straight up or taking a short cut on the fix.
Thanks!
06-29-2009, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Rislar' post='927531' date='Jun 29 2009, 12:10 PM
Yep its what they do, as long as there is enough paint on the said area, it will be fine 
06-29-2009, 12:11 PM
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Most orange peel effect can wet sanded down like they said, it aint no big deal. I wet sanded my msport rear bumper at the weekend, you cant see any peel effect now at all.
06-29-2009, 12:13 PM
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Not to mention, how about viewing the results before we panic? If you go and pick it up and it looks like crap - make them fix it, but while they are still working on it there's no way to tell if the end product will be perfect or not.
06-30-2009, 02:35 AM
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My Ride: 2008 535i, platinum gray with cream beige dakota leather, premium, sport, comfort access, navigation, heated seats, sport auto with paddles, premium sound, sat radio, ipod
Thanks all! Picked up the car and it is perfect! Thanks to your quick advice, I am confident it was resolved properly and I wasn't delivered a "patch job".
06-30-2009, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by wantmye90' post='928415' date='Jun 30 2009, 11:35 AM
Thanks all! Picked up the car and it is perfect! Thanks to your quick advice, I am confident it was resolved properly and I wasn't delivered a "patch job".
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