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I was at my local Kia dealer today and was looking at a beautiful red SX. Everything about the car was great...except the paint. It seemed to have an awful lot of "orange peel" to it. I was disappointed with the quality. Has anyone else experienced this or even noticed it? Thanks, Michael
 
No overspray on my Koup. Clay barring the car might help...but I wouldn't buy it if the paint wasn't perfect.

Did you point it out to a salesman so they could correct the issue?

By the way...welcome to the site! :cool:
 
thanks for the welcome kenny! there was no overspray. if you were to drop a bb into a glass of water, the tiny, little ripples from the bb is what some of the paint looked like. instead of looking like a "glass" finish it looked like the skin of an orange. other than that, what a beautiful car.
 
Any chance you can get some pics? I know it's a hassle to go back, but it could help future buyers by knowing what to look for.
 
Sounds like a problem when the paint was drying. I would ask to get another car shipped in, instead of getting it touched up. that defeats the purpose of getting a new car.
 
There's no way of correcting orange peel but to sand the car and repaint it!!! Most color that required a lot of pigment in paint AKA red, orange, yellow or cheap paint make orage peel.
 
All paints have some measure of "orange peel", some are better than others. Orange peel can be gotten rid of by color sanding (wet-sanding) with 1000-1500 grit sandpaper and then buffed out. The "bb" look you describe sounds like a paint defect, not orange peel.
 
i\'ll try and get some pics...it\'s not a defect, it\'s poor painting.
 
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