[6M GTO]

I picked my GTO up on Monday in rain and in the dark. I love the car, the power is great and ride is rattle free and has very solid feel to it. But I want to warn all future GTO owners that the plastic wrap that is on the car is very very hard to remove. I have glue or something on the front bumper. I see stain mark on driver door where the edge of the wrap was. Two sratches on the bottom of the door were I guess happen trying to remove the wrap. Some very minor and light scratches in the clear coat that should rub out. These cars have come a long way, by ship, by rail, and by truck so my bad luck with new car paint to be perfect, but I never get holds true again.
Happy New Year

 

[Tails]

Thanks for the heads up. I will be keeping an eye out.
:drink: :drink:

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Congratulations!

Did you not let them PDI the vehicle? If they had, this would've all been taken care of.

 

[6M GTO]

Prep

The dealer did prep/PDI the car before I picked it up. The saleman told my how hard the wrap was to remove from the bumper. I believe the door wraps were removed in Calif. at the rail/storage area. I washed the car today and with nice sun out I was able to see all the paint imperfections. The door scratches is what I am mad about. I do not know if I should live with it, try to cover it or have it painted and worry about the paint matching.

 

[miamio]

It's a new car! I wouldn't hand over $34,000 for anything less then perfect!

 

[mudd_grad]

Yeah - seriously if you aren't totally happy with your car, you should let them know and the sooner the better. Other than that it sounds like you really enjoy the car - that's great!

 

[Odin]

take it back to the dealer, get them to fix it.

 

[HD926]

GTO

Just think this wrap has been on these cars sitting on the dock in AUS for months in the sun. I doubt it was designed to be baked on for 2-3 months.

 

[mmciau]

HD926,

IIRC, all the export cars are held in holding bays under shade cloth.

It serves 2 purposes - it discourages the birds in depositing their droppings all over the cars and it also offers protection from our sunlight and its UV

Mike

 

[kbaba]

That was in Austrailia - here, unfortunately, they just sit out in the open. If the the "wrap" was put on anticipating UV protected environs then this might be a problem.