Bumper Paint peeling

[gbarlowbrown]

So, im 90 days in and then i noticed my paint job on the bumper peeling back in two small spots BELOW outside contact.

the only thing i can think is the bumper is rubbing on the right portion of the fender.

I have a scheduled service on friday and I am going to bring it up ... i am prepared for a massive uphill battle!

does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions or have they seen or heard of this before?

 

[Bhavie]

Was the rear bumper ever removed for any reason?

Same thing happened to me after the rear bumper was removed. It was reinstalled too tight and the panels were rubbing which caused the clearcoat to flake off.

 

[gbarlowbrown]

Was the rear bumper ever removed for any reason?

Same thing happened to me after the rear bumper was removed. It was reinstalled too tight and the panels were rubbing which caused the clearcoat to flake off.

If it was removed it was done before my purchase. I’ve had it since day one!

 

[Bhavie]

If it was removed it was done before my purchase. I’ve had it since day one!

I'd look into that. Hard to believe it would be installed too tight from the factory.

Not sure if there's any telltale signs for removal, hopefully others can chime in.

 

[shinedown1]

So, im 90 days in and then i noticed my paint job on the bumper peeling back in two small spots BELOW outside contact.

the only thing i can think is the bumper is rubbing on the right portion of the fender.

I have a scheduled service on friday and I am going to bring it up ... i am prepared for a massive uphill battle!

does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions or have they seen or heard of this before?

I have a new 2022 with 1600 miles which doesn’t have this particular paint problem but I have other paint issues around the car that speak to horrible quality control. I will post some pics when I can

 

[JCtx]

It's very typical to have that kind of paint damage, so I always check my new cars for that. There are TWO areas to look for: bumper to fender rub, and light to bumper rub, where typically the taillights are the culprit. And that's exactly what my new 2022 Santa Fe Calligraphy had. I waited for the reverse LEDs to show up, and after removing the taillights, I put my magic Tesa tape where it was rubbing (and squeaking), and problem solved. The fender to bumper gaps seem to be normal, thankfully. But if you ignore the issue when new, paint eventually gets damaged. So check your vehicles NOW folks, before it's too late . The way I fix that is to insert a piece of tesa tape between the panels with a thin plastic trim tool, and use touch-up paint to hide it if needed. Hope this helps. Oh, and Tesa tape is also the greatest thing to quiet rattles everywhere.

 

[WH_Cubed_727]

I just bought a used 2022 G70 with about 2200 miles on it two weeks ago. I went out to the car to get the paperwork from the glove box today, and just noticed this on mine as well. It was between the rear bumper and and fender on the passenger and driver's side.

 

[WH_Cubed_727]

Could you maybe post a link to the Tesa tape? I found some on Amazon, but it says it's for wire harnesses.

https://www.amazon.com/Tesas-Advanced-Harness-51036-Mercedes/dp/B01I2MLN2Q/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B01I2MLN2Q&psc=1

 

[JCtx]

You know, that looks like a bad respray job to me, but who knows. It looks like there's a gap between those panels where the paint chipped. Can you run a thin piece of paper (like a Walmart receipt) between them? At any rate, you CANNOT put Tesa tape between those panels, brother; it'd look bad, plus you'd have to remove the bumper, which you don't want to do unless absolutely necessary, since you could break clips. I was talking about the taillight to fender gap, since they have a flat area on the taillights where you can place tape. On the Tesa tape, noticed yours is different; I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EH6IZ6Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I'd try to find evidence of a respray all over, so get under the bumper and investigate. But independent of that, you might try complaining to the selling dealer, and see what they say. What I'd do is touch-up those areas, so it doesn't look that glaring. Good luck.

Finally, just checked my 2023 G70 all around, and the gaps are not right either on 2 of the 4 bumper to fender areas. I'm probably not going to mess with them, other than spraying silicon lube there, to hopefully prevent chipping in the future. Car has 2K miles now, and no chipping yet. The 2022 SF Calligraphy built in Alabama is way better in those areas than the 'premium' G70 built in Korea; go figure. There's no touching, but one of the 4 areas has a little bigger gap than the other 3, but it's minimal. And much prefer a gap than no gap at all, like on the G70. I still have to touch-up the freaking bumper to hood seam on my car (touch-up paint is supposed to arrive today), which has black primer in some areas. Open your hood and you'll see the seam (you can actually see it with the hood closed too, since it's only like 1mm below the surface). The 2022 G70 3.3T SP I returned was WAY worse, so not impressed with the paint quality and QC over there.

 

[WH_Cubed_727]

You know, that looks like a bad respray job to me, but who knows. It looks like there's a gap between those panels where the paint chipped. Can you run a thin piece of paper (like a Walmart receipt) between them? At any rate, you CANNOT put Tesa tape between those panels, brother; it'd look bad, plus you'd have to remove the bumper, which you don't want to do unless absolutely necessary, since you could break clips. I was talking about the taillight to fender gap, since they have a flat area on the taillights where you can place tape. On the Tesa tape, noticed yours is different; I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EH6IZ6Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I'd try to find evidence of a respray all over, so get under the bumper and investigate. But independent of that, you might try complaining to the selling dealer, and see what they say. What I'd do is touch-up those areas, so it doesn't look that glaring. Good luck.

Finally, just checked my 2023 G70 all around, and the gaps are not right either on 2 of the 4 bumper to fender areas. I'm probably not going to mess with them, other than spraying silicon lube there, to hopefully prevent chipping in the future. Car has 2K miles now, and no chipping yet. The 2022 SF Calligraphy built in Alabama is way better in those areas than the 'premium' G70 built in Korea; go figure. There's no touching, but one of the 4 areas has a little bigger gap than the other 3, but it's minimal. And much prefer a gap than no gap at all, like on the G70. I still have to touch-up the freaking bumper to hood seam on my car (touch-up paint is supposed to arrive today), which has black primer in some areas. Open your hood and you'll see the seam (you can actually see it with the hood closed too, since it's only like 1mm below the surface). The 2022 G70 3.3T SP I returned was WAY worse, so not impressed with the paint quality and QC over there.

I took another look yesterday, and I didn't see any obvious sings of respray such as any overspray. All the plastic clips seemed to be in place and no obvious signs of them having been removed. It seems to me more like what was mentioned above around the rubbing of the pieces together as it's only around that seam. I can get a receipt between the that gap back toward the trunk but it it's too tight as I move toward the tire for the receipt to fit. This picture might help show what I mean. The gap really tightens as you move from the rear toward the tire.

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[JCtx]

Same thing with my car, so obviously bad mold fit from the factory. Did you check your seam at the hood? Open your hood, and look at the edge of your bumper cover, sticking your head into the engine compartment, and looking between the hood latch and Genesis emblem. The seam is like 2mm below the surface. Look all over from headlight to headlight, and feel it with your finger. It was downright horrible on the 3.3T SP I returned, and merely bad on the new 2.0T SP. Still have spots where it's black (primer), so will have to touch it up. That alone will tell you the level of quality on our cars. Ha ha. But going back to the fender/bumper gaps, on one side is really bad. I think my car will also eventually peel off there too. By the way, I cannot run a Walmart receipt all the way thru on ANY of the 4 sides. Just like you, it goes in around some areas, but not all, and in all cases not at the end, where the tires are, just like yours. Oh well. I'm thinking of spraying it with silicon spray, hoping it'd just slide, rather that grab and chip.