On par with mid 2000's Honda paint quality

"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
12/24/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: Tesla

In other words, UNACCEPTABLE.

DISCUSSION (17)

Nibby > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 09:43

Svend > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:02

I’ve seen two/three year old used cars with less paintwork issues than this car.

Pancake > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:13

SHAMEFUL DISPLAY

interstate366, now In The Industry > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:14

Truth

sdwarf36 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:14

You lost me when you didn’t know what the pointy end of the calipers were used for.

ToyotaFamily > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:20

Eh, the paint looks like what I’ve been seeing on GM, Nissan, and Honda products lately.

jimz > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:38

I’ve kind of grown tired of his channel ever since it became less “Engineering Explained” but more “look at the neat stuff I get to play with now that I’m internet famous.”

404 - User No Longer Available > Svend
12/24/2018 at 10:46

Do you avoid working on cars with known paint issues?

404 - User No Longer Available > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 10:55

Not even 3 minutes into the video... some of the highlights is already very concerning.

Dust particles in the paint, did they contract Maaco or something?

I’ll give them the scratches it might be the delivery process . If it got off the truck, there’s no PDI where they would fix these things.

Urambo Tauro > jimz
12/24/2018 at 11:21

Yeah. I guess I can understand running out of topics, but it’s not like he’s under obligation to release two new videos every week. I just watched one of his really early videos the other day and got to thinking- maaaaybe he should re-do some of those, now that he has better equipment to film with, and his presentation style has improved too.

Svend > 404 - User No Longer Available
12/24/2018 at 11:26

It depends on the paintwork issue.

If it’s not a car I know I’ll always ask what the make, model, colour, age and generally how well it’s looked after and if the vehicle has had kids or pets in.

That gives me enough to prepare. But when I get the car I take it’s age and general appearance into account and assess accordingly.

Older cars will be prone to micromarring,

Soft paint prone to micromarring and swirls,

Dark coloured cars are prone to holograms,

Cars with young kids are prone to clearcote issues due to natural oils in their hands that dry up as we get older, can also be caused by excessive use of hand moisturisers by adults ,

If there is clear signs of cle arcote failure (ie broken off section of lacquer or peeling), normally found on the leading edge of the bonnet and roofline. Then more care is needed to minimise lifting anymore of the clearcote so a gentler use of the pressure washer on these areas.

But generally you should always start with the least aggressive way of cleaning as much of the damage done to the paintwork is actually inflicted in the washing and drying of the vehicle, so most paint issues aren’t a problem.

I rarely if ever avoid dealing with p aint issues and enjoy the challenge.

Had a hire car that had some scratches and overspray issue from a previous repair on the inside sill of the rear passenger door. Handed the keys back with the car looking so much better than how we got her.

Gerry197 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 11:38

I’ll be honest, I’ve never bought a new car that didn’t have some sort of paint imperfections when I looked very close, usually during my first hand wash.

This includes my BMW, Ford and Honda.

Gerry197 > sdwarf36
12/24/2018 at 11:49

I thought the same thing, then I though maybe he didn’t want the sharper ends making contact with the body/paint in order to measure them. But if he was using the wrong end for actual measurement, then he could have been way off.

Monkey B > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 14:51

all of those paint issues are shipping issues. Or from storage before delivery. Do they not wrap their cars for transport?

diplodicus forgot his password > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/24/2018 at 15:34

Real question is who's buying engineering explained merch

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > jimz
12/24/2018 at 16:30

Dont get me wrong, i dislike the channel too, but i dont pass up a chance to shit on tesla

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Monkey B
12/24/2018 at 17:13

How would you get something stuck under the clearcoat from shipping?