How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

Compare your HUMMER paint job to other vehicles and sound off.

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

I've noticed that GM SUV's and Trucks (Hummer, Tahoe, etc.)have an orange peel paint job.

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

What is this ORANGE PEEL that you speak of????[8D]

When I got my Rig.....It was AWESOME!!! Unfortunately being BLACK, I have alot of SWIRLS!!

I'm going to Ziebart to get the DIAMOND COAT!! My car detailer told me it's WICKED!!!

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

Orange peel referred to an automotive paint job is just as the name implies, the surface has small dimples so that it looks like the surface of an orange. This is undesirable, as you want the finish to be like a mirror, reflecting the images in its surface smoothly.

IMHO my 07 black H3 has a medium orange peel finish, compared to other cars I've owned. The paint looks to be of high quality, but the surface prep seems to have been poor resulting in the orange peel. However, 10 feet away with 2 coats of Turtle Wax ICE paste, it looks pretty damn good ;)

Jeff

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RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

mines junk.. in light, the boulder gray has light and dark spots like too much paint in one area and not enough in others... really a bad job if you ask me.

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

does boulder gray have metallic type flake in it? Silver/grays/ and al metallics are the hardest to paint...always get heavy concentration of flake in areas....my body shop guy that painted all my show trucks always urged me to stay away from these colors.

I think I got lucky, my yellow h3's paint is near perfect, I have no swirls or orange peel.... I did notice on others in the lot though.

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

Oh...Thanks!!

Well luckily when I got mine, the paint was pretty much FLAWLESS!!

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

Black is an unforgiving color in that it mirrors all body and paint inperfections. A car or a truck should make no difference in quality.
BTW a H3 in Ohio titles as a Stationwagon.

I do have some orange peel and hazing.

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

Same here in Guam! It titles as a wagon. :D

RE: How's your new HUMMER paint job look?
 

If classified as a truck it can't be used commercially without more costly truck tags.