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I stopped by my local dealer and they had a Black LT3 sitting at the end of a row of Camaro's, unprepped and unwashed. I took the following photo (iPhone so it's not super high quality) of the drivers side door and rear fender. I took it because at that angle with the sun behind it I could easily see the ripple effect of the fiberglass door panel with the unwashed black paint. I'm not making a judgement call, just posting the picture for people to see and make their own judgement. The picture did not capture some slight dulling on the back side of the ripples, probably because of the focus and depth of field.
Overall the fit looked very good. Panels line up great and overall the car has a very high quality look and feel. Aside from the door panels I did notice the top surface of the middle portion of the rear bumper cover has some waves in it, very typical of a large plastic panel, usually at their attachment points, something you don't see on steel or aluminum.
Black really accentuates issues like this, especially when it's dirty. And yes, that is orange peel on the fender but the photo makes it look a lot worse then it is. Most of what you see there is an artifact of zooming the photo, not the paint.
So no, the finish isn't as perfect as a $120,000 Porsche but I didn't expect it to be, DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.....
The ripples I saw are best seen under the mirror, the other imperfections are a result of the picture crop, it looks worse in the picture than in person, I assure you.
Overall the fit looked very good. Panels line up great and overall the car has a very high quality look and feel. Aside from the door panels I did notice the top surface of the middle portion of the rear bumper cover has some waves in it, very typical of a large plastic panel, usually at their attachment points, something you don't see on steel or aluminum.
Black really accentuates issues like this, especially when it's dirty. And yes, that is orange peel on the fender but the photo makes it look a lot worse then it is. Most of what you see there is an artifact of zooming the photo, not the paint.
So no, the finish isn't as perfect as a $120,000 Porsche but I didn't expect it to be, DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.....
The ripples I saw are best seen under the mirror, the other imperfections are a result of the picture crop, it looks worse in the picture than in person, I assure you.

