Ok so I just got my car back from the body shop(unnamed but behind EQ tuning) after a little fender bender. So I take her home and I notice the bottom 4-5” of my doors and fenders have pretty heavy orange peel on it. Is this a factory thing for rock chip protection..? Or do I need to have a word with the manager? I searched around and couldn’t find any hard evidence. any info on this would help.
Thanks

 

there shouldnt be any orange peel on the exterior! tell them to clean that up, nah i probably think its plastic vinyle for protecting the paint. but im not sure why they would put it on

 

Doubt it's vinyl since it was just painted so I would go and talk to them.

 

maybe u ran over a puddle of latex paint around thier shop??

 

My stock paint has had terrible orange peel since the day I got it

 

Go back to the shop and tell them to buff it out

 

Yeah I say you go back and have them buff it out...but you get what you pay for...

 

yeah they should be able to color sand/polish it out,

 

That's factory. Made for rock chip protection.

 

+1 to this. I'm not sure how "heavy" it is, but it's definitely noticeable.

 

The bottom 5 I chew has a protection that keeps it safe from rock chips the have that from the factory on the doors

 

Lol "buff it out..."


Take it back to them, there shouldn't be any orange peeling, or vinyl unless your car is a two tone outback.

 

On my car, the bottom 3 or 4 inches has that texture.

 

Same, my 2007 STi has orange peel looking stuff on the bottom 3 or 4 inches!

 

That's factory. Its suppose to be like that. Look at every Wrx and its got it. I figured everyone knew that. Hmph. Go figure