Fit & Finish

by **700t** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:21 pm

How do you perceive the fit & finish on your Solaras?
I work at TMMC Paint department where all Solaras 217000 Solaras were painted.The Solara ran down the same line in the paint shop as the Corolla and Matrix.
Working on thousands of these cars for the past 8 years I noticed the Corolla & Matrix had better Fit and slightly better finish than Solara.
I always thought this was backwards since the Solara is much more expensive.
Any questions or comments?

by **Guest** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:29 pm

Can anyone say stone chips? I bought a deflector and I still get blasted.

by **Yanks0114** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:34 pm

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone say stone chips? I bought a deflector and I still get blasted.

Thanks normal though. Part of the effect of using the car as a daily driver.

I've never really had trouble with the finish on my car although the dark paint does show imperfections and seems to scratch very easiely

by **ChiTownSolara** » Mon May 05, 2003 8:21 pm

i got a black solara sle and my frigin hood looks like swiss cheese if you get up close to it. CHIP city!!! my parents have 2 GM cars and there paint is still glossy and chip free after years and years. other than the paint though everything else is almost Lexus like in quality!

Website · by **xyntax** » Mon May 05, 2003 8:45 pm

Cheap seats

by **xXsolaraXx** » Mon May 05, 2003 8:50 pm

when my car was silverstream opalescent...the panels never seemed to match colors...maybe its just me but has any1 else noticed? L8r moe :evilbat:

by **Peter** » Mon May 05, 2003 9:13 pm

ChiTownSolara wrote:i got a black solara sle and my frigin hood looks like swiss cheese if you get up close to it. CHIP city!!! my parents have 2 GM cars and there paint is still glossy and chip free after years and years. other than the paint though everything else is almost Lexus like in quality!

swiss cheese is the right word. i need a new bumper too.

by **cdssolara** » Mon May 05, 2003 9:58 pm

I've got to agree with the complaints about the durability of the paint. I also have a black car, and it is full of chips and nicks, too. I realize that black will always show imperfections a lot more clearly than other colors, but this seems to be more than you'd expect. Other than that, and the somewhat cheap seats, I think the quality of the components is pretty high.

Website · by **xyntax** » Mon May 05, 2003 10:04 pm

cdssolara wrote:I've got to agree with the complaints about the durability of the paint. I also have a black car, and it is full of chips and nicks, too. I realize that black will always show imperfections a lot more clearly than other colors, but this seems to be more than you'd expect. Other than that, and the somewhat cheap seats, I think the quality of the components is pretty high.

Amen to that.

by **pecora55** » Mon May 05, 2003 10:17 pm

xXsolaraXx wrote:when my car was silverstream opalescent...the panels never seemed to match colors...maybe its just me but has any1 else noticed? L8r moe

if you are talkin about the car itself compared to the front and rear bumpers that make it look like diff colors that is because the bumpers are made of a diff material and it shows up as a diff color, noticeable in the sunlight...

by **CrazyCraig** » Tue May 06, 2003 7:55 am

I've noticed on my car, as well as some of the others on the forum, that the fit of the doors is a little off. The bottom rear corners tend to sit "in" from the rest of the car.
As for the rock chips? By far the worst car I've owned in that department.
Other than that, the fit and finish is much better than any other cars I've owned.

by **Jaimster** » Tue May 06, 2003 8:23 am

The bumper color is starting to bug me, it's lighter than the rest of my car!

by **supercamsol** » Tue May 06, 2003 9:21 am

I'ts know wander that they moved the making of the car to kentucky

lets get with it on the paint job

I got perl forrest green paint and I got creaters on my front hood since I bought it.

by **supercamsol** » Tue May 06, 2003 9:23 am

I'ts know wander that they moved the making of the car to kentucky

lets get with it on the paint job

I got perl forrest green paint and I got creaters on my front hood since I bought it.

by **Flipside909** » Tue May 06, 2003 10:30 am

700t wrote:How do you perceive the fit & finish on your Solaras?
I work at TMMC Paint department where all Solaras 217000 Solaras were painted.The Solara ran down the same line in the paint shop as the Corolla and Matrix.
Working on thousands of these cars for the past 8 years I noticed the Corolla & Matrix had better Fit and slightly better finish than Solara.
I always thought this was backwards since the Solara is much more expensive.
Any questions or comments?

What's your e-mail...I have a few questions you can probably clear up for me.

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