All cars have have orange peel in them. Mine is what is expected from nissan. The bumpers on mine are terrible. Was a really dry paint job. They have very little shine.

 

I attended a meet this weekend in West Chester, mostly z32s.
There was one other 350 and there were remarks about orange peeling. I didn't know what it was until someone pointed it out on both cars.

 

Was discussing the price difference between the Boxster-S ($47.5k for used '00) vs 350Z, with a Porshe guy. He pointed out the orange peel on my rear bumper (black) - he said Porshe does not skip the "wet sand / buff out" step to save a few bucks.

The next night he was driving his 911 - red door / primer hood / yellow fender / etc. - all oxidized, but no orange peel.

 

Honestly, the orange peel problem is pretty bad these days..

I've even seen it on a ferrari 360 modena.. Its easy to pick up on it in a showroom with overhead lights and strong reflections.

I just hope that in 10yrs or so, the waterbased paint wont be peeling off everyone's cars..

 

I can't find any on my Brickyard. Are there areas of the car where one would expect to find it more than other parts?

 

My Redline is fine - not better or worse than my other cars

 

My Redline is covered with orange peel. You especially see it when the light hits the car at a certain angle. Therefore I'm guessing that most Z owners aren't even aware they have it.

 

Hey,
So could someone explain orange peel to a dumb person?

Thanks

 

Just saw a Ferrari 550 Barchetta (only 448 made) in silver, and it even had orange peel in the paint (it was cool seeing the owner of the Ferrari checking out my Z as I was walking in the store).

 

I haven't received my 350Z yet but that will be the first thing I check for. Is there anything we can do about orange peeling? Will the dealer fix it if it's under warranty? Do we have a warranty for the paint?

 

As far as I know you can't fix the orange peel without hurting the lifetime of the paint job. The best solution is to repaint the whole car. But that costs too much, I think.

 

Look at the poll results. 25% of the people have flawless paint jobs with no orange peel. That's a sign of inconsistent quality control in the paint process. Either that or 25% of the respondents do not know how to identify the condition.

 

I have some on mine as well. It's hard to see, so I guess I never really noticed until reading about orange peel on this site. I have it on my Toyota p/u too.

 

Look at your car and see your reflection. The imperfection that you see is called orange peel because it has the ripples like an orange.

 

There is a not so simple solution that I am actually doing tomorrow. Im going to wet sand my car and buff it out and get rid of the orange peel. Ill post pictures and see if you can see the difference.

 

Yes, please post your results. I'm interested in how it turns out. Planning on having the same procedure done but just on the areas where it really shows. The upper portion of the doors between the window and body line.

 

heres a couple of pics, but Im going to start a new thread.

 

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