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stuka · 08-25-2011, 12:48 AM

So, today I decided to meter the M3's paint, and holy cost cutting BMW!

The average thickness of all panels is less than 5mils!

To put it in perspective, the E39 M5 that I also have has a paint thickness of about 6.5 mils. Well, after the paint correction it was more like low 5.5 mils.

I decided to meter the paint because I noticed that on my less than 200 mile M3, there are already micro dents on the paint. The good thing is that it's just small superficial dents on the clearcoat and that it did not go through either the clear or the paint, but WTF man!?? Do we really have to cut over 2mils of paint thickness?

Oh, and my aluminum and steel paint meter registered nothing on the fenders, what kind of composite material is it?

08-25-2011, 12:48 AM	#1
stuka Private First Class 22 Rep 194 Posts Drives: 06 M3 ZCP Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston iTrader: (0)	WTFBBQ cost cutting thin BMW paint So, today I decided to meter the M3's paint, and holy cost cutting BMW! The average thickness of all panels is less than 5mils! To put it in perspective, the E39 M5 that I also have has a paint thickness of about 6.5 mils. Well, after the paint correction it was more like low 5.5 mils. I decided to meter the paint because I noticed that on my less than 200 mile M3, there are already micro dents on the paint. The good thing is that it's just small superficial dents on the clearcoat and that it did not go through either the clear or the paint, but WTF man!?? Do we really have to cut over 2mils of paint thickness? Oh, and my aluminum and steel paint meter registered nothing on the fenders, what kind of composite material is it? __________________ 01 740iL 06 M3 CB/black ZCP M6 17 Ford Focus RS 21 JLUR Sarge Green/black M6 21 STI WRC Blue 24 D110 P400 White/black Last edited by stuka; 08-26-2011 at 01:16 AM.. Reason: EDIT, the Venture Sheild actually adds 8 mils total to the paint thickness, not 6.
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