Whoa! That is really bad. :-/

To my understanding, all factory paint will have some leve of peel because the only way to avoid peel is to wet sand the base coat and clear coat, something that no factory does.

That pic is dramatic though! wow.

 

That's because of his aperture setting which is exaggerating the amount of orange peel in the finish. Notice how little is actually in focus versus the majority of the pic being out of focus. Using a small aperture would give the opposite affect of potentially down playing the orange peel.

 

I just was looking at the IPL yesterday in the show room , full of orange peel , same as all the other cars they had . I asked the salesman and he had no idea what it was ,, he was trying very hard to stay on buying the IPL subject .

 

hmmm... that is a little heavier than it normally is.... I mean all cars have orange peel... I mean if it's not a perfect reflection, it's got orange peel...

you're just gonna need to do a professional polish. but it's not the worst thing in the world to have to have to do. Tedious sure, but that's why you get a professional to do it for you.

 

Wonder what something like that cost ? I'm sure I can live without having to do it , but damn it bugs me .

 

My 09 G has it all over, maybe that's how it is, but the paint feels very smooth.

 

Orange Peel
Is paint film surface that has a dimpled appearance that paint takes on due to an equipment/operator caused defect? Like wrong paint-gun pressure and/or distance from panel, an operator not knowing how to set-up the equipment for that particular type of paint, or even a partly blocked paint-gun nozzle, improper pre-paint preparation and /or paint application, or uneven drying of the clear coat.

It should be eliminated after the final shooting of the clear coat by the OEM wet sanding the paint film surface, and polishing with a mildly abrasive polish and a high-speed rotary polisher.

Note that some degree of orange peel can be found in most finishes, both OEM and repainted.

Correction- check the paint with a PTG to see how much paint there is available before attempting repairs Clear coat that is too thin loses its ability to adhere effectively (delaminating) to the underlying paint layer and will flake off.

A vehicle with its original paint has a higher re-sale value than a repaint. Due to the above; something else to consider is a ‘do nothing’ option and learn to live with it.

It can be removed by wet-sanding but this entails a substantial reduction in clear coat thickness, which may eventually entail repainting