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Old 01-22-2007, 12:56 PM   #14 (permalink)
marlinspike
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Originally Posted by 190Evoluzione
That's comforting to know, MTI

Check out the orange-peel on this brand new £65,000GBP CLK63 AMG:



Pretty shameful, i'd be pissed if it were my car.
With many German marques, the range-topping cars (Audi A8, BMW 7-Series) usually have superior paint to the others, never any 'orange peel'.
Can the same be said for the S & SL-Class?

BTW, Porsche have been Galvanising since 1977.
The orange peel is because modern environmental regs have forced them (and everybody) into water based paints. It takes A LOT of handwork to get that level of orange peel out of modern paint.
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