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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 04:34 PM
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Default Is the S2K painted by hand...
...or by an automated process?



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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 04:53 PM
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.....they say it's 100% hand built, but I don't think anyone ever looked at paint before?

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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 06:18 PM
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Yep, by hand. There has to be a button somewhere that someone presses to start the spray machine
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 06:52 PM
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painted by hand?
r u kidding?
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 07:00 PM
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No hand could ever paint sooo thin.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 10:42 PM
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could be the color is applied by robot arms[to get the metallic flakes to align] and the clearcoat by hand......or perhaps they're applying the tru-coat....they do it at the factory donya know..ya, you betcha!!
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Common people, our cars have been finger painted!
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Great pic from the factory! I'd like to see more pics from the assembly line.
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