I've been looking for those and luckily nothing. Maybe different Stingers have different tightness on the headlight housing. I'll be watching out for it, though.
The chipping you see around emblem is from us. You cannot transfer the old emblem. As we found out.
Personally myself......No.
The front panels? The fenders and quarters on both sides as well as a spot on the back all have the issue.
Maaco does good work, actually. A freshly sprayed car looks good from six feet away
Seriously, how OC are we going to be about this? Driving is like entering battle. Dodging road debris and sometimes the very roads themselves, not to forget all the other maroon drivers. So our "Babe" looks great rolling off the showroom floor. A week later we see things are already happening. No matter how careful we are, and sometimes even we screw up and damage our own "Precious" and utter words Mother never taught us, etc. The thing about Maaco is that they have all levels of painting and body work available. They are not merely a scratch and spray outfit. If you want to pay upwards of six grand you can have a layered, lacquered job done. In other words, Maaco, any body and paint shop, can produce a job that is superior to any mass produced factory paint. It won't happen in four days, though ...
We are among the ranks of the "blessed". But don't forget, the paint on our Silky Silvers is still very, very thin. There is nothing distinctly robust about any Kia paint job. Failure of the job is entirely different. But down the road, all Stingers are going to look like hell. I'm guessing within three to five years, no matter how careful we are. It's a great car by all indicators. So worthy of repainting and keeping. Then it'll actually be a better car than when brand new.
I do not see this as being the front only. Yellow has paint falling off the back end.
Well, you have three years on the warranty so keep a close eye on the parts that aren't wrapped. From what I've read, ceramic coating isn't hard enough to actually prevent chipping.
I am in the same boat. Tried to be proactive and may end up hurting in the end. I will certainly be a hawk on my entire car. i already have the headlight issue but am willing to forgo repair or respray till further down to ensure no other panels (not covered in PPF) show any issue. I might even have to remove bumper PPF or Fender to see how the paint goes. Id rather replace one or two pieces of PPF early instead of findout out the paint is destroyed well after the paint warranty (3yr) and prior to PPF warranty (10yr).
I suppose for the US, there are only 400 of these so maybe that is an option. I would certainly entertain and bare metal redo as buyback of the car is not a good option for me
