Hi, just got a new C3 SX 1.4HDI 92 (including moduboard [:)]
While checking it over and removing the selling garages advert from the rear window, I noticed the hatch doesn't look finished!
There's a gap (4mm approx) between the glass and the metal at the top of the window on the inside, full width. The metal is painted but looks unfinished, as though there should be a trim over it.
If someone would be kind enough to have a look at theirs and let me know if there's a trim there I would be grateful.
Cheers,
Robin.
C3 hatch unfinished?
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I have to admit being involved with the C3 Plurial press testing.
The panel and paint quality was very bad, the skin on the rear hatch ended on the corners with sharp edges, and should have been bashed in with a bodywork hammer. The interior looked cheap. The paint turned to orange peel on any area out of immediate view. The trim was scuffing on the press car; and a piece of trim fell apart in the testers hands. Great design...thrown together.
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The panel and paint quality was very bad, the skin on the rear hatch ended on the corners with sharp edges, and should have been bashed in with a bodywork hammer. The interior looked cheap. The paint turned to orange peel on any area out of immediate view. The trim was scuffing on the press car; and a piece of trim fell apart in the testers hands. Great design...thrown together.
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Its a shame really, because the recent big Citroen's are very well built. Fit and finish on the late C5 I had was impeccable - the panel gaps were spot on, the paint was good and the interior was well screwed together with no rattles. Likewise the Xantia I've got, 10 years old and an early example but the materials and fit on the interior are fine.
The 2 Xsara's I had were also pretty well built bar an irritating rattle in one of them.
The 2 Xsara's I had were also pretty well built bar an irritating rattle in one of them.
I agree Blueboy, the level of attention to detail on bigger Citroens is amazing in comparison to smaller ones.
The Xsara has multiple door seals, rubber bits on the edges of the dashboard and so on.
The C5 has nice felt seals round the doors too.
Whoever said that VW's have better build quality. If I remember correctly, the Phaeton dashboard plastic was similar to the C3!
Ben
The Xsara has multiple door seals, rubber bits on the edges of the dashboard and so on.
The C5 has nice felt seals round the doors too.
Whoever said that VW's have better build quality. If I remember correctly, the Phaeton dashboard plastic was similar to the C3!
Ben