Colour Shockwave

[AussieGreg]

Hi all
Just wondering if anyone can shed some light of BA MkII Fairlanes being produced in the Colour Shockwave?
I thought Shockwave was more a Falcon Colour and more specifically for the XR models.
I would think it would be a rare Colour in the Fairlane models.
I have seen a 2005 G220 come up for sale.
Cheers Greg

[russellw]

The only unique colour for the first G220 series was Icon. Other colour choices were Winter White, Luscious, Silhouette, Lightning Strike, Zest, Blue Pearl, Vibe and Mercury Silver. Shockwave wasn't listed even as a Fairlane colour over BA or BF.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Yes, a handful of G220's were built in Shockwave and some BF G8's.



These cars were prone to losing their paint however due to a primer adhesion issue.

[AussieGreg]

I dare say it might be the only Fairlane painted Shockwave from the Factory. I have confirmed with the seller providing me with a copy of the which shows it was ordered and sold by a Queensland Dealer in Shockwave

[AussieGreg]

Originally Posted by Smoke Pursuit

Yes, a handful of G220's were built in Shockwave and some BF G8's.



These cars were prone to losing their paint however due to a primer adhesion issue.

Just read this after posting my previous reply to russellw. Sounds like the issue that Hyundai have with some of their models. Lol

[boss69hogg]

Originally Posted by Smoke Pursuit

Yes, a handful of G220's were built in Shockwave and some BF G8's.



These cars were prone to losing their paint however due to a primer adhesion issue.

So did ALL Shockwave cars have this issue, or just some? Most?

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by boss69hogg

So did ALL Shockwave cars have this issue, or just some? Most?

There was a paint recall for said reason. Its long past its used by date now, but from memory the factory resprayed cars have a sticker in the door jamb. I had a mate who had a ba2 sr in shockwave and the paint was failing. No sticker so it had not been resprayed when that recall was valid.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by boss69hogg

So did ALL Shockwave cars have this issue, or just some? Most?

Not all had the problem, basically the paint separates in flakes from the primer. The problem was from the paint supplier itself, Ford being the end user carried the burden.

Shockwave first appeared on BA Falcon XR and FPV models from at least October 2003 with paint code W5.

For BA MK II, Shockwave was available across the whole sedan/wagon/ute/FPV lineup, however on LWB, it was only available on G220.

For BF, Shockwave was again available across the range, and again only available on G8 for the LWB range (Shockwave and Blaze were G8 only because of the full body colour treatment rather than the accent coloured side skirts and lower bumper skirts).





For BF MK II, Shockwave was again available across the range and Fairlane G8. The FPV Force models were excluded.

The colour was then discontinued in December 2006.

[AussieGreg]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

There was a paint recall for said reason. Its long past its used by date now, but from memory the factory resprayed cars have a sticker in the door jamb. I had a mate who had a ba2 sr in shockwave and the paint was failing. No sticker so it had not been resprayed when that recall was valid.

So when you say there was a sticker on the door jamb. I would assume it would be on the drivers door jamb. Would I be correct?

[Citroënbender]

Recalls performed can be searched by VIN through a dealer who chooses to be helpful.

It’s well possible that not all repainted cars were done on Ford’s coin. If they got it so wrong once and then dragged the chain on making good - not everyone would give them a second chance.

[Citroënbender]

And for your reading pleasure:

https://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11230143

Almost thirty pages of Shockwave discussion.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

And for your reading pleasure:

https://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11230143

Almost thirty pages of Shockwave discussion.

The posts over the last few pages of thread were amusing, that guy hounded Ford for years until they finally gave in and paid for a respray to get rid of him.

I'm fairly sure Ford never "recalled" vehicles painted in Shockwave. A recall is reserved for safety or regulatory matters, not cosmetic reasons. The official term was Field Service Campain, in this case dealers would take care of the matter should the customer make note of it within a "reasonable" time frame. The argument in that thread became "Ford didn't recall these cars, so customers never knew that there was a service campaign active, and therefore they cheated customers out of a respray". Again, recalls are for safety concerns.

[AussieGreg]

Thanks everyone for your advice and information. The Shockwave Fairlane G220 that I was interested in Newcastle whilst being a low mileage 2004 model with only 60,000 on the clock has not been resprayed and whilst it appears to be in great condition it would only take a couple of stone chips to more then likely start the peeling process. Having read the actual Shockwave thread on this Forum I do have concerns especially in relation to the Cars Value with it not being resprayed and the cost of doing a closed door respray at the Sellers current selling price.