My golf comes with two tone white paint....at no extra cost!!

[speedie01]

What are your thoughts on the build quality of todays cars?? Mine comes with the following issues....panel gap inconsistence with regard to the tail gate and front bumper where the bumper meets the front fender. A intermittent rattle from some where between the B pillar & C pillar on the passenger side & lastly in order to save money VW no longer colour matches the paint on the plastic parts of the car which is very obvious in the lighter colours such as white & silver.....Why is it that some how i feel lucky that there are not more issues, but given that the car is only 8 months old most likely there will be others!!

[SilvrFoxX]

What is the model

[speedie01]

its a Mk6 GTI

[SilvrFoxX]

F@rk, that is indeed nasty.. does warranty cover any of this..?♠

[REXman]

What are your thoughts on the build quality of todays cars?? Mine comes with the following issues....panel gap inconsistence with regard to the tail gate and front bumper where the bumper meets the front fender. A intermittent rattle from some where between the B pillar & C pillar on the passenger side & lastly in order to save money VW no longer colour matches the paint on the plastic parts of the car which is very obvious in the lighter colours such as white & silver.....Why is it that some how i feel lucky that there are not more issues, but given that the car is only 8 months old most likely there will be others!!

Get it fixed man.. warranty.. your friend.. and reason you pay massive prices for new cars.. once they are out of warranty, you $45-$55K investment will be worth around $30K or $20 thousand dollars less.

Thats enough for 4 resprays, so dont feel bad when the dealer fixes a factory **** up once.

[triode12]

What are your thoughts on the build quality of todays cars?? Mine comes with the following issues....panel gap inconsistence with regard to the tail gate and front bumper where the bumper meets the front fender. A intermittent rattle from some where between the B pillar & C pillar on the passenger side & lastly in order to save money VW no longer colour matches the paint on the plastic parts of the car which is very obvious in the lighter colours such as white & silver.....Why is it that some how i feel lucky that there are not more issues, but given that the car is only 8 months old most likely there will be others!!

Some new cars have actually had repairs done to them prior to delivery. Accidents do happen when the car is enroute to Australia, dents, dings, re-painting and even panel replacement are usually done to damaged new cars prior to delivery to the dealership. So don't be surprised that you new car isn't really pristine from the factory.

I've witnessed a panel beater in Moorooka repair up a couple of new cars for a dealership prior to being put on sale.

[Maverick]

What are your thoughts on the build quality of todays cars??

Build quality is better then ever.

Mine comes with the following issues....panel gap inconsistence with regard to the tail gate and front bumper where the bumper meets the front fender.

This can be adjusted. See your dealer.

A intermittent rattle from some where between the B pillar & C pillar on the passenger side

Known issue. See your dealer.

& lastly in order to save money VW no longer colour matches the paint on the plastic parts of the car which is very obvious in the lighter colours such as white & silver.....

What is your source of this revelation?

Colour matching plastic parts is near impossible for a multitude of reasons.
-Plastic is a different material to the rest of the car and the pigments settle differently resulting in a darker or lighter finish.
-Temperature, when the car's metal body is hotter the bumper will look darker and the same when the car's metal body is cooler the bumper will look lighter.
-Bumpers require a flex additive that changes the constancy of the paint a little and results in slight differences in curing time.

Why is it that some how i feel lucky that there are not more issues, but given that the car is only 8 months old most likely there will be others!!

There's a name for this medical condition...... hyper something.... chill out and enjoy the car, you have a few minor faults and that's it.

[sek]

Hypercondriac

[speedie01]

Its not that bad.....its more a case where todays manufactures are cutting cost by not colour matching the bumpers and given that they are plastic and not metal they take on a darker colour then the rest of the car.

[speedie01]

F@rk, that is indeed nasty.. does warranty cover any of this..?♠

Its not that bad.....its more a case where todays manufactures are cutting cost by not colour matching the bumpers and given that they are plastic and not metal they take on a darker colour then the rest of the car.

[Maverick]

Its not that bad.....its more a case where todays manufactures are cutting cost by not colour matching the bumpers and given that they are plastic and not metal they take on a darker colour then the rest of the car.

You can't get a spot on match between paint on plastic and metal, they dry at different rates, different temperature and so on. The bumpers are painted separately to the car but this is the case in most if not all manufacturers and the paint will be from the same batch and manufacturer so will be spot on. Metallic paints are worse as the different drying times mean the pigments rise to the surface and the flakes settle more.

[speedie01]

Build quality is better then ever.



This can be adjusted. See your dealer.



Known issue. See your dealer.



What is your source of this revelation?

Colour matching plastic parts is near impossible for a multitude of reasons.
-Plastic is a different material to the rest of the car and the pigments settle differently resulting in a darker or lighter finish.
-Temperature, when the car's metal body is hotter the bumper will look darker and the same when the car's metal body is cooler the bumper will look lighter.
-Bumpers require a flex additive that changes the constancy of the paint a little and results in slight differences in curing time.



There's a name for this medical condition...... hyper something.... chill out and enjoy the car, you have a few minor faults and that's it.

The dealer can't fix the tail gate as its the actual panel thats at fault & its not major enough to warrant panel work that would require the whole tail gate being repainted

i was told by a manager that works at a major Mazda dealership who is the husband of a my friend.... he also said that all manufactures do it.....

While i agree that it may be near impossible to colour match 100% the pastic parts it sure is a lot more obvious on todays new cars. It was very hard to pick on my new cars of pasted years which were a 1989 Honda and 1999 Subaru. On the golf the bumper looks darker at all times regardless of what temperature the metal body is at......it will be more or less obvious depending on the light conditions.