Seeking Kia Stinger repair advice - rear bottom undercarriage

[LouttitBay]

Hello all,
First time posting here.
I have recently incurred some damage to the bottom rear undercarriage.
I have attached 2 x pictures, one of the top to indicate where the damage is, and a photo of the actual damage.
Any tips on how I can get to the panel and straighten and then reattach what used to be a rubber external moulding protector? I am also having difficulty finding the rubber mould so any tips would be appreciated.

 

[D.J.]

rubber mold?

I think you are referring to the rubberized undercoating that exists in that area as sound damping.

Any bodyshop should be able to sort you out.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Hello all,
First time posting here.
I have recently incurred some damage to the bottom rear undercarriage.
I have attached 2 x pictures, one of the top to indicate where the damage is, and a photo of the actual damage.
Any tips on how I can get to the panel and straighten and then reattach what used to be a rubber external moulding protector? I am also having difficulty finding the rubber mould so any tips would be appreciated.

Welcome. Just letting you know that this topic has been moved out of the community lounge and into the main Stinger forum.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I can speak to this, having smacked my battery box - it's not undercarriage - on gutters and doing the same damage only worse than you have. Body shop, as said already. They have the rubber inserts. Your vent insert - the protruding, smaller one - is still intact. Mine was smacked clean off. The larger one was half pushed in. Body shop teased the larger rubber insert back into place. They put a smaller rubber insert into the vent hole. The larger one is for removal to drain, I presume if the battery box gets liquid in it. Don't worry about the deforming of the battery box. If it isn't ripped or perforated it will do its job. As long as your battery frame above the box is intact, and yours is by the picture, the only thing to address is rust. Get under there and generously spray Rust-Oleum on any exposed metal. Local body shop took one look at what I needed, put the car up, filled the smaller hole with the insert, fitted the larger insert back into place, and sprayed away, and charged me nothing. Sometimes people are generous like that. I tipped them a Jackson out of gratitude.

Tip going forward, never go straight off a gutter, always angle across it. Same would apply if you encounter any ridiculously extreme speed bumps, just angle over to be safe. The battery box is the lowest hanging part of the rear end.