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Mike lambert

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This client came thru the Modesta website. Said his new Tesla didn’t look right? You can see why! Required multiple cutting steps with Griot’s fast cut cream on a microfiber pad, refined with perfecting cream on both the perfecting and finishing pads.
Modesta primer followed by BC08. Wheels and glass with polish angel. Thanks for looking!
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How are the paint jobs on the Tesla`s? Are they putting down a lot of paint? (That is, did you check with paint thickness gage).
 
About the average, 4-5 mils, but everyone I’ve seen has been trashed from the dealership! Apparently they are not concerned with how a 100k car looks!
 
Excellent work! That`s crazy for being a new car. For a $100k car you figure it would be almost pristine.
 
From what I understand, since I have no real-world detailing experience with Tesla paints, that dark colors and especially black, are extremely soft paints and not easy to correct or perfect for that matter. I know someone within this forum community is kind of a Tesla paint guru/expert on properly detailing the exteriors of this car manufacturer, but I do not remember who it is!
I cannot dis new car dealer detailers/car-prep techs, as many of them are given neither the proper training, equipment, car-care chemicals, and most of all, time to prep a car for customer/owner delivery. That said, when a dealership has "additional dealer prep charges" that are supposedly for "paperwork" and "vehicle prep" and it looks like the photos posted in this thread, I as a customer/owner would back-charge the dealership for this poor execution and display of workmanship, or more correctly, lack thereof.
 
I did not find that to be the case, I think they just are not concerned to do proper work. It’s not as though they are high volume dealerships. My client complained and was told he paid for technology not fit and finish. I found the same complaint was found frequently on the Tesla forums.
 
Great work and save!

I think it`s remarkeble they do that to a new cars. Would never sell a new car in that shape if I owned a dealership. When are the consumers anger to get them with that much buffertrails be enough. And they start to do it the right way and give the new car owner the feel of pride for their new beutieful car. Or do the most of the people think that it`s so it looks a new car or don`t they have the intrest to argue with the dealership?
 
Lonnie said:
From what I understand, since I have no real-world detailing experience with Tesla paints, that dark colors and especially black, are extremely soft paints and not easy to correct or perfect for that matter. I know someone within this forum community is kind of a Tesla paint guru/expert on properly detailing the exteriors of this car manufacturer, but I do not remember who it is!
I cannot dis new car dealer detailers/car-prep techs, as many of them are given neither the proper training, equipment, car-care chemicals, and most of all, time to prep a car for customer/owner delivery. That said, when a dealership has "additional dealer prep charges" that are supposedly for "paperwork" and "vehicle prep" and it looks like the photos posted in this thread, I as a customer/owner would back-charge the dealership for this poor execution and display of workmanship, or more correctly, lack thereof.
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Lonnie,
It is Joe Torbati, out the Bay Area out there somewhere.
He has probably done hundreds of Tesla`s by now..
Dan F
 
Mike lambert said:
I did not find that to be the case, I think they just are not concerned to do proper work. It’s not as though they are high volume dealerships. My client complained and was told he paid for technology not fit and finish. I found the same complaint was found frequently on the Tesla forums.
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Mike - Beautiful work !

Anyone that would sell a vehicle as expensive as that and allow them to look that bad must be related to the Ferrari family.. :)

But since they are not, they should never tell a Client you didn`t pay for that, did you...

Terrible way to do business.. :(

Bet Joe Torbati has done enough Tesla`s now to have a Condo in Hawaii.. :)
He used to post his work here and if you find it, prepare to be stunned...

Dan F
 
Nice work. What`s funny is that it seems the more expensive the car brand, the higher the chance for the free DISO.
 
Dan said:
Nice work. What`s funny is that it seems the more expensive the car brand, the higher the chance for the free DISO.
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Dan,
That is unfortunately, the truth..
As far back as I can remember - heck - over 15 years ago, there were Ferrari`s coming in all marked up and even a certain Detailer who used to work at Autopia corrected many of them..
Dan F
 
Stokdgs said:
Dan,
That is unfortunately, the truth..
As far back as I can remember - heck - over 15 years ago, there were Ferrari`s coming in all marked up and even a certain Detailer who used to work at Autopia corrected many of them..
Dan F
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I wonder how much of that is due to the fact that regular car dealerships just don`t touch cars until they are sold. Most around the DC area now have the automated washes with the long fuzzy matts that look like blinds. That said things are improving, slowly, but improving. I had both of my recent cars washed (with some specific instruction) as I wanted to find any issues before I left. No DISO for me. I noticed my Nissan quality survey asked about the paint condition.... and gasp... had the world swirls in the question!

The expensive brands seem to try to keep the cars shiny, especially in the showroom. No dealer is going out and hiring the best detailing guy, they hire marginally acceptable and cheap. Then they hand him a old rotary and a wool pad.
 
I work on Tesla`s every day, and i`d never let it leave in that condition. If that`s how it looked when he received his brand new vehicle then there is an issue. Any idea what location he picked up his vehicle from?
 
Dan said:
I wonder how much of that is due to the fact that regular car dealerships just don`t touch cars until they are sold. Most around the DC area now have the automated washes with the long fuzzy matts that look like blinds. That said things are improving, slowly, but improving. I had both of my recent cars washed (with some specific instruction) as I wanted to find any issues before I left. No DISO for me. I noticed my Nissan quality survey asked about the paint condition.... and gasp... had the world swirls in the question!

The expensive brands seem to try to keep the cars shiny, especially in the showroom. No dealer is going out and hiring the best detailing guy, they hire marginally acceptable and cheap. Then they hand him a old rotary and a wool pad.
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Dan,

It`s probably because the most expensive cars out there are terrifying to anyone who has no idea how to Detail the paint on one in the first place. :) So we will just keep spraying it with some QD and use those dirty scratchy yellow microfibers from Costco, etc... :)

Notice how you will never see great lighting in Showrooms ?? Don`t want to show you the scratches already in there from the constant wiping..

And then the Dealer is again, still caught in that 40`s-50`s idea to just slap some Filler-Up-Glaze on it with an improperly used Rotary, the pad on an angle to go faster, (Swirl-O-Matic Mode), pads never cleaned except with a screwdriver edge, and you only have 2 hours to complete the entire thing, inside and out..

Hopefully, some Dealers are trying to improve this area, (as in your experience with that Nissan place) but if so they must be few and far between..
Dan F
 
He has written letters, I have offered my services to teach at no charge and they refuse. I’ve seen them from every dealer in Maryland like that.
 
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