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Does anyone know if Lotus color sands the paint of the Elise during the painting process? (In England, I believe the term is "flatting" the paint.)
I'm pretty impressed with the lack of orange peel in the paint job, it is pretty smooth, better than a BMW or Jaguar. I suspect the paint is color sanded and polished, because I did find one dull spot in the area on the rear pillar just behind the hardtop. It looks like a small area where the factory might not have polished it out fully with the initial cutting compound, so it made me wonder.
Other than a dirt spot in the clearcoat, I think the paint quality is really good - much better than I expected from Lotus, really.
DLY
I'm pretty impressed with the lack of orange peel in the paint job, it is pretty smooth, better than a BMW or Jaguar. I suspect the paint is color sanded and polished, because I did find one dull spot in the area on the rear pillar just behind the hardtop. It looks like a small area where the factory might not have polished it out fully with the initial cutting compound, so it made me wonder.
Other than a dirt spot in the clearcoat, I think the paint quality is really good - much better than I expected from Lotus, really.
DLY