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#5
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.
#7
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.
An all too familiar site from new and used vehicles leaving dealerships....
... thankfully almost anyone can remove them with a DA polisher.
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#8
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.
#11
I think most of the regulars in the detailing forum would know that he's referring to the holograms.
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#14
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.
#15
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.