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Re: Paint Quality & Question... (archive)
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Posted by Dave S. on July 16, 2000 at 21:44:16:

In Reply to: Paint Quality & Question... posted by SS on July 16, 2000 at 20:24:46:

I agree about the poor performance of the paint. I think BMW does a beautiful job of painting the cars, and I understand that robots do the actual painting. But what I don't get is how an expensive car can have paint that chips down to the primer or metal from a small rock. I also have a company car, a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria, which has been pelted with much highway debris, including stones, and has no damage whatsoever. I also had an 87 BMW 3 series that had the same problem with paint chips. So I don't think it has anything to do with BMW switching to an environmentally safe paint formula recently. They really need to work on getting more durable paint finishes.

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