How long have you had your Stinger? What is the build date? If this is all that is going wrong with your paint over an extended period of time I'd say you're good. PPF while your car still looks good in front. Watch the rest for signs of non impact flaws.
Aside from the headlight peeling defect this doesnt look like the typical faulty blue chipping paint. The one that goes to black plastic is likely a rock, i have one of those. The last pic looks like a partial chip (clearcoat only or half way through the paint) unless you touched it up already. The faulty paint blue chipping almost always will chip to what looks like bare metal with no signs of impact. I have lots of these. Unless you touched up the chip ill guess you have a 2018 bulid date.
Agree. It won't hurt to start now, start slow.
Kia will always, always, always, be more than happy to back off a case if given "permission". But they won't run from one.
Agree. It won't hurt to start now, start slow.
What I am saying is that, if this is as bad as your car is @Deaddudehangin, after more than half a year of life, it might not get any worse: and it might just start showing more signs, but don't borrow trouble. If you feel that your paint looks good enough to protect and will likely stay that way, then just ask for warranty work. Get your dealer to check out your paint flaws, and this thread, then make a decision: if they decide it isn't road damage, you're "in". Get the few spots repaired and then PPF/ceramic the heck out of it.
I don't care which car we are talking about, Kia Stinger or Bimmer this or Audi that. If the car is your baby then protect her. Of course, some Stinger owner's don't see the car as anything unique or worthy of special attention. Fine. They'll all be gone on the next new thing sooner or later. And this discussion isn't for them at all. But somebody like me is literally in a unique relationship with this car: it's the only brand new car I have ever owned. I chose it after it "chose" me first. It was all the winter months "wooing" me.
My paint is good. It it weren't, I'd be throwing a hissy fit to get the best deal out of Kia I could, and regardless of outcome, I'd be getting my car a brand new coat of paint, toss in the bucks to get my total competition orange scheme (down to the door hinges and spare tire well), and never look back.
Kia will just tell you to take your car to a dealer for examination, which will probably include pics taken by them, etc. But, it's a start.
Unfortunately, you can't tell the exact build date from the VIN. Digits 12-17 are the serial number or production number of the car. This is the 12,103 Stinger that rolled off the assembly line. That's assuming Kia uses that number the same way other manufacturers do. There's no set standard. As of the close of July Kia has sold 11,830 Stingers. So... this being the 12,103 Stinger built is not unlikely and my guess is it was built in 2018, not 2017. 2017's would have lower terminating digits.
Did some more checking... this can't be right. Just checked my car and the serial number is 21,000+. Unless the car referenced above has been sitting on the lot a long time. My car was built in 12/2017.
Bob, you're shell shocked. Perspective says that a very small percentage of Stingers have any paint issues at all. The ones that do will probably need a repaint sooner or later. But they don't all fail at the same rate or extent. Yours is horribly afflicted. It is the worst case I know of, by far. Others are so slight that touch up paint makes them look good. And everything in between.
Its the davinci code! Lol
I have no peeling at all at least. But i am shell shocked at the number of current cars on the lot peeling for no logical reason except the paint is still bad. They moved from brittle chipping paint to peeling paint. If you think your paint will last 5 years you have your head in the sand.
Only time will tell. I do like not borrowing trouble. But in reserve, I have the warranty for the first three of those years. And I plan on a full repaint anyway at some point, but probably not before five years. Heck, the car might outlive me!
