Paint Sucks Big Time

[DRS]

^^ thanks. Oh, they are white.

 

[vinogradov8]

Sonata made in US? Maybe localized engineers get it. Where those folk over the ocean who do the Genny do not get it yet? Just a thought.

I'm pretty sure it's a US sonata, I live like 300 miles from the factory so I would hope so. The genesis seems to be much much worse in paint quality. Still love it though!

 

[DRS]

I'm pretty sure it's a US sonata, I live like 300 miles from the factory so I would hope so. The genesis seems to be much much worse in paint quality. Still love it though!

Yea... Agree... Upsetting in a way. Yet the American engineering and design studios here help spec the the Sonata.. And Americans run the robot final assembly paint shop. Bet a twenty those are the differences that make for a deeper paint job on the Sonata.

 

[vinogradov8]

Yea... Agree... Upsetting in a way. Yet the American engineering and design studios here help spec the the Sonata.. And Americans run the robot final assembly paint shop. Bet a twenty those are the differences that make for a deeper paint job on the Sonata.

Yeah a big part of the issue with this paint is that it seems to peel when it comes off. A chip that should be so much smaller seems to have done way more damage than the impact. I just barely scrapped the front bottom of the bumper while leaving a parking lot and was shocked to find how much paint came off the bottom of it.

 

[kn5owa]

When I bought my Sonata nine+ yrs ago - everybody on the Sonata board said the paint was "thin" and wouldn't last.

The car has set outside ever since and the paint is still like new.

It is an alabama car for what difference it makes.