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[Revvdmedia]

I dropped off my leper today for it's transplant surgery. The dealer made about 20 different paint marker arrows to the defects. Looked like a Hollywood whore going under the knife for some tig 'ol bitties.

We are all dying to see how it goes. Keep that camera battery fresh and ready to upload upon receipt of the vehicle.

 

[Doel]

I dropped off my leper today for it's transplant surgery. The dealer made about 20 different paint marker arrows to the defects. Looked like a Hollywood whore going under the knife for some tig 'ol bitties.

or maybe the first lady going in for another nip tuck procedure

hope it turns out well!

 

[Microblue2.0]

I check my car out today, it looks pretty bad these are all on one door. Definitely going to contact Kia about this.

 

[Jimmer]

I haven't heard of anyone with HiChroma Red having these issues. Have you?

 

[DiabloStinger]

I haven't heard of anyone with HiChroma Red having these issues. Have you?

Oh there sure are... I now have a red one. It's not the paint on the door edges but the process used to seal them. Body shop advised they can just touch up. It'll never look 100% but it won't be ugly. My red one also had paint missing from the leading hatch edge, but I just ran a paint pen down the edge and it looks great now.

 

[CaliSting]

I haven't heard of anyone with HiChroma Red having these issues. Have you?

Yes my car has numerous small issues but I’m not even dealing with Kia. Will eventually have a good body shop take care of them if I don’t sell it . My Hichroma red car has foreign material under paint. Couple places it has small chips where foreign material didn’t allow proper adhesion. Overall quality from factory that makes Stinger in Korea really sucks. This is a case of very well designed car that is not being effectively executed by factory assembling the car. Happens all the time in manufacturing world. If Kia was really focused on making new upscale markets for itself they would have focused better on quality. Numerous reports of paint issue on these cars. Good quality paint jobs are not Kias Forte .

 

[Coast GT]

Good quality paint jobs are not Kias Forte .

Did you consider what is Kia’s Forte? They even come in red like your Stinger. Sorry couldn’t resist

 

[forzanerazzurri]

We are all dying to see how it goes. Keep that camera battery fresh and ready to upload upon receipt of the vehicle.

He should remember to bring extra camera batteries and rolls of film in his fanny pack too.

 

[Doel]

I check my car out today, it looks pretty bad these are all on one door. Definitely going to contact Kia about this.

If it were me, I would document and watch those bumps but I wouldn't worry about it otherwise. It's on the inside of the door jamb, you'll never see them.

 

[MerlintheMad]

If it were me, I would document and watch those bumps but I wouldn't worry about it otherwise. It's on the inside of the door jamb, you'll never see them.

Not bubbles: sealant that squeezed out between the two door panels, and was then painted over.

 

[Revvdmedia]

Not bubbles: sealant that squeezed out between the two door panels, and was then painted over.

After looking at my doors again, I also would agree with that. You can actually see an entire "seam" that is softer and runs along the whole edge of the door and looks like where two different pieces of metal meet, and that seem might be that adhesive. I wish I could see what the doors look like unpainted, now I'm curious lol.

 

[edzeppelin]

@MerlintheMad do you know what they put on that inside seam? I feel there is some membrane on top of the metal that is then painted but I can't figure out what it is. I'd argue it's moisture under that material which is causing these fissures. I've just never spent so much time inspecting a vehicle and cannot recall if other vehicles feel the same there.

I think it might be ppf. My car came with ppf on the door edges. it bunches up in places because they are wrapping flat film on curved surfaces. I thought that was what these folks were talking about after looking at my car but I think the bubbles are different.

 

[Fl stingergt]

Had all my doors and hatch repainted because of all the bubbles in paint. My paint guy said it will happen to all the cars that used that paint batch. Bad mix and does not dry all the way . Paint stays soft and the more moisture the bigger the bubbles get

 

[MerlintheMad]

Had all my doors and hatch repainted because of all the bubbles in paint. My paint guy said it will happen to all the cars that used that paint batch. Bad mix and does not dry all the way . Paint stays soft and the more moisture the bigger the bubbles get

Interesting thread. I reread it, like a recurring bad dream.

Anyway, I realized that I'd not looked at or noticed the edges of my doors in well over a year. So, a few minutes ago I did that. I'm not surprised to see little change. And what change there is, is toward smaller "bubbles". I don't see a single one that is bigger than a good-sized sesame seed; and it appears that a number of them have shrunk (as the paint has hardened).

Yours was an interesting, alarming case; echoed by only one other poster (as far as I can tell). It really must be blamed on a "bad mix". I don't know what else could cause the dichotomy in your experience.

 

[Luche]

Did Kia fix anyone's issue? I got a 2018 Premium less than a year ago. I have only driven 2000 miles the past year and just started getting blistering paint. Just a few pictures but they are all over the front bumper. I think it might have happened when they washed my car or the rain because they just appeared out of nowhere. I'm waiting to hear if they will take it to a body shop but am worried this is just a band-aid on a bigger problem.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Nooo, it's ALIVE (aaagain ). This is my least favorite thread.

Your issue is clear coat, and it's under warranty; for 36 months/36K miles. don't wait.

 

[Luche]

Haha thanks! I will be taking it in tomorrow. I see the thread has been dead for a while

 

[Transmetal]

Is this mainly a 2018 issue?

 

[MerlintheMad]

Is this mainly a 2018 issue?

Apparently. Almost nobody resurrects/finds that paint chip/quality poll, except me, to point out the falling percentage of forum members that have responded to it: the poll got almost all of its traffic in 2018-19. If paint issues were still as common as back then, we would see more disgruntled Stinger owners coming here looking for answers.

 

[Transmetal]

Apparently. Almost nobody resurrects/finds that paint chip/quality poll, except me, to point out the falling percentage of forum members that have responded to it: the poll got almost all of its traffic in 2018-19. If paint issues were still as common as back then, we would see more disgruntled Stinger owners coming here looking for answers.

Ahhhh I see, good to know. I don't have any of the said issues on my 2020 Panthera metal but I do feel like the paint is extremely thin. I have 1 chip on my front bumper, it's not noticeable but it's noticeable to me. I literally got it on the way home from buying the car the 1st day. I had to wait a couple days until I could get my PPF installed at my regular shop that was way cheaper than the dealership. I was pissed but at least that's the only one I have after a year/6200 miles.