FastFord

Here is how a new member received their brand new Lexus! (holograms)

Kira X

iTrader: (24)

Is that bird poop on there? I would be so mad if my car looked like that.

nathantse

I would had asked them to NOT prep or wash or even touch the car lol. Especially on black paint.

Idk if that's reflection, but are those swirls on hood !?

Blkexcoupe

iTrader: (8)

Hologram trails from an inexperienced rotary user.

k20trick

iTrader: (3)

Sucks, but that type of work is typical in the production industry, i.e. most dealerships and body shops. Most people don't know/care. I would take that back to a quality detailer who can remove them, if you take it back to the dealer they will shave off more paint and probably make it worse.

FastFord

I think they should fly Zach (zmcgovern4) in to fix it. Maybe he could train the dealership at the same time.

zmcgovern4

iTrader: (2)

Dealership Special: Free holograms for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

An all too familiar site from new and used vehicles leaving dealerships....


... thankfully almost anyone can remove them with a DA polisher.

TRD_Power

Every single time I've had paint work "corrected" at my local dealership, it's come back with an insane amount of holograms. I never let them wash or detail my car anymore, it's just not worth it.

zmcgovern4

iTrader: (2)

Right... dealerships are not detailers, no matter what they try to tell you. Take it to a proper professional, or learn to DIY.

FastFord

I was only talking about the swirls/polish marks...I never thought they would actually deliver the vehicle dirty. Swirls, yes, dirty no...

Blkexcoupe

iTrader: (8)

The fix is simple, don't give inexperienced workers a rotary. Rotary polishers are great tools once you master them, but until that happens you'll be creating holograms all day. It's like giving a 16 year old a fast car. A few can handle it, but most will crash it. lol

I think most of the regulars in the detailing forum would know that he's referring to the holograms.

FastFord

And I was...Sort of didn't even see the spots, the holograms jumped right off the page at me!
Fixed the post...sorry for the confusion.

Thank you Blkexcoupe!

LeX2K

How could someone mess up the paint so badly? The first time ever I used a DA polisher I had zero issues, sure I'm much better and more efficient now.

97-SC300

iTrader: (17)

There is nothing "messed up" about that paint.

Aside from the holograms which is a common, almost guaranteed by-product of a rotary buffer with too aggressive of a pad/polish combo.

You never got those with your DA because DAs don't leave holograms (if used with civil pads....not wool pads designed in 1975). The worst a DA can do it leave haze after the compounding stage.

I don't think dealerships intentionally do this. They use a glaze or similar filler product and it looks great upon delivery. Then after the car is washed a few times, the fillers are stripped away revealing the holograms and swirls. And all the polish residue turns white after it airs out and dries and becomes really visible inside all the edges and crevices. Again, most of this is not apparent when the detail job is still fresh, not saying that production shops don't do sloppy work, that's a given but initially it doesn't look THIS bad.

How do you think so many people still pay their hard earned money for these horrendous detail jobs? Most times, they don't see any of this crap until a few weeks later.

LeX2K

You don't consider this a problem? Okay then. And what difference does it make if a dealer did it intentionally or not the finish is still messed up and needs correction.