I have many people complain about the paintwork on these, but in fact they are better than some of the other higher end marque’s.
Most of the problems i have found are main dealer inflicted defects, which are easily rectified.
A few i have had do suffer from terrible orange peel but some have been really good.
Some of the bumpers on the NB appear to be a different shade, one i had very bad.
We had similar issues with the mk2 with many customers complaining about spending all that money on a car and the paint finish what they expected, but you have to realise that they are only painted the same as any other ford.
From a users point of veiw the black and stealth grey are a very soft paint and require a little more care when washing unless they have a good quality coating on.
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