sigma pi

iTrader: (6)

if then does not necessarily apply here. I am saying my car orange peel from the factory. It was not repainted.

I am asking did he measure the paint?

I also asked did you try to ask the previous owner?

Guessing a motivation is pretty hard to do.

foosh

iTrader: (2)

I have not gotten the paint measured.
I dont really want to talk to the prev. owner, hes been a liar i think. He said the car has never had anything repaired or has the car had any accidents

RodriguezGD

iTrader: (6)

" Carfax is for fat women who don't know crap about cars as it makes them feel good"

pho_shizzle

iTrader: (17)

Yes cars can have orange peeling fresh from the factory. The last 2012 scion tc I worked on had even orange peeling across each panel, from the factory.

slow04wrx

iTrader: (3)

Well if your mechanic is solely basing it on the fact there is orange peels, sounds like hes a moron. Subies are notorious for it. And there paint quality is junk so welcome to the club.

If it's been repainted there should be other signs for him to find or lack there of.

foosh

iTrader: (2)

can i ask for other signs of it being repainted? the guy i brought my car to is a subaru specialist... one of the shops here in the bay area

technowrx

iTrader: (3)

not directly related, but here's a free lol:
i worked at NUMMI back when they were still pooping out a few hundred corollas and tacomas a day. there are many reasons cars get repainted before they leave the factory - and most of them involve sharp tools or forklifts. after a while it seemed like a miracle every time a car would start and drive away from the end of the assembly line under its own power...or they wouldn't and would get pushed over to the rework bays for a little pep talk and impact adjustment to get them out the door and off to their new rental fleet.

LifePlaza

If paint is your issue and it's really bothering you that much, get rid of the car and buy a brand new German car where the paint is nice.

Like others have posted Subarus are lacking in the paint department along with wheel bearing department.

foosh

iTrader: (2)

id understand like a panel or two.. but every panel in the car..?

iLoqin

iTrader: (5)

Someone wanted to change the colors.... or maybe it got Keyed?

LifePlaza

another reason why car's would get repainted

foosh

iTrader: (2)

the vin says its aspen white which is the color on the car

the only thing i can think of is it being keyed everywhere since i doubt if it got into an accident that dented every panel to the point that they all needed to be repainted or replaced then i think the cost of fixing is more than the car (truely salvage)

jdblock

iTrader: (8)

Post some high quality pics so we can see what you see. No phone pic crap.

LifePlaza

you bought a used car which means you bought someone's problems, history and baggage.

pho_shizzle

iTrader: (17)

Yea and if you are doing this, make sure you get proper surface reflection shots so we see how un-leveled the surface is. No pointed straight at the panel crap.

+1 My car was repainted and repaired, but no records of the body work at all.