Window trim near C-Pillar different.

[eflyguy]

I looked at mine earlier and either I don't understand what the issue is, or mine doesn't have this "problem"..

I thought the OP was talking about the vertical piece between the main rear window and the smaller fixed glass piece - which, on mine, matches the pieces over the B pillar between the front and rear windows. If we're talking about the piece that runs around the curve then meets the "wiper" that runs along the bottom of the side windows, there's no noticeable mis-match here.

 

[SomeBlondeGuy]

Crap! I opened the letter. How hard can it be to use rubber all of the same colour FFS. Now I need to find a way to spin it to myself as a “feature”.

At least it's the same on both sides!

 

[MerlintheMad]

its the black trim around the window as it connects to the 2nd rear window it changes color.

And I see that clearly, in the OP pic, which I (for some reason) did not SEE when I first started to read this thread. "Reading for comprehension" is such a wonderful thing.

 

[westcoastGT]

Oh. Heh.

Nope. The black rubber trim along the bottom of the windows all looks the same (a matte black finish); with shiny black plastic between the windows, and dark chrome running along the top.

(The demon in feline form has not returned in the interim; no doubt resting up for the next nighttime prowl.)

............hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BBQ Kitty Merlin ??????????????????

 

[MerlintheMad]

............hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BBQ Kitty Merlin ??????????????????

No! Heaven forfend. I awoke this morning with a changed heart (after reading a lot of stupid suggestions on how to keep cats off of cars): and I came up with a scenario of how a cat came to climb on my brand, clean car. A feral, probably a tom, came strolling by in the wee hours, with muddy coat and muddy paws (a true road bum), mean as hell and weary. He came into our yard, because he goes into every yard. And saw this utterly clean, shiny thing. It stopped the feral cat dead in his tracks. It was so opposite of what the grimy world he lived in is like that he had to contemplate it: he had to get up on it: and so he did, experiencing a sensation so rare: CLEAN. And then he jumped down and wandered away, mystified.

I saw this tom as a tabby, like my daughter's late cat, that she and her sisters called "Oliver", and I called Buster. And so, if "Buster" is back, I will allow that I am ready to follow up on the only two pieces of advice I read that make sense: to stop cats from getting on your car, get a big mean one that will chase the others away, and then train the mean one to not get on your car: this is most easily begun by providing a cozy pasteboard box in the proximity of the car (cats cannot resist a cozy hole in which to take shelter and rest). I see myself feeding the guard cat, and he never comes any closer than six feet away, but he always follows me around when I am in the yard, keeping an affectionate, wary eye on me. We understand each other.

That is my battle plan, should I discover a particular cat returning to experience the unique feline pleasure of enjoying CLEAN in a stray world of grime. And s/he will have a home with me and my car; in a box, of course ...

 

[smmrfld]

The window shape is Kia's version of BMW's Hofmeister kink, and that trim piece is likely the same one used on other models, but with a thin black overlay for the Stinger. Gotta keep costs down somehow.

 

[SomeBlondeGuy]

No! Heaven forfend. I awoke this morning with a changed heart (after reading a lot of stupid suggestions on how to keep cats off of cars): and I came up with a scenario of how a cat came to climb on my brand, clean car. A feral, probably a tom, came strolling by in the wee hours, with muddy coat and muddy paws (a true road bum), mean as hell and weary. He came into our yard, because he goes into every yard. And saw this utterly clean, shiny thing. It stopped the feral cat dead in his tracks. It was so opposite of what the grimy world he lived in is like that he had to contemplate it: he had to get up on it: and so he did, experiencing a sensation so rare: CLEAN. And then he jumped down and wandered away, mystified.

I saw this tom as a tabby, like my daughter's late cat, that she and her sisters called "Oliver", and I called Buster. And so, if "Buster" is back, I will allow that I am ready to follow up on the only two pieces of advice I read that make sense: to stop cats from getting on your car, get a big mean one that will chase the others away, and then train the mean one to not get on your car: this is most easily begun by providing a cozy pasteboard box in the proximity of the car (cats cannot resist a cozy hole in which to take shelter and rest). I see myself feeding the guard cat, and he never comes any closer than six feet away, but he always follows me around when I am in the yard, keeping an affectionate, wary eye on me. We understand each other.

That is my battle plan, should I discover a particular cat returning to experience the unique feline pleasure of enjoying CLEAN in a stray world of grime. And s/he will have a home with me and my car; in a box, of course ...

I used to have a tabby cat named Buster!

 

[TwistedOrca]

Mine doesn't match either, appreciate the attention brought to this...NOT...

 

[SomeBlondeGuy]

Mine doesn't match either, appreciate the attention brought to this...NOT...

How could you not notice it while washing your car?

 

[STNG2020]

I'll take it a step farther on that rear window molding. My car doesn't really see rain. 2nd time in a year. However, a pop up t storm came through today. I now have the absolute worst water spots on both sides where this molding is affixed. Rest of the plastic and rubber is fine. Super weird. Tried everything and still not perfect. I now have two reasons to focus on that area. . Thanks!!