DOC posted:Dave45681
The LOTS car that Breezinup was not made this way it is painted I have two of them. They are Professionally done. I believe in China. The car STU posted was a sample. I thought that the final production would look much better. I think it is sad that people accept items like this.
I don't think I am the only one that thinks the quality of this car is acceptable. Many of my friends do not like they way it looks either.
I'm aware of that, I was only comparing the design of the decoration (not the manufacturing methods used), pointing out that since the side of your car is basically white, but the roof and ends are pure red, it's more noticeable. Red stands out against white pretty significantly (as would most colors, aside from maybe pale yellow or light grey).
For the design of the older car from 2014, with much of the side of the car being black (same as the roof and ends), there would be less opportunity for the issue to show up, since only the lower 20-25% of the side has paint that is not the same base color.
I'm still not suggesting you have to like it, or that it's perfect (the process is not perfect, I agree with that). But I feel it's going in a better direction than many of the items coming out of China today, based on defects I see in pre-ordered items recently. To me, those defects are more objectionable than these limitations of the new process.
My point is just the look of these cars is based on the method and it's limitations vs. actual defects that are due to carelessness. I haven't seen too many of these USA assembled cars with scratches from tools (or whatever method the Chinese factory is using to ding up otherwise nice cars recently - for all I know they throw them all in a big round tote when they move them from paint to final assembly - that could easily explain the chips/dings/etc.).
Also note, the good example Dan posted just above this post possibly benefits from the base color of the car being the same for the sides and ends/roof.
-Dave
