New Tesla

[Mike lambert]

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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[Bunky]

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).

[Mike lambert]

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!

[Hammer77]

Excellent work! That`s crazy for being a new car. For a $100k car you figure it would be almost pristine.

[Ronkh]

Great save.

Hope client was happy.

[dschribs]

Nice work. Love those cars.

[Lonnie]

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.

[Mike lambert]

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.

[Pats300zx]

Great work Mike !!!!! Looks like you definitely got that Tesla "dialed in".

[Mike lambert]

Thank you!

[SWETM]

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?

[Stokdgs]

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.

Lonnie,
It is Joe Torbati, out the Bay Area out there somewhere.
He has probably done hundreds of Tesla`s by now..
Dan F

[Stokdgs]

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.

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

[Dan]

Nice work. What`s funny is that it seems the more expensive the car brand, the higher the chance for the free DISO.

[Stokdgs]

Nice work. What`s funny is that it seems the more expensive the car brand, the higher the chance for the free DISO.

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