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12-02-2008, 07:01 PM
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Maybe its me or maybe I've been had and I don't know it. I bought my car OB with 1800 miles on itfrom an Infinity dealer. When its shined up and in the right light it looks like there is little paint flecks in the paint, but it's NOT flecks it little microscopic pits - all over the car and equally spaced. I don't believe its been in the wreck (carfax says NO - I know you can still be in a wreck and not be on carfax, but it doubt it). Is this normal for all cars. I looked at my wifes white Audi and I can't seem to find any. It just seems if the car had been in a wreck that required the car to be totally repained there would be some info on it. But there are no signs of being repainted, i.e. taped off areas, overspray, etc.
12-02-2008, 07:04 PM
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Weird, maybe you can take pics of it? If its in one spot of the car then maybe you can be a little suspicious, but it is all over. I doubt they would repaint the whole car for whatever reason. Even if they did; it would be unethical for the dealer to sell it to you without telling you that.
12-02-2008, 07:17 PM
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I could try but I don't think it would be easy, they are very small and end up looking like small flecks of dust. I've dome some internet research and it seems many cars have had this problem to varying degrees. The pits arn't super noticable unless in the right light, but you can see them if you put your nose to the car. I did polish my car with Menzurna products and PC 7424, and I did read that it might be possible to do this with polishing. I used SIP/ orange and p106ff/white. I hope I didn't f'up the clear. I don't know if the pits were ther before the polishing
12-02-2008, 07:18 PM
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the car is used, so I don't know what rules apply to disclosure.
Weird, maybe you can take pics of it? If its in one spot of the car then maybe you can be a little suspicious, but it is all over. I doubt they would repaint the whole car for whatever reason. Even if they did; it would be unethical for the dealer to sell it to you without telling you that.
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I could try but I don't think it would be easy, they are very small and end up looking like small flecks of dust. I've dome some internet research and it seems many cars have had this problem to varying degrees. The pits arn't super noticable unless in the right light, but you can see them if you put your nose to the car. I did polish my car with Menzurna products and PC 7424, and I did read that it might be possible to do this with polishing. I used SIP/ orange and p106ff/white. I hope I didn't f'up the clear. I don't know if the pits were ther before the polishing
12-02-2008, 10:04 PM
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I could try but I don't think it would be easy, they are very small and end up looking like small flecks of dust. I've dome some internet research and it seems many cars have had this problem to varying degrees. The pits arn't super noticable unless in the right light, but you can see them if you put your nose to the car. I did polish my car with Menzurna products and PC 7424, and I did read that it might be possible to do this with polishing. I used SIP/ orange and p106ff/white. I hope I didn't f'up the clear. I don't know if the pits were ther before the polishing
12-08-2008, 03:35 PM
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When you said pitting, at first I was thinking that perhaps it was from sand damage. I'm very familiar with it growing up in the Palm Springs area. Sand damage on the paint can be fixed with professional polishing, depending on the severity of the damage.
Sand damage usually occurs only on the front bumper, front fenders, front windshield, and front side of the side mirrors; pretty obvious if you think about it. Also noticeable would be on the chrome grille -- check it out to see if there is small pitting. Sand damage can occur from the sides too if the wind was blowing in the right direction, I suppose. Usually the rear bumper would be fine, though.
Do you think it might be sand damage?
The only other thing I could think of is that you did it when you polished the car.
Sand damage usually occurs only on the front bumper, front fenders, front windshield, and front side of the side mirrors; pretty obvious if you think about it. Also noticeable would be on the chrome grille -- check it out to see if there is small pitting. Sand damage can occur from the sides too if the wind was blowing in the right direction, I suppose. Usually the rear bumper would be fine, though.
Do you think it might be sand damage?
The only other thing I could think of is that you did it when you polished the car.
12-08-2008, 05:47 PM
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While I cant rule out "rail dust" I doubt it. The pits are equally spaced all over the car, even on the verticle spaces. If the dust fell from a trains roof then it would tend to collect on the horizontal surfaces.
Its not sand either, but small pits, very shallow but deep enough to only be seen if the light refracts off them at just the right angle. For instance, in the day time you cannot seem, only at night with a single source of light like a shop light or flashlight.
Its not sand either, but small pits, very shallow but deep enough to only be seen if the light refracts off them at just the right angle. For instance, in the day time you cannot seem, only at night with a single source of light like a shop light or flashlight.
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Your problem my friend is definitely overspray. You need to get a pro detailer to wetsand and buff the entire car. I doubt its from the dealership repainting the car, but the car was definitely in an area where someone was using paint.