[LEDZEP]

Originally Posted by ga-bmwdrvr

I have two specs of dust and a fine strand of fiber in the paint of my TiAg E90. I only noticed them because I clayed the car and they stood out. I even showed it to the CA at the dealer when I went to pick up my floor mats. He was surprised and agreed that this is from the factory. I only showed him as a curiosity, not because I was upset or anything. It will have plenty of chips and scratches soon enough.

Exactly. I have a paint booger at the top end of my hood. Very small, but I know it's there. Soon there will be chips from stones, etc.

[bavarian19]

I want my BMW to wear a fur coat

[impulsebrklyn]

I have a hair like partical, very small on my hood. A small dimple like spot on my trunk too. Nothing that can be seen though unless you face it 10 inches from it. The trunk can be seen in the right light though. Chris

[wantmye90]

Last night I was reading this post and thought myself lucky to not have any problems. This morning when walking back to my parked silver 330, I noticed a blemish in the front passenger door's lower right corner. It looks like a half circle ring worm like defect. Looks like something stuck to the door before it was painted. It's about 1.75 inches long, about as wide as an earth worm, and curved like an arch. Sits right there at the corner of the door near front fender and rocker pannel.

I am in complete shock. I didn't notice it at delivery a week ago. Only noticed it in full sun today. The good news is that it's not real noticeable, and only is when in full sun. But I am pissed! What the f#$k is this BMW?

Can't decide if I should risk having it repaired, or just live with it.

[martho05]

It's funny you mentioned this. I just found a spot that you described in the beginning on my door of my new e90 330i. About the size of a pin head, but definetly sticks up above the paint. Very small, but disappointing considering I watched many short videos on BMW's care in their paint process. Shouldn't happen.

[wantmye90]

Originally Posted by martho05

It's funny you mentioned this. I just found a spot that you described in the beginning on my door of my new e90 330i. About the size of a pin head, but definetly sticks up above the paint. Very small, but disappointing considering I watched many short videos on BMW's care in their paint process. Shouldn't happen.

Consider yourself lucky! A pin head is nothing! You are good to go!

[cntlaw]

Sorry to hear that
Get a Benz next time.

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by agarbati

Marcus330i,
Nope, I don't think we're a spoiled group. I would expect the same from Lexus, Mercedes, Porsche, or any other high end car maker. When you dole out 49k of your hard earned money you expect a perfect paint job. If Lexus and Mercedes can do it why not BMW, we are not asking the impossible here. A 2 cm emu feather left in the paint is in my books very 'shoddy quality'.After all's said and done, at the end of 5 yrs financing, this car is going to cost me ~51k. That may be chump change in your books but not mine. When I spend that much money on a car, I DO expect a perfect paint job. We are not talking about a new technology here, painting cars is a well matured technology. Why is BMW having troubles with it?

Before we switched to BMW in early 2004, we had 14 Mercedes-Benzes.....and EVERY one had a paint defect. Yeah, it was minor, but EVERY one either had a fleck of dust under the clear coat, and a glob of clear coat running down or around a wheel well. I think in general, BMW offers the highest quality paint jobs of all manufactured cars.